Jailed Senegal journalist starts hunger strike
Dakar – A jailed Senegalese journalist critical of President Macky Sall started a hunger strike on Friday to protest... Read more
3 Dec, 2022
Eleven sentenced to death in Tanzania over conservationist’s murder
Dar es Salaam – A court in Tanzania sentenced 11 people to death on Friday over the 2017 murder... Read more
3 Dec, 2022
Zambia to impose blackouts over low dam water levels
Lusaka – Zambia warned on Friday it would impose nationwide blackouts of up to six hours a day as... Read more
3 Dec, 2022
Clamour for inquiry after ‘massacre’ claim in DRC
Kinshasa – The UN’s peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) led calls on Friday for an... Read more
3 Dec, 2022
Miss Rwanda pageant organiser acquitted of sexual assault
Kigali – The organiser of the Miss Rwanda beauty pageant, Dieudonne Ishimwe, was on Friday found not guilty of... Read more
3 Dec, 2022
Pope Francis to visit DRC and South Sudan in early 2023
Vatican City – Pope Francis will visit the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and South Sudan early next year,... Read more
3 Dec, 2022
Nigeria reports fresh attack on election office in southeast
Lagos – A local office of Nigeria’s electoral body INEC has been set partially ablaze, the commission said Friday,... Read more
3 Dec, 2022
Nigeria defamation case against student dropped, says lawyer
Lagos – A student facing a defamation case for a tweet about Nigeria’s first lady had the charges against... Read more
3 Dec, 2022
DRC accuses M23 rebels of civilian massacre, breaching truce
Goma – The Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) army on Thursday accused M23 insurgents of killing 50 civilians and... Read more
3 Dec, 2022
11 worshippers injured in mosque attack in south Nigeria
Port Harcourt – Gunmen stormed a mosque in southern Nigeria’s Delta state on Friday, wounding 11 worshippers after attempting... Read more
3 Dec, 2022
