Guinea coup leader returns after decade in exile
Conakry – The leader of a 2008 coup in Guinea arrived back in the country on Wednesday after more than... Read more
23 Dec, 2021
Trump sues New York attorney general to block fraud probe
New York – Former president Donald Trump sued New York’s attorney general on Monday in an attempt to stop her... Read more
20 Dec, 2021
Gambia’s Barrow vows term limits, reform as part of ‘legacy’
Banjul – Gambia’s newly re-elected President Adama Barrow pledged on Tuesday to introduce a presidential term limit before the end... Read more
8 Dec, 2021
South Africa MPs reject controversial land expropriation bill
Cape Town – A bid to allow South Africa’s government to expropriate land without compensation as a way to... Read more
8 Dec, 2021
In The Gambia, victims of ex-dictator hope for justice
Banjul – In a victim’s centre in The Gambia’s capital Banjul, Mariama Marong Baldeh lifts up an old photo... Read more
4 Dec, 2021
Mali parliament ex-VP handed 6 month suspended sentence
Bamako – A court in Mali’s capital on Friday handed a suspended six-month sentence to a former vice president of... Read more
4 Dec, 2021
Egyptian rights activist fined over ‘insulting’ online posts
Cairo – An Egyptian court fined prominent human rights activist Hossam Bahgat on Monday for “insulting” the country’s electoral commission... Read more
30 Nov, 2021
Senegal beauty pageant organiser sparks uproar over rape comments
Dakar – Hundreds of women filed legal complaints against the head of the Miss Senegal contest on Wednesday, activists said,... Read more
25 Nov, 2021
US teen cleared in protester deaths says self-defence ‘not illegal’
Washington – Kyle Rittenhouse, the American teen acquitted after fatally shooting two men during protests and riots against police brutality... Read more
22 Nov, 2021
Judge throws out two Malcolm X murder convictions
New York – A New York judge on Thursday threw out the convictions of two men imprisoned for decades over... Read more
19 Nov, 2021
