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Added on the 24/08/2022 17:00:29 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Members of the main Spanish trade and employment unions hold a demonstration protesting against the rising cost of living. Record inflation levels have fuelled growing anger with Spain's left-wing government as energy prices go through the roof. IMAGES
Hundreds of people in the southern Nigerian city of Lagos protest the high cost of living in the country as part of a nationwide call to demonstrate by the Nigerian workers union. IMAGES
Police guard a closed-off street in Johannesburg after a man was shot dead when security forces moved to disperse students protesting over South Africa's tuition aid scheme. Clashes erupted when police used rubber bullets to disperse a group of students who were blocking roads with rubble and disrupting traffic in downtown Johannesburg around the University of the Witwatersrand. IMAGES
South African health workers protest in Pretoria against low salaries and a lack of adequate PPE. Although South Africa has seen a drop in confirmed Covid-19 cases and fatalities recently, it has the fifth most infections in the world. IMAGES
Parents concerned over coronavirus hold placards and protest outside a school in Cape Town, demanding that educational institutions should not reopen too quickly. IMAGES
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.