Features
Africa takes to the streets on Israel massacres in Gaza
Joshua Ogada and Firoze Manji
2009-01-08, Issue 414
http://pambazuka.org/en/category/features/53074
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Algeria /Mauritania: Algeria will try to help unify Palestinians ahead of a possible Arab summit to support conflict-torn Gaza, Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci said.
http://www.moneybiz.co.za/africa/africa.asp?story=35405934-7685-4932-babd-f42bea4f29f2
Botswana has broken her silence on Israel's assault on the Gaza Strip by calling on the Jewish state and Hamas to sit down and resolve their differences.
http://www.mmegi.bw/index.php?sid=1&aid=20&dir=2009/January/Wednesday7
Egypt: mass protests against the government's response to Israeli airstrikes in Gaza but police moved to quell street protests over the issue.
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-01-03-voa3.cfm
Gambia: Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has called on "civilized members of the human race" to rise up against "this holocaust that has been unleashed on the helpless Palestinians, whose lands, human dignity and right to peaceful and dignified existence in their own country are being blatantly violated with impunity."
http://www.afriquejet.com/news/africa-news/jammeh-decries-%22palestine-holocaust%22-2009010218671.html
Mali: Several hundred people took to the streets of Bamako, the Malian capital, to protest against the Israeli bombings in the Gaza strip and show support for the Palestinian people. The protesters condemned the "savage" bombings of the Gaza strip and deplored the "indifference" of the international community in the face of the tragedy. http://www.afriquejet.com/news/africa-news/bamako-residents-protest-against-gaza-bombings-2009010218682.html
Mauritania: The Mauritanian Press Association (RPM), Wednesday organised a sit-in, in front of the United Nations' country office in Nouakchott, Mauritania's capital, to protest against Israeli attacks and massacre on Gaza, in Palestine.
http://www.afriquejet.com/news/africa-news/mauritanian-journalists-protest-israeli-attacks-on-gaza-2009010819038.html
Namibia: The Namibian Government has joined the ranks of countries condemning the Israeli incursion on Gaza, describing the operation as a "disproportionate use of force" and calling on Israel to withdraw its troops from the Gaza Strip.
http://www.informante.web.na/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3263&Itemid=100
Niger and Nigeria
In Nigeria and Niger, tens of thousands protested the Israeli bombings that marked their 12th day, with roughly 23,000 people marching in the main city of Kano in Nigeria's mostly Muslim north, police said. Organisers estimated the number at 30,000.
http://www.france24.com/en/20090107-anger-aid-israeli-offensive-gaza-rolls
Nigeria: The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has called on the United Nations to take decisive actions against Israel as was done against Yugoslavia in the case of Kosovo. http://www.dailytrust.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2365&Itemid=19
South Africa: http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8710160863
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1053793.html
South Africa: Thousands of demonstrators marched to Parliament in Cape Town on Thursday to call for an end to Israel's offensive in Palestine's Gaza Strip.
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=6&art_id=nw20090108134034634C423345
Sudan: Thousands of Sudanese marched through Khartoum on Thursday to vent their anger at the Israeli offensive in Gaza, carrying banners and shouting slogans in support of their "Palestinian brothers". http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gdgQSUDJCxBBWQPUcRjKjuGhon8wD95FCK7O0
Tanzania: Hundreds take to the street in protest at Israeli attacks on Gaza
http://thecitizen.co.tz/newe.php?id=9627
Tanzania: President Jakaya Kikwete has urged Palestinian and Israeli authorities to find an immediate solution to the conflict between them and halt the ongoing hostility that has so far claimed hundreds of lives.
http://dailynews.habarileo.co.tz/analysis/index.php?id=9393
Tunisia: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) claimed that independent journalists were assaulted by Tunisian police on December 30th. The reporters were covering a demonstration in Tunis by the legal opposition Progressive Democratic Party against Israel's Gaza offensive. Victims of the alleged police violence were Al Jazeera correspondent Lotfi Hajji and Al-Maoukif reporters Ismail Debara and Mohammed Al Hamlouny. http://www.magharebia.com/cocoon/awi/xhtml1/en_GB/features/awi/newsbriefs/general/2009/01/04/newsbrief-05?pollresult=yes&answer=no&id=awi-2008-12-11
Global: Mobilized on six continents—Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and North and South America—millions of people have demanded that Israel cease its attack and lift the siege on Gaza.
http://www.workers.org/2009/world/global_anger_0115/