Cameroon: Bomb Wounds 11 University Students in Cameroon

At least 11 University of Buea students were wounded after a bomb was thrown onto the roof of a lecture hall in Cameroon's restive Anglophone region of Southwest. Read more »

Sudan: Military Arrests Civilian Officials, Prime Minister Under House Arrest - Reports

Sudan's Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok is reportedly under house arrest after an unidentified military force besieged his house early on Monday October 25, 2021, according to local… Read more »

Africa: How Intellectual Property Law is Holding Back Covid-19 Therapies

Médecins Sans Frontières' Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines (MSF Access Campaign) has hosted the first of a three-part webinar series which will examine how… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigerian Billionaire Gilbert Chagoury Named In FBI Probe On U.S. Election Donors

Gilbert Chagoury, a Nigerian billionaire of Lebanese descent, has been named in the criminal case of a U.S. congressman Jeff Fortenberry who prosecutors say lied to… Read more »

South Africa: Fifty Men Rescued From House In Johannesburg Could Be In Country Illegally

Fifty young men including an 11-year-old boy, have been rescued from a house in Lenasia, a suburb in Johannesburg, by members of the South African police. Read more »

Africa: A Healthy Environment is a Human Right, Says UN Body #AfricaClimateCrisis

Outdoor spaces is what most people have been craving during the Covid-19 pandemic, when a series of lockdowns across the world forced countless people indoors. And these enforced… Read more »

Uganda: Besigye Curious Over Treason Case Withdrawal

Kizza Besigye, former Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) leader, says he is unsure how and why the information about the withdrawal of his treason case is only coming out now. The… Read more »

Burkina Faso: Murder Accused Compaore Chooses to Stay Away for Thomas Sankara Trial

The main defendant in the long-awaited trial on the 1987 assassination of Thomas Sankara and former president of Burkina Faso, Blaise Compaore, will not be present at the trial… Read more »

Gambia: U.S. Acts to Seize Former Gambia Leader Jammeh's Property

Gambia's former president Yahya Jammeh whose rule was characterised by allegations of widespread abuses is faced with a forfeiture process in U.S. courts. Read more »

Sudan: Port Closure Leads to Shortage of Essential Medicine, Fuel, Wheat

The Sudanese government has announced that the country is about to run out of essential medicine, fuel, and wheat after political protests forced the closure of Port Sudan. Read more »

Nigeria: Nigerian States Should Protect Girls by Ending Child Marriage

Over 10 million children are out of school in Nigeria and the global pandemic has only made it harder for young people to stay in school. There have been dire consequences… Read more »

South Africa: Were The Cradock Four Sacrificed at Altar of Democracy in South Africa?

June 27, 1985. The day that changed the lives of four families forever – a day that robbed Nomonde Calata, Nyameka Goniwe, Sindiswa Mkhonto and Nombuyiselo Mhlauli of their… Read more »

Nigeria: Time to Ransom the Psycho-Social Trauma of Nigeria's Kidnapping Epidemic

"He is the one! That's him!" Those were the words my brother heard before four uniformed men grabbed him at the store five minutes from his home in Port Harcourt, Rivers state… Read more »

South Africa: Zuma Freed From Prison on Medical Parole

Former South African president Jacob Zuma is being released from prison on medical parole, two months into a 15-month sentence. Read more »

Chad: Former President Hissène Habré Dies

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South Africa: Jailed Ex-President Zuma Taken to Outside Hospital for Observation

The Correctional Services department in South Africa says jailed former President Jacob Zuma has been admitted to an outside hospital for medical observation. Read more »

South Sudan: Two Activists Arrested on Same Day New Parliament is Sworn In - Reports

South Sudan on Monday swore in hundreds of lawmakers to a newly created national parliament, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reports. Read more »

Kenya: Kenya Needs an Inclusive Social Protection Policy

Doris is a 75-year-old woman from Kayaba informal settlement in Nairobi. As with most families in the settlement, her house is a single dilapidated room with mud walls, a… Read more »

Africa: Africa Is Calling For A Global Plastic Treaty. Will The World Listen?

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), considers pollution as one of three threats our planet is facing, along with the climate crisis and the loss of nature. Among all… Read more »

South Africa: The Fault-Lines of the World's Most Unequal Society

Amid the explosive cocktail of ingredients which contributed to the outbreak of looting and burning in South Africa this week, new fault-lines running through a society divided by… Read more »

South Africa: Jacob Zuma to Remain In Jail While Constitutional Court Hearing Is Pending

Former president Jacob Zuma's bid to stay out of prison until his Constitutional Court hearing next week, has been dismissed with costs by Judge Jerome Mnguni at the… Read more »

South Africa: Ex-President Zuma Heads to Prison

South Africa's former president, Jacob Zuma, is on his way to hand himself over to prison authorities, his foundation said late Wednesday. Read more »

Ethiopia: Tigrayan Crowds Jeer Captured Federal Troops

Thousands of prisoners taken by Tigrayan forces have been paraded through the recaptured regional capital, Mekelle, in an apparent breach of the principles of international law… Read more »

South Africa: Jacob Zuma's Legal Team to Challenge 15-Month Jail Term

Former president Jacob Zuma's legal team is expected to file an urgent application against the Constitutional Court ruling that Zuma be imprisoned for 15 months for contempt, in… Read more »

South Africa: Top Court Dismisses Public Protector's Appeal Over Ramaphosa Campaign Funding

The Constitutional Court has ruled that President Cyril Ramaphosa did not willfully mislead Parliament with regard to donations made to fund his campaign (CR17) for the presidency… Read more »