South Africa: Apex Court Sends Former President Zuma to Prison

South Africa's top court gave the country's former president, Jacob Zuma, a verbal tongue-lashing on Tuesday for his defiance of the law and ordered him to report to police within… Read more »

South Africa: Former President Jacob Zuma Found Guilty of Contempt of Court

Former president Jacob Zuma has been found guilty of contempt of court by the Constitutional Court. Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria's Twitter Ban is Bad for Our Health

In 2017, Nigeria detected its first monkeypox case in 39 years. What most people don't know is that that the first sign of the disease was picked up on Twitter. The data was… Read more »

South Africa: Hundreds of Millions in Gupta Assets Seized by Investigators

South African authorities have seized assets belonging to the Guptas, their companies and associates, reports News24. The assets include luxury properties in the up-market suburbs… Read more »

South Africa: Breaking News - Authority Seeks Interpol Assistance in Arresting Guptas

The National Prosecuting Authority has tweeted a press release announcing a request to Interpol for assistance in the execution of arrest warrants for Atul and Rajesh Gupta, their… Read more »

South Africa: Hair-Raising South African Child Trafficking Movie Hopes to Bring Change

The issue of human trafficking has been explored so many times in different blockbusters across the world, but when the topic is so close to home, it just gives you the… Read more »

South Africa: Suspended Ruling Party Secretary General to Challenge Decision in Court - Reports

Suspended African National Congress secretary-general Ace Magashule is taking the ANC to court over his suspension, South African media are reporting. Read more »

South Africa: Ruling Party Suspends Secretary-General Ace Magashule

South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) has suspended its Secretary-General, Ace Magashule, after his indictment on corruption charges. Read more »

Senegal: Senegal Has A Law Criminalizing Slavery - Here Is Why That Matters

It has been eleven years since Senegal's National Assembly passed a law declaring the Atlantic slave trade and the enslavement of African people a crime against humanity. The law… Read more »

South Africa: Marijuana Farm License Body's Board Are Constitution Delinquents - Black Farmers Association

On April 22, the Black Farmers Association of South Africa (BFASA) is protesting against the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA)'s role in the… Read more »

Africa: More Protected Areas Not the Solution to Climate Change - Survival International

While humanity is scrambling to prevent the cascading effects of climate change, a new global plan to turn 30% of the earth into environmental sanctuaries by 2030 is not the… Read more »

South Africa: Indigenous People Being Excluded From Marijuana Industry - Black Farmers Association

Black farmers are taking on the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) over the exclusion of indigenous people in the handing out of cannabis licenses. Read more »

Africa: When Will Women Have Equal Access to Land?

In Kenya, residents of a women-only village established in 1990 were finally granted ownership of their tract of land this month. In Tanzania, the government affirmed its… Read more »

Burkina Faso: Former President Compaore Charged in Thomas Sankara Murder

A military tribunal in Burkina Faso has charged former president Blaise Compaore with complicity in the 1987 assassination of then-president Thomas Sankara, Read more »

Africa: U.S. Anti-Abortionists Tell African Women Dangerous 'Abortion Pill Reversal' Works

An investigation into the practice of telling women that about 'Abortion pill reversal' (APR) - a controversial treatment first developed by a California-based family physician -… Read more »

Niger: Gunmen Kills Dozens in Attack on Convoy

Armed men in southwestern Niger killed at least 58 people when they intercepted a convoy returning from a weekly market and attacked a nearby village, Al Jazeera reports. Read more »

Mali: Ex-Coup Leader Will Not Stand Trial For 2012 Killings

A Bamako court has ended the much-delayed trial of Amadou Sanogo, who was accused of killing 21 elite soldiers in a 2012 coup, Al Jazeera reports. Read more »

Africa: Shocking Levels of Violence Against Women - UN Report

Shocking levels of violence inflicted by men upon women are reported in a United Nations study published today. The analysis shows that in Sub-Saharan Africa, one in every three… Read more »

Senegal: Clashes Between Police and Protesters Continue in Dakar

Violence hit Dakar once again as tensions rose around the arrest of opposition figure Ousmane Sonko. Read more »

Senegal: Opposition Leader Arrested As Supporters Protest

Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko was arrested on Wednesday after hundreds of his supporters clashed with police in Dakar, Reuters reports. Read more »

South Africa: 'Insufficient Evidence' Means No Rape Charges Against DJ Fresh, Euphonik

Rape allegations against - DJ Fresh, real name Thato Sikwane, and Euphonik, real name Themba Nkosi -  came to light last month after a woman took to Twitter to make the… Read more »

South Africa: Former President Zuma Defies Constitutional Court Ruling to Testify on State Capture

Four days after South Africa's top court ordered former president Jacob Zuma to appear before a commission of inquiry investigating the widespread corruption which spread through… Read more »

Africa: Governments Exploited Covid-19 to Crack Down on Human Rights - Report

Covid-19 and the emergency measures taken to combat it have affected the poor in Africa particularly badly, and some governments have exploited the pandemic to restrict human… Read more »

Guinea: Conde's Forces Enjoy Impunity for Abuses

An excerpt on Guinea from the annual Human Rights Watch publication, World Report 2021: Read more »

Zimbabwe: Abductions, Torture, Arbitrary Arrests Continued in 2020

An excerpt on Zimbabwe from the annual Human Rights Watch publication, World Report 2021: Read more »