
PROTESTS in downtown Atlanta against the police killing of an environmental activist last week led to violent clashes on Saturday night.
Authorities claim that masked, black-clad activists threw rocks and lit fireworks in front of a skyscraper that houses the Atlanta Police Foundation, shattering large glass windows.
They are then said to have set fire to a police cruiser, smashed more windows and vandalised walls with anti-police graffiti.

As the Alliance of Sahel States and southern African nations advance pan-African goals, the African Union must listen and learn rather than parroting the Western line on these positive developments, writes ROGER McKENZIE

Money makers already exploit cleaning and catering contracts while the military-industrial complex diverts billions from health to warfare — but Bevan’s vision will endure as long as people fight for it, writes ROGER MCKENZIE