UNREST OVER ‘CHARLIE’
People hold wooden sticks next to damaged cars during a demonstration on Sunday in Niamey, Niger against French weekly Charlie Hebdo's publication of a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed. AFP PHOTO
People hold wooden sticks next to damaged cars during a demonstration on Sunday in Niamey, Niger against French weekly Charlie Hebdo's publication of a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed. AFP PHOTO
PARIS: Five people were killed and churches set on fire in Niger on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) in fresh protests against the French weekly Charlie Hebdo's cartoon of Mohammed, as France condemned the violence and asserted its commitment to freedom of expression.