- Around 500 Nigerian youth marched in Lagos yesterday to protest widespread government corruption and insecurity. The marchers demanded a reduction in the amount of kidnappings and assassinations as well as electoral reform before next year’s elections.
- Police confronted protesters in Cairo at a protest against police violence that had occurred at on-going pro-democracy demonstrations.
- Somali radio stations played animal noises yesterday in response to a ban on music set by Islamic extremists. The lighthearted appearance of the protest contrasts with the severe punishments radio hosts could expect if they broadcasted music.
- Hospital workers rallied in New York City on Tuesday after hearing an announcement that St. Vincent’s Hospital would close in the face of enormous debt.
- People in Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province rallied earlier this week after the government announced it would change the province’s name. While demonstrators protested peacefully, saying a name change would polarize the area, police killed eight.
- Students in Long Island, New York marched and staged a sit-in on Monday in response to drastic cuts to the Southampton campus of Stony Brook University.
- On Sunday in Zhengzhou, China, zoo workers—and their animals—staged a sit-in in a cycling field protesting the use of zoo land for sports facilities. Zoo officials say they need more space to best care for the animals.
