New generation radicalised as protests sparked by fury at bus fare hike mushroom into vast rallies against failing public services and cost of World CupBrazilians awoke with a mix of euphoria, fear and confusion after the country's biggest night of protest in more than 20 years radicalised a new generation and left the established political class wondering how to react.Vast ...

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By Fumbuka Ng'wanakilala DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Tanzanian police fired teargas and warning shots on Tuesday to disperse thousands of people protesting against a weekend bomb attack on an opposition campaign rally, eyewitnesses said. Supporters of the Chadema opposition party gathered in the northern city of Arusha to mourn the three people killed and the more than 50 people ...

Some of country's biggest ever rallies sweep major cities as bus fare rise is last straw in spiral of high costs and poor servicesBrazil experienced one of its biggest nights of protest in decades on Monday as more than 100,000 people took to the streets nationwide to express their frustration at heavyhanded policing, poor public services and high costs for ...

EU officials unlikely to take favourable view of letter from Nicos Anastasiades asking for changes to terms he says are suffocating economy