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Every story published since 2008, indexed by keyword, year and section.
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- nigeria
Nigeria's EndSARS Protests Culminate at Lekki Toll Gate
Weeks of youth-led demonstrations against police brutality ended in violence in Lagos.
Adaeze Okonkwo · 20 October 2020
- world
Death of George Floyd Sparks Protests Across the United States and Beyond
Demonstrations against police violence spread to hundreds of cities within a week.
James Whitfield · 29 May 2020
- africa
Sudan's Military and Protest Leaders Agree a Transitional Government
The deal followed months of demonstrations that ended thirty years of rule by Omar al-Bashir.
Daniel Mbeki · 17 August 2019
- technology
Documents Reveal Scale of United States Surveillance Programmes
Files provided by a former contractor described bulk collection of telephone records and access to data held by major technology companies.
Priya Raman · 6 June 2013
- world
Hosni Mubarak Resigns After 18 Days of Protest in Egypt
Crowds in Tahrir Square erupted as the vice-president announced the president had stepped down and handed authority to the military.
Sarah Benali · 11 February 2011
- world
Tunisia's President Flees as Protests Topple a 23-Year Government
Weeks of demonstrations that began with the self-immolation of a street vendor forced Zine El Abidine Ben Ali from power.
Sarah Benali · 14 January 2011
- sports
Beijing Opens the 2008 Olympic Games With a Spectacle of Scale
China staged an opening ceremony of extraordinary ambition, presenting its economic rise to a global television audience of more than a billion people.
Mei-Lin Zhao · 8 August 2008