Augustinus Petrus Kouwenhoven is convicted of crimes against humanity and for selling firearms to former Liberian president Charles Taylor. Read more »
Was there really a coup attempt in Equatorial Guinea recently, as reported by the government? Jan Philipp Wilhelm reports for Deutsche Welle. Read more »
Protests broke out in more than 10 towns against price and tax increases put in place by the government in an attempt to stabilize Tunisia's economic crisis. They turned violent in ... Read more »
Martha O'Donovan from New Jersey, faced criminal charges in Zimbabwe for allegedly insulting former President Robert Mugabe via Twitter. Read more »
While the government did not say how and when it would close the Maekelawi detention center in Addis Ababa, doing so would be an important step toward ending longstanding political ... Read more »
The federal government has sent a special delegation to Tripoli, the Libyan capital on a fact-finding mission over widely published reports that Nigerians were being sold and ... Read more »
At least seven demonstrators have been killed and dozens injured after after anti-government protests were held in Kinshasa and several other cities in the country. Read more »
Nyasha Bakare, the wife of prize-winning, U.S.-based Cameroonian novelist Patrice Nganang, has welcomed the release of her husband who was detained after he allegedly insulted and ... Read more »
The African National Congtess's committee of social transformation has affirmed its commitment to decriminalising sex work, which it hopes could help reduce new HIV infections by ... Read more »
Tanzania's president pardoned singer Nguza Viking, also known as Babu Seya, and his son Johnson Nguza, known as Papii Kocha, on Saturday for raping 10 primary schoolgirls, aged ... Read more »
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