Mahakama Kuu Ghana Yapinga Maandamano ya Vijana

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Jaji wa Mahakama Kuu, Abena Afia Serwaa, amekubali ombi la polisi la kuzuia maandamano ya vijana yaliyopangwa kufanyika kati ya Julai 31 na Agosti 6, 2024, kutokana na uhaba wa maafisa wa polisi wa kusimamia usalama.

Baadhi ya sababu za maandamano hayo ni kupinga rushwa katika taasisi za umma na za serikali pamoja na gharama kubwa za maisha.

Aidha, maandamano yamekuwa yakiendelea katika nchi mbalimbali za Afrika, ikiwemo Kenya, Uganda, na Nigeria, katika mwaka 2024.​

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Ghana court bans planned protests against cost of living​

ACCRA, July 31 (Reuters) - A high court in Ghana has blocked civil society groups from holding protests in the capital Accra, one of the organisers said, joining other African governments in trying to quell youth-led demonstrations over the high cost of living.
Organisers said the protests would draw over two million people onto the streets to demand more action from President Nana Akufo-Addo on corruption and living conditions, as well as to protest delays in signing an anti-LGBT bill into law.

High court Justice Abena Afia Serwaa approved a request by Ghana's police to ban a handful of organisations from carrying out protests planned between July 31 and August 6 after the police said it lacked the personnel necessary to provide security as officers have been deployed to political rallies amid election campaigning for elections.

A wave of youth demonstrations has swept across several African countries in recent weeks.
In Kenya, more than 50 people have been killed and nearly 700 arrested in a police crackdown on demonstrations since mid-June, when protesters began taking to the streets to oppose tax increases proposed by President William Ruto, according to the government-funded Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR).

Ruto has fired his cabinet and scrapped the tax bill.
Last week, young people in Uganda took to the streets to protest against alleged corruption and demand the resignation of the parliament speaker.