Kenya’s top court reviews disputed bid to change constitution
Nairobi – Kenya’s highest court began on Tuesday weighing a legal bid to revive government plans to shake up... Read more
18 Jan, 2022
Tunisian court orders release of opposition MP
Tunis – A Tunisian military court on Monday ordered the release of detained opposition lawmaker Seifeddine Makhlouf, who is bitterly... Read more
18 Jan, 2022
Guinea’s ex-president Alpha Conde leaves country
Conakry – Guinea’s former president Alpha Conde left the West African state on Monday, two officials said, after being deposed... Read more
18 Jan, 2022
‘Why is Cde Lindiwe Sisulu being dismissed?’… Stop ‘hurling insults’ at her, says Bathabile Dlamini
Cape Town – ANC Women’s League president Bathabile Dlamini has defended Tourism Minister Lindiwe Sisulu after she was criticised... Read more
18 Jan, 2022
US sanctions on Zimbabwe’s elite ricochet across economy
Harare – Callisto Jokonya stands in the cavernous factory of Imperial Refrigeration and recalls the halcyon days. In the... Read more
18 Jan, 2022
Sudan security kill seven protesters in anti-coup rallies
Khartoum – Sudanese forces opened fire killing seven protesters Monday in one of the deadliest recent mass rallies against... Read more
18 Jan, 2022
Tear gas fired at thousands rallying in Sudan against coup
Khartoum – Sudanese security forces fired tear gas on Monday at protesters opposed to last year’s military coup, ahead of... Read more
17 Jan, 2022
Economist arrested in Mali for ‘subversive remarks’, his lawyer says
Bamako – A leading Malian economist has been arrested in Bamako, taken to a police station and questioned about “subversive and... Read more
17 Jan, 2022
‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero boycotts court as state seeks tougher sentence
Kigali – The hero of “Hotel Rwanda” failed to appear in a Kigali court on Monday as state prosecutors sought... Read more
17 Jan, 2022
Cyril Ramaphosa fires warning shot after Minister Lindiwe Sisulu slams judges
Johannesburg – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday reprimanded a senior minister after she attacked the constitution and said... Read more
17 Jan, 2022
