Leading Zimbabwe lawyer arrested in court
Harare – A leading Zimbabwe human rights lawyer who has defended high-profile cases, was arrested in court on Friday... Read more
22 Oct, 2022
Gambia recalls suspect medicines after children’s deaths
Banjul – Gambia on Friday ordered a recall of several more drugs suspected of causing the deaths of 70... Read more
22 Oct, 2022
Chad’s leader visits part of capital hit by violent protests
N’Djamena – Chad’s military ruler Mahamat Idriss Deby on Friday visited a hospital and a protest-hit district of N’Djamena,... Read more
22 Oct, 2022
Nigeria government appeals ruling on separatist leader: lawyer
Abuja – Nigerian state prosecutors have appealed a court ruling to discharge a separatist leader who had been facing... Read more
22 Oct, 2022
Thousands of Sudanese renew protests against military coup
Khartoum – Thousands of Sudanese took to the streets on Friday to renew protests nearly a year after a... Read more
22 Oct, 2022
Burkina coup leader says country in ‘danger’ as he takes office
Ouagadougou – Ibrahim Traore, the young army captain who led the latest coup in Burkina Faso, became interim president... Read more
22 Oct, 2022
Three died in Guinea anti-junta protests: opposition
Conakry – Guinea’s top prosecutor called on Friday for a crackdown on the organisers and participants of a giant anti-government... Read more
22 Oct, 2022
Abiy vows ‘end’ to war as AU discusses Tigray peace talks
Addis Ababa – Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has vowed war in Tigray “will end and peace will prevail”... Read more
22 Oct, 2022
South Sudan floods leave 75 000 refugees without food: UN
Geneva – The devastating floods in South Sudan have blocked aid from reaching displaced people, the UN said on... Read more
22 Oct, 2022
Clashes kill 18 in central Nigeria, officials say
Lagos – Eighteen people, including two policemen, were killed in intercommunal violence between nomadic herders and farmers in central... Read more
22 Oct, 2022
