November 03
Nigeria: Women Affairs Minister Visits Detained #endbadgovernance Minors, Assures Fair Judicial Process
Vanguard
The Ministry of Women Affairs has expressed deep concern over the recent detention of 52 children who were reportedly arrested on August 3, 2024, during the End Bad Governance… Read more »
Nigeria: Criminals Must Be Responsible for Their Actions - Police
Leadership
Nigeria Police Force (NPF) says individuals who have attained the age of criminal responsibility must be answerable for their actions, regardless of biological age. Read more »
South Africa: Hundreds of Illegal Miners Arrested After Underground Food and Water Supplies Cut
Daily Maverick
The zama zamas who surfaced at Orkney over the weekend are the small fish in this big pond of criminality. The big fish have yet to be landed in the net. Read more »
November 02
Kenya: Gachagua Urges MPs to Pass Key Bills With Same Speed As His Impeachment
Capital FM
Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has called on Parliament to pass key Bills with the same urgency that was applied during his impeachment. Read more »
Sudan: Sudan's Civil War Grows More Brutal As UN Details Horrific Sexual Violence
RFI
Sudan's brutal civil war shows no signs of slowing, with reports of escalating atrocities and rampant sexual violence threatening to destroy entire communities. Harrowing accounts… Read more »
Mozambique: Police Kill Demonstrators; Frelimo Offices Burned
Mozambique News Reports And Clippings
Increasingly instability in Maputo, Zambézia and Nampula Read more »
Western Sahara: France Turns to Occupied Western Sahara for Colonial Plunder
People's Dispatch
Forced on the retreat in its former colonies in West Africa, France has officially endorsed Morocco's illegal occupation of Western Sahara, and struck deals to partner in… Read more »
November 01
South Africa: Soccer Star Faces Charges After Fatal Crash - South African News Briefs - November 1, 2024
allAfrica
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Kenya: Kindiki Sworn in As Deputy President, Replacing Gachagua Who Was Impeached
Capital FM
Kithure Kindiki has officially been sworn in as Kenya's third Deputy President, succeeding Rigathi Gachagua, who was impeached following a fallout with President William Ruto. Read more »
Zimbabwe: When Will We Get Our Apology? - Mnangagwa Demands Colonial Reparations From Britain
New Zimbabwe
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has demanded reparations and an apology from Britain over colonial injustices suffered by Zimbabweans and the lasting legacy of colonialism in the… Read more »
Uganda: 3 Children Found 'Beheaded' Near Sudanese Refugee Camp in Uganda
Dabanga
Panic gripped Sudanese refugees in Uganda's Kiryandongo camp when the bodies of three Ugandan children were reportedly found beheaded near Bilal ibn Rabah school last week. The… Read more »
Nigeria: Bobrisky Detained, Removed From Amsterdam-Bound Flight At Lagos Airport
Premium Times
"Nigerians help me; EFCC just arrested me. I am badly injured." Read more »
Morocco: Morocco Foils Attempted Drug Smuggling in Nador, Seizes Over 63k Psychotropic Tablets, 550g of Cocaine
MAP
Moroccan Security and Customs officials operating in the center of Beni Ansar (Nador) thwarted on Thursday evening an attempt to smuggle 63,074 psychotropic tablets and 550 grams… Read more »
Lesotho: DCEO Investigates Home Affairs Recruitments
Lesotho Times
THE Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO) is investigating the Ministry of Local Government, Chieftainship, Home Affairs, and Police over alleged corruption… Read more »
South Africa: President Finally Appoints Judges to 'Collapsed' Special Tribunal
GroundUp
Retired Judge Margaret Victor has been appointed president of the Tribunal Read more »
South Africa: Three Suspects Nabbed for Stock Theft in Mahwelereng Policing Precinct [press release]
SAPS
Police nabbed three male suspects aged between 27 and 34 for stealing goats, sheep, and chickens at Mapela, Ga-Chaba village and in Mahwelereng Zone 2, under policing area of… Read more »
Uganda: Police, Security Forces Foil Robbery Plot Against PDM Beneficiaries in Nabilatuk
Nile Post
Police have reportedly thwarted an attempted robbery targeting members of a Village Savings and Loan Association (VSLA) group benefiting from the Parish Development Model (PDM)… Read more »
Nigeria: #endbadgovernance - Judge Halts Proceedings As Three Minors, One Adult Brought to Face Trial Slump
Premium Times
The four defendants, who looked malnourished and unkempt, slumped shortly after they were called into the dock to take their pleas. Read more »
Kenya: No, Kenyan Lawmaker Wanyama Didn't Say National Assembly Speaker Wetang'ula Unfit for Office
Africa Check
No, Kenyan lawmaker Wanyama didn't say national assembly speaker Wetang'ula unfit for office Read more »
Zimbabwe: Justice Mayor Wadyajena's Unbreakable Resurgence
263Chat
JUST a few months ago, it looked almost certain that factional wars in Zanu PF had buried Justice Mayor Wadyajena. Read more »
Nigeria: #endbadgovernance - Judge Halts Proceedings After Minor Brought to Face Trial Slumps
Premium Times
The minor is among at least 28 other minors remanded in connection with the #EndBadGovernance since August. Read more »
Uganda: Death Toll in Kigogwa Fuel Tanker Fire Reaches 31
Nile Post
The number of people who died following an explosion of a fuel tanker at Kigogwa along the Kampala- Bombo road in Wakiso district has reached 31. Read more »
Africa: Deciphering Türkiye's Africa Policy [analysis]
ISS
Beyond Türkiye's expanding African footprint that covers trade, investment and stability lie Erdoğan's strategic ambitions. Read more »
Africa: UN Remains Paralyzed As 'Rogue Nations' Violate Charter & Escalate War Crimes
IPS
The United Nations continues to be virtually paralyzed - and remains politically impotent amidst two raging conflicts--as Russia and Israel keep defying the world body. Read more »
Africa: Has the United Nations Outlived Its Usefulness?
IPS
The United Nations, established in 1945 at the end of World War II, has sadly virtually outlived its usefulness as it commemorated its 79th anniversary due to its failure to reform… Read more »
