Description
Added on the 27/05/2023 20:59:36 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Tens of thousands of people rally in Mali's capital Bamako to demand the resignation of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, heeding the call of the country's newly resurgent opposition. AERIAL IMAGES
Tens of thousands of people rally in Georgia against a controversial "foreign influence" bill after parliament advanced the measure denounced by Brussels as detrimental to Tbilisi's long-standing European aspirations. Waving Georgian and European Union flags, demonstrators gathered outside parliament after lawmakers passed the bill in a second reading. IMAGES
Riot police use tear gas to disperse protesters in Lima as they march to demand the resignation of President Dina Boluarte, the dissolution of parliament and immediate fresh elections. IMAGES
Tens of thousands gather in Georgia for a ruling party campaign rally, ahead of elections to be held after the arrest of ex-president and opposition leader Mikheil Saakashvili. Georgia's president from 2004-2013, Saakashvili was arrested and imprisoned on October 1 days after he secretly returned from exile in Ukraine, prompting tens of thousands to rally in Tbilisi, demanding his release. He has been on hunger strike for nearly four weeks to protest what he calls a politically motivated prosecution and doctors expressed concerns over the risk of irreversible damage to his health. IMAGES
Supporters of jailed ex-president Mikheil Saakashvilli and his United National Movement Party rally in Tblisi, Georgia's capital, to demand his release after the ruling party imprisoned him on the eve of highly controversial local elections. Chanting Saakashvili's name and waving national flags, demonstrators fill the capital's Freedom Square as well as the main thoroughfare, Rustaveli Avenue, with an AFP correspondent estimating the crowd at more than 50,000 people. IMAGES