At least 23 people were killed in the city of Wamena in the Indonesian province of West Papua on Sept. 23 when protesters, most of whom were students, set fire to several buildings. The students began protesting after hearing reports that a teacher had made racist comments against ethnic Papuans.

On the same day, in Jayapura in the province of Papua, students holding a protest in solidarity with the one in Wamena attacked a police officer with rocks and machetes, forcing police to...

Large anticorruption protests were held over four days in major cities in Egypt starting on Sept. 23, leading to the detention of more than 1,900 people. These were the largest protests since President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi took power in 2013. Since that time, public gatherings of more than 10 people without prior government approval have been illegal.

Many protesters called for Sisi to step down. Some of those arrested did not attend the protests but were accused of inciting unrest...

Following more than a year of unrest and clashes between civilian and military factions in Sudan, a power-sharing deal was signed between military leaders and the country’s pro-democracy movement on Aug. 17.

In April, after having been in power for 30 years and following weeks of massive protests, the former president, Omar al-Bashir, was deposed by the military. The military then placed a figurehead in charge, leading to further protests and violence, which peaked on June 3...