Description
Added on the 04/01/2020 18:25:08 - Copyright : AFP EN
Indigenous peoples from Amazon countries and members of social movements take part in the March of the Peoples of the Earth for the Amazon in Belem, as the northern Brazilian city hosts a two-day meeting of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) to chart an ambitious roadmap to save the Amazon rainforest. IMAGES
The group of environmental activists Extinction Rebellion ('XR') begins ‘weekend of resistance’ with march from Trafalgar Square to Downing Street in London, to denounce the use of fossil fuels and inaction on climate change, while the country is going through a political and economic crisis linked to the rise in energy prices that just led Prime Minister Liz Truss fired her Finance minister. IMAGES
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni, in power since 1986, takes the oath of office for a sixth term. The 76-year-old won re-election in January despite widespread reports of irregularities. IMAGES
A march begins in Louisville, Kentucky to mark a year since the death of Breonna Taylor, a 26 year-old Black woman who was shot dead when police raided her home. Twelve months after the killing -- in which police shot Taylor while looking for a former friend of hers -- only one of three police officers has been charged, and only for endangering Taylor's neighbors by firing wildly. IMAGES
Polling stations close in Uganda after presidential and parliamentary elections amid an internet blackout. IMAGES
A social media and internet blackout during Uganda's elections is an attempt by veteran leader Yoweri Museveni - in power for 35 years and seeking a sixth term - to keep the country and the world in the dark, says main opposition contender Bobi Wine after casting his ballot in troubled polls. SOUNDBITE
|
Support : Technical 
- Content 
- Editors 
