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Current Events: SARS protests in Nigeria

End SARS (or #EndSARS) is a decentralised social movement against police brutality in Nigeria. The slogan calls for an end to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), a controversial unit of the Nigerian Police with a long record of abuses. Start to learn more about the SARS protests in Nigeria:

DÉJÀ VU – In Tragic Vein, By Wole Soyinka, Premium Times (Abuja), 21 October 2020

Open Letter: African writers stand with #EndSARS protesters, African Arguments, 20 October 2020

Nigeria Sars protest: Unrest in Lagos after shooting, BBC, 21 October 2020

Rage at the gates, Africa Confidential, vol.61, no.21, 22 October 2020

Is the Nigerian Government Trying to EndSars or End Protests, African Arguments, 20 October 2020

Why EndSARS protests are different and what lessons they hold for Nigeria, The Conversation, 20 October 2020

Nigeria: #EndSARS Timeline – How Years of Unending Police Brutality Pushed Young Nigerians Into Fierce Demand for Justice, Premium Times (Abuja), 20 October 2020

Capturing the Soul of #EndSARS Protest, This Day (Lagos), 19 October 2020

Nigerian women at the forefront of protests over police brutality, Al Jazeera, 17 October 2020

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