In Kenya, protests erupted in the capital Nairobi amid mounting anger over police brutality following the death of political blogger Albert Ojwang while in police custody last week. Police initially claimed his death was a suicide. Prior to Ojwang’s arrest, he’d repeatedly called out Kenya’s Deputy Inspector General Eliud Lagat, accusing him of involvement in a bribery scandal and being part of the “mafia police.” Protesters took to the streets as the government presented a much-anticipated annual budget Thursday.

Felix Wanjiku: “Our first demand is for Lagat to be put in jail now. He should be arrested. Let us forget about the finance bill. And I’m telling the youth of this nation, we are stronger than before.”