In Africa, fierce enforcement of coronavirus lockdowns is stirring resentment among residents struggling to scrape together a living, hurting attempts to stem the pandemic’s advance
JOHANNESBURG—In South Africa, three people have been killed as police have attacked crowds with whips and rubber bullets for defying a lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Five more were killed in Kenya, including a 13-year-old boy hit by a stray bullet fired by police enforcing a stay-at-home order in Nairobi. In Uganda, soldiers shot and injured two people for riding on a motorbike during a curfew.
Across Africa, the violent approach of security forces has marked the first days of a series of lockdowns that...
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