What's behind the US's antagonism against South Africa?
South Africa has rejected a recent report by the United States on its human rights record. It's not the first time the country finds itself in the firing line of the US. What's behind it?
In contrast, authorities reported "around a dozen deaths" in the street clashes that forced the isolation of the center of this capital from the rest of the country and the adoption of other precautions, despite which material losses were "considerable due to the destruction of windows and looting," according to the official version distributed in a statement through social media.
The KNHRC stated in its statement that it "strongly condemns all human rights violations and holds all parties involved, including the police and civilians, accountable. We also send our condolences to all those who lost their loved ones and wish a speedy recovery to the injured."
The protests were called to commemorate the Saba Saba, a wave of clashes between anti-government protesters that engulfed the East African country in June 1990 in an eruption of protests demanding political reforms, costing the lives of hundreds of people.
However, this time, the participants called for President William Ruto's resignation, as they did in last week's protests, in which a dozen people died from gunshot wounds, apparently fired by law enforcement trying to disperse the demonstrations.
