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 »
July 09, 2023
Somalia: New U.S. Airstrikes Kill Al-Shabaab Militants
The U.S. military says it has conducted three new airstrikes against al-Shabab fighters in Somalia, killing 10 militants overnight. Read more »
July 07, 2023
Kenya: Kenya Police Use Tear Gas On Tax Hike Protesters
Kenyan police have used tear gas on opposition-led protesters, who were demonstrating Friday against tax hikes, including the doubling of a tax on fuel. Read more »
July 06, 2023
Malawi: Albinism Community in Malawi Demands an End to Attacks
The Association of Persons with Albinism in Malawi, or APAM, is appealing for urgent intervention to stop continued attacks on people with albinism in the country. Read more »
June 29, 2023
Cameroon: Cameroon's Farmers Decry Crop Export Ban to Nigeria
Cameroon is cracking down on the smuggling of cocoa, cotton, and other cash crops to Nigeria by temporarily banning the legal trade as well. Since announcing the ban two weeks ago,… Read more »
June 26, 2023
Zambia: Govt Seizes Properties Linked to Former President Edgar Lungu
The lawyer for Zambia's former President Edgar Lungu has denounced a government takeover of some 20 properties linked to his family, calling it a political witch hunt. Zambia's… Read more »
June 17, 2023
Uganda: 25 Killed in Militant Attack On Ugandan School
Twenty-five people have been killed in a terrorist attack on a school in western Uganda, police said Saturday. Read more »
June 16, 2023
Cameroon: Communication Council Prohibits LGBTI Scenes On TV
Cameroon has prohibited the broadcast of television programs that it says propagate homosexuality in the central African state. Read more »
Cameroon: Cameroon Gives Birth Certificates to Children Deprived of Education
Ahead of International Day of the African Child on June 16, rights groups and officials in Cameroon are distributing birth certificates to 30,000 of several million children denied… Read more »
June 15, 2023
South Africa: South African Police Receive Chinese Training
South Africa's police minister, Bheki Cele, and a delegation of senior police officials recently returned from a visit to China, where they discussed strengthening law enforcement… Read more »
June 13, 2023
Ethiopia: Enforced Disappearances on the Rise, Says Rights Commission
The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission has called for an end to what it calls a rising trend of enforced disappearances in the country. The Ethiopian government has yet to respond… Read more »
June 08, 2023
Ethiopia: U.S. Suspends Food Aid to Ethiopia
The Washington Post reports the U.S. government is suspending food aid to Ethiopia after an investigation uncovered a scheme to divert the food from the poor to the Ethiopian… Read more »
June 06, 2023
Cameroon: Journalists Say Suspensions Are Sign of Government Crackdown
Journalists in Cameroon say the government's indefinite shutdown of a radio station and suspension of four reporters is a sign of a growing crackdown on the country's news media.… Read more »
Malawi: Malawi Revokes Dubious Citizenship of Refugees Wanted Abroad
Malawi's government has started revoking citizenship of refugees and asylum-seekers who they say obtained their status fraudulently. Read more »
June 05, 2023
Namibia: Unemployment, Substance Abuse Leading Cause of Suicide in Namibia
Namibia ranks fourth in the rate of suicide on the African continent, the country's deputy minister of health and social services, Esther Muinjangue, said at a recent regional… Read more »
June 02, 2023
Cameroon: Officials Say Prominent Traditional Ruler Freed After 18 Months of Separatist Captivity
A prominent traditional leader in Cameroon's troubled Northwest region has been freed after 18 months of being held captive by separatists. Government officials say Cameroon's… Read more »