Rival Sudan camps urge peaceful protests as tensions rise
Khartoum – Rival Sudanese protest leaders on Wednesday urged their supporters to remain peaceful, on the eve of a... Read more
21 Oct, 2021
Prosecutors appeal after ‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero jailed
Kigali – Rwandan prosecutors said on Wednesday they have filed an appeal against a court ruling that sentenced “Hotel... Read more
21 Oct, 2021
Kenya lifts dusk-to-dawn Covid curfew
Nairobi – Kenya’s president Uhuru Kenyatta announced on Wednesday the immediate lifting of a nationwide coronavirus curfew in force... Read more
20 Oct, 2021
Neglected eastern Sudan tribes in ‘quest for justice’
Port Sudan – Under the harsh rule of ex-president Omar al-Bashir, Sudan’s eastern tribes felt abandoned and neglected, even taking... Read more
20 Oct, 2021
New Ethiopia air strike on Tigray capital
Addis Ababa – Ethiopia’s military launched a new air strike on the Tigrayan capital Mekele on Wednesday, the second... Read more
20 Oct, 2021
Sex, hope and activism: Meet ‘Uganda’s rudest woman’
Kampala – Her sexually explicit protests have been likened to pornography, but Ugandan activist and writer Stella Nyanzi says... Read more
20 Oct, 2021
East Sudan protests snarl trade, deepen economic woes
Port Sudan – Hundreds of trucks packed with goods stand idle in Port Sudan, dozens of container ships lie... Read more
20 Oct, 2021
Slow start to Burundi’s Covid vaccine campaign
Nairobi – Only a trickle of Burundians have turned up to get a Covid-19 shot since the country launched a... Read more
19 Oct, 2021
Sudan’s PM urges restraint as army and civilian divisions deepen
Khartoum – Sudan’s government urged all political factions on Monday to “refrain from escalating” unrest after police dispersed pro-military... Read more
19 Oct, 2021
New Cape Verde president vows to work with rival prime minister
Praia – Left-winger Jose Maria Neves vowed on Monday to work together with his centre-right prime minister after winning the Cape... Read more
19 Oct, 2021
