August 25, 2023
Mozambique: President Reports Killing of Militant Leader
Mozambican President Filipande Jacinto Nyusi on Friday reported the killing of reputed terrorist leader Bonomade Machude Omar, known as Ibn Omar, in troubled Cabo Delgado province. Read more »
August 24, 2023
Gabon: Last-Minute Gabon Voting Rule Change Poses Governance Risk, Experts Say
Political analysts say a last-minute rule change in Gabon's August 26 national elections, which now stipulates voters must select their presidential and parliamentary candidate… Read more »
August 23, 2023
Malawi: Govt Moves to Forcibly Reopen Containers Confiscated From Refugees
The Malawi government says it will forcibly open 125 containers confiscated from refugees and asylum-seekers living outside a refugee camp. Police say the containers were… Read more »
August 22, 2023
Somalia: Govt Announces Amnesty for Al-Shabaab
The Somali government has offered amnesty to al-Shabab militants amid an ongoing military offensive in central parts of the country. The move is seen by some analysts as a way to… Read more »
August 09, 2023
Uganda: World Bank Says No Future Funding for Uganda Due to Anti-Gay Law
Ugandan authorities say they will keep talking to the World Bank after the bank pledged to not release any new funds to the east African nation. The bank objects to a new… Read more »
Somalia: Roadside Explosion Kills At Least Six
At least six people were killed and 12 others were injured when a roadside explosion hit a minibus in southern Somalia on Wednesday morning, the local governor says. Read more »
August 07, 2023
Malawi: Govt Moves to Tackle Rising Cases of Suicide
Police records show that for the past five years suicide cases in Malawi have jumped from 128 in 2018 to 292 last year. Read more »
August 01, 2023
Botswana: Botswana Parliament Defers Debate On Controversial Homosexuality Bill
Botswana's parliament on Tuesday abandoned debate on a bill that if passed would decriminalize same-sex relations. In 2019, Botswana's High Court and Court of Appeal ruled that… Read more »
July 31, 2023
Sudan: Rights Groups Call for Sudan War Crimes Investigation
A group of Sudanese rights and professional bodies has accused both warring parties in Sudan of committing atrocities that could be prosecuted as war crimes and crimes against… Read more »
July 26, 2023
Ghana: Ghana Abolishes Capital Punishment
Ghana's parliament has voted to abolish the death penalty. The move comes three decades after the last death sentence was carried out in the West African nation. Rights group… Read more »
South Africa: South Africa Opposition Protests Race Quotas for Management Jobs
Members of South Africa's main opposition party took to the streets Wednesday in Cape Town to protest a new law that allows racial quotas in the workplace, saying it will… Read more »
July 25, 2023
Botswana: Churches Urge Parliament to Vote Against Bill On Same-Sex Relations
Tensions are rising in Botswana between the LGBTQ and Christian communities after members of the evangelical church community organized a march Saturday against a bill that could… Read more »
July 24, 2023
Nigeria: Lagos State to Bury More Than 100 Killed in Anti-Police Brutality Protests
Authorities in Nigeria's Lagos state have acknowledged that at least 103 protesters died in clashes with security forces during 2020 protests over police brutality, a higher figure… Read more »
July 21, 2023
Malawi: Malawi Court Orders Chinese Child Exploiter to Leave
A court in Malawi has ordered a Chinese national to leave the country in seven days after being found guilty of racial discrimination against children. Read more »
July 20, 2023
Kenya: Kenyan Cost of Living Protests Enter Day 2
NAIROBI - Protesters were out in the streets in Kenya again Thursday demonstrating against the high cost of living and recent tax hikes. This comes after opposition leader Raila… Read more »
July 17, 2023
Somalia: Al-Shabaab Imposes Blockade On Baidoa Town in Somalia
Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has condemned the militant group al-Shabab for imposing a weeklong blockade on the southwestern town of Baidoa. Authorities say the Islamist… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Rights Groups, Opposition Furious Over Signed Patriotic Bill
Rights activists and opposition groups in Zimbabwe say President Emmerson Mnangagwa's signing into law a so-called "Patriotic Bill" is a grave attack on fundamental freedoms and… Read more »
July 14, 2023
Sudan: Sudanese Activists Call for Probe of Alleged Rapes
Sudanese activists are calling for an investigation into reports of rape, sexual assault and other gender-based violence during the fighting in Sudan. Read more »
Kenya: Al-Shabaab Kills Police Officers, Teacher in Northeastern Kenya
Suspected al-Shabab militants killed two police officers and a teacher early Friday morning in an attack on the Wargadud police camp in the Mandera South area, in Kenya's… Read more »
South Africa: Zuma's Prison Release Ruled Unlawful
South Africa's Constitutional Court has ruled that former President Jacob Zuma's early release from prison because of claimed medical conditions was unlawful. Read more »
July 13, 2023
Sudan: International Criminal Court to Investigate Report of Mass Grave
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said Thursday that his office is investigating reports that at least 87 people were found in a mass grave in Sudan's West… Read more »
July 12, 2023
Mozambique: Many of Mozambique's Internally Displaced Fear Returning Home
Hasmane Alfa was 18 when armed men attacked his home village of Quissanga, in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado province. Read more »
Zimbabwe: Court Disqualifies Former Ruling Party Official From Elections
Zimbabwe's Electoral Court has disqualified a former minister and senior ruling party official who fled the country from running in next month's election. The court ruled Savior… Read more »
Nigeria: Activists Alarmed by Burning of Vessel Loaded With Stolen Crude
Environmental activists in Nigeria are raising alarms after the military this week burned a ship with more than 800,000 liters of stolen crude oil. Read more »
Uganda: Government Rejects Torture Allegations
Uganda's government is rejecting claims that top officials, including President Yoweri Museveni and his son, were responsible for the torture of political opponents. Read more »