Since June-July this year, the country has been in the grip of one kind of crisis or another and protests galore, with people spilling onto the streets to express their anger and frustration and demanding change. I had written about this in a previous Owleye column post of mine in which I said that almost… Continue reading Protests Meant to Obfuscate Main Issues
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2019: The Year for Pellets, Pepper Spray and Protests
As we draw down to the end of the year, my memories of 2019 will be conflict, protest marches, pellets, pepper spray and tear gas. Hundreds killed too, as in the cities of Iraq over the past two months. It is over a decade since the financial crisis began. And it was believed to have… Continue reading 2019: The Year for Pellets, Pepper Spray and Protests


