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Tanzania's government has signed a controversial port management deal with a Dubai-based company that had fueled protests in the African country and led to arrests of dozens of critics NAIROBI, Kenya -- Tanzania's government signed a controversial port management deal with Dubai- based DP World that had fueled protests in the African country in the past months and led to arrests of dozens of critics. The deal was signed on Sunday in the presence of Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan, who has recently been accused of cracking down on critics such as her predecessor, the late John Magufuli. Tanzania Ports Authority Director General Plasduce Mbossa said that DP World, based in the United Arab Emirates, will only operate four berths of the Dar es Salaam Port, located in the country's financial capital, and not the entire port. Its performance would be reviewed every five years for a total contractual period of 30 years. The opposition and civil society have proteste...

Police arrested six protesters Tuesday who tried to disrupt the start of land-based testing for New Jersey’s first offshore wind farm OCEAN CITY, N.J. -- Police arrested six protesters Tuesday who tried to disrupt the start of land-based testing for New Jersey's first offshore wind farm. But the work progressed anyway. Police in Ocean City, which has become the hub of resistance to offshore wind projects in New Jersey and elsewhere along the U.S. East Coast, arrested demonstrators after the city said they failed to heed four warnings to get out of the roadway. “There were three people lying in the street,” said Robin Shaffer, a spokesman for Protect Our Coast NJ, a residents' group opposed to the local project and to offshore wind in general. Each of the protesters, none of whom lived in Ocean City, was charged with failure to disperse and obstruction of public pathways, city spokesman Doug Bergen said. Mayor Jay Gillian, himself an opponent of the wind farm project, said he w...

Anti-monarchists are expected to stage large-scale protests in London on Saturday during the coronation of Britain's King Charles III. LONDON -- Anti-monarchists are expected to stage large-scale protests in London on Saturday during the coronation of Britain's King Charles III, despite warnings from authorities and a controversial new law. Charles and his wife, Queen Consort Camilla, will be coronated side-by-side at Westminster Abbey. The new sovereign and consort will Travel from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey in the diamond jubilee state coach as part of the "king's procession" before returning to the palace in the gold state coach after their crowning as part of the " coronation procession." London's Metropolitan Police Service said it will have more than 11,500 officers on duty that day, making it "one of the most significant and largest security operations" that the agency has led. "Our tolerance for any disruption,...