Nigel Farage has been forced to abandon a public appearance in Rotherham due to protests at the UKIP offices in the town.
Riots erupted in the St Louis suburb of Ferguson after a jury decided not to indict the officer involved in the shooting of Michael Brown.
The African Union (AU) has given Burkina Faso’s military a two weeks to hand over power to a civilian ruler or transitional government.
President Blaise Compaore has declared a state of emergency and dissolved the government of Burkina Faso in response to the ongoing protests against his 27-year rule.
The events in Hong Kong have seen technology play a huge role in organising political protest, as much as in the days of the Arab Spring of 2011. But governments have become wise to the potential influence of Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, and blocking websites is easy (if you’re the government).