A Ugandan court has annulled a law that required protesters to get written police permission before demonstrating, saying it infringed upon constitutional rights.

A five-member Constitutional Court panel ruled Tuesday that the law was repressive since it barred Ugandans from enjoying their fundamental right to freedom of assembly and association.

MORONI, March 28, 2008 (AFP) - Comoran President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi said demonstrations against France demanding ousted Anjouan leader Mohamed Bacar be extradited were justified but urged protestors to refrain from violent action.

MORONI, March 28, 2008 (AFP) - Comoran President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi said demonstrations against France demanding ousted Anjouan leader Mohamed Bacar be extradited were justified but urged protestors to refrain from violent action.

LONDON, March 22, 2008 (AFP) - Hundreds of people marched in various cities on Saturday to call for an end to China's crackdown on protests in Tibet, with some urging a boycott of the Olympic Games in Beijing.

In London demonstrators paused outside the Chinese embassy to sing Tibetan songs and chant 'Chinese out' and 'Long live the Dalai Lama', many angrily waving their fists.

NAIROBI, Feb 8, 2008 (AFP) - The Kenyan government on Friday lifted a ban on public rallies, saying security had improved after disputed December elections sparked widespread violence, the internal security ministry announced.

NAIROBI, Feb 4, 2008 (AFP) - Kenya's rival leaders should hold joint peace rallies and set up a South African-style truth commission to promote reconciliation following recent violence, peace negotiators said Monday.

NAIROBI, Jan 23, 2008 (AFP) - Kenya's opposition said Wednesday said it would consider calling off planned protests if chief mediator Kofi Annan asked them to.

'We are meeting Mr Kofi Annan at 4:30 pm (1330 GMT). If he asks us to call off the rallies, we shall give it a very serious consideration,' Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) spokesman Salim Lone told AFP.

SOFIA, Jan 17, 2008 (AFP) - Around 650 people braved the cold in the Bulgarian capital Sofia on Thursday evening to demonstrate against a two-day visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

SOFIA, Jan 17, 2008 (AFP) - Only around 50 people showed up Thursday for the first of a series of demonstrations planned here in protest against a two-day visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

SOFIA, Jan 16, 2008 (AFP) - Bulgaria's opposition parties and a number of non-governmental groups said Wednesday they were planning demonstrations later this week to protest a two-day visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin.