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The 2024 Papua New Guinean unrest occurred on 10 January 2024 in Papua New Guinea's capital Port Moresby, later spreading to Lae and other cities. The unrest began following protests by security officers due to a sudden reduction in their salaries and prime minister James Marape 's tax deduction announcement which was later retracted.
6–9 September – Pope Francis conducts the first papal visit to Papua New Guinea since 1995. [12]12 September – Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea James Marape survives a vote of no confidence in the National Parliament.
2024 Faizabad sit-in; 2024 French farmers' protests; 2024 French protests against the National Rally; 2024 Indonesian local election law protests; 2024 Polish farmers' protests; 2024 pro-Palestinian Tax Day protests; 2024 Serbian environmental protests; 2024 Zagreb protest; 2024–present Serbian anti-corruption protests; 2024–2025 Mozambican ...
At other cities, violent attacks on police stations and tolling stations had been reported. About 1,500 to 2,500 inmates had been able to escape from a major prison amid the unrest. Journalist Dominic Johnson argued that Mozambique's situation remained critical and that the violence had the potential to escalate into a civil war. [57]
The protest began in June 2024, in response to the Supreme Court of Bangladesh reinstating a 30% quota for descendants of freedom fighters, reversing the government decision made in response to the 2018 Bangladesh quota reform movement. Students began to feel like they have a limited opportunity based on merit.
A year in pictures: Images of Jersey from 2024 December 31, 2024 at 1:53 AM BBC News looks back at some of the stories and pictures that hit the headlines in Jersey in 2024.
Elon Musk shakes hands with President Donald Trump during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 5, 2024. Anna Moneymaker—Getty Images. Meanwhile, ...
The disorder included racist attacks, arson, and looting and was the largest incident of social unrest in England since 2011. [35] By 8 August at least 200 people had been sentenced with 177 imprisoned, to an average sentence of around two years and up to a nine-years.