Commemorations to mark 57 years since the Sharpeville Massacre, where 69 people were killed by the apartheid police during a peaceful protest march, include a 2km anti-racism and ... Read more »
Prosecutors in Paris have called for the case to be dropped against French soldiers facing allegations they raped children in the Central African Republic. Read more »
President Yoweri Museveni made the call for "sorting out boda boda riders" who suspiciously follow people's cars after the assassination of the Assistant Inspector Read more »
Although a march had been given the go-ahead by the courts, the police have said the opposition parties cannot march in Harare's Central Business District but should instead have a ... Read more »
The country will commemorate the 57th anniversary of the Sharpeville Massacre that took place on 21 March 1960 when 69 people were killed by the apartheid police during a peaceful ... Read more »
The political activist and pastor, Evan Mawarire, who is charged with subverting a constitutionally elected government, had applied to the magistrates' court, saying that the state ... Read more »
Traditional leaders and their lawyers are meeting with a U.S. judge to discuss whether a possible class-action suit can be lodged against Germany for the genocide of the Herero ... Read more »
There are reports of security forces shooting at unarmed protesters, arbitrary arrests, internet cut-off and other human rights abuses but disappointingly a crisis of these ... Read more »
Three in every 10 South Africans - 17 million of the country's poorest people - receive small social grants from the government which help them to survive. But a combination of ... Read more »
The government has eased some restrictions relating to movement and communications in order to enable local and foreign investment. Read more »
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