December 27, 2022
Cameroon: Cameroon Stocking Up On Plastic Bag Whisky Before Final End of Year Ban
Eight years after first initiating a ban on locally-made whisky sold in plastic bags, the government is finally enforcing a sweeping ban across the country, effective as of 31… Read more »
December 23, 2022
Gambia: France 'Strongly' Condemns Attempted Coup d'Etat in the Gambia
France's Foreign Ministry strongly condemned the coup attempt that took place earlier this week in the West African country of The Gambia against President Adama Barrow, according… Read more »
Mali: Mali Agrees to Release 46 Ivorian Soldiers After Five Months in Detention
In the presence of the Togolese mediator and Cote d'Ivoire delegation, the Malian government agreed on Thursday in Bamako to release the 46 Ivoirian soldiers who have been detained… Read more »
December 15, 2022
Uganda: Ugandan Child Soldier Loses War Crimes Appeal
International Criminal Court appeals judges have rejected the appeal by a former commander in the Ugandan rebel Lord's Resistance Army of his conviction on dozens of charges of war… Read more »
December 08, 2022
Mozambique: 'Hidden Debt' Trial - Former President's Son Jailed
The son of a former president of Mozambique has been sentenced to 12 years in prison after being found guilty, along with 10 other people, on charges related to a corruption… Read more »
East Africa: TotalEnergies in Court Over Massive Oil Projects in Uganda, Tanzania
The French energy giant TotalEnergies appeared in a Paris court after years of delay in a case in which six NGOs accuse it of "failing in its duty of vigilance" on two massive oil… Read more »
December 05, 2022
Chad: Hundreds Jailed After Deadly Anti-Government Protests
A Chadian court has handed jail terms of between two and three years to 262 people who were arrested after deadly protests in October, the public prosecutor said on Monday. Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: Swiss Mining Giant Glencore to Pay U.S.$180 Million to DRC Over Graft Claims
Glencore said Monday it has agreed to pay $180 million (€170 million) to the Democratic Republic of Congo to cover corruption allegations, the latest payment in a series of… Read more »
December 02, 2022
Burkina Faso: Transitional Leader Confirms Coup Attempt but Favours Dialogue
Burkina Faso's interim president Captain Ibrahim Traoré has told civil society groups there was indeed a recent coup attempt against his government. Read more »
November 28, 2022
Chad: Chad to Try 400 People Over Deadly Anti-Government Protests Ahead of International Inquiry
The trial of over 400 people who joined last month's anti-government protests is to open in a desert prison in Chad on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the military authorities are insisting… Read more »
November 25, 2022
Africa: EU Ministers Seek to Resolve Feud Over Illegal Mediterranean Migrants
European interior ministers have held emergency talks on migration in the wake of a dispute between Paris and Rome over how to handle the thousands who continue to attempt to cross… Read more »
November 17, 2022
Uganda: Rights Groups Challenge Controversial Internet Law in Court
A coalition of leading Ugandan rights groups and lawyers on Thursday filed a court challenge in Kampala to a controversial internet law, which they say is aimed at curbing free… Read more »
November 07, 2022
Tanzania: 19 Killed After Tanzanian Plane Plunges Into Lake Victoria
At least 19 people have died after a Precision Air passenger plane crashed into Lake Victoria on Sunday as it attempted to land in the northwestern city of Bukoba. Read more »
November 04, 2022
Guinea: Junta Orders Corruption Case Against Ousted Leader Alpha Condé
Guinea's justice minister has ordered legal proceedings against former President Alpha Condé and more than 180 officials from his deposed regime for alleged corruption and… Read more »
November 03, 2022
Liberia: Activists Welcome Life Sentence for Liberian Rebel
A Paris court has sentenced a former Liberian rebel commander to life in jail for violence against civilians and complicity in crimes against humanity after France's first trial… Read more »
October 30, 2022
Congo-Kinshasa: Endangered Elephants 'Eavesdrop' On Poachers in DRC
Critically endangered forest elephants use their acute senses of hearing and smell to detect poachers while they are still some distance away and well before they have fired a… Read more »
October 26, 2022
Malawi: President Chakwera Fires Agriculture Minister and Deputy in Crackdown On Fraud
In a televised address to the nation, Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera fired Agriculture Minister Lobin Lowe and his deputy to immediate effect for "incompetence and gross… Read more »
October 25, 2022
Kenya: Body of Veteran Pakistani Journalist Repatriated From Kenya Today - Was Working On Documentary
The body of well-known Pakistani television journalist Arshad Sharif is being repatriated to Pakistan on Tuesday from Nairobi, Kenya, two days after he was allegedly killed by… Read more »
October 21, 2022
Zambia: Lawsuit Demands Justice for Zambians 'Poisoned' By Lead Mine
A class action lawsuit targeting mining giant Anglo American over alleged health problems caused by lead mines in central Zambia will hear who can participate in the case in… Read more »
October 20, 2022
Congo-Kinshasa: Army Backed Rebel Groups That Abused Civilians, Says Rights Group
Human Rights Watch (HRW) says it has credible evidence that army units in the Democratic Republic of Congo backed armed groups that were implicated in serious abuses during… Read more »
Ethiopia: WHO Head Warns Urgent Action Needed to Prevent Tigray 'Genocide'
Action must be taken immediately to prevent "genocide" in Ethiopia's Tigray region, World Health Organization head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters from WHO headquarters… Read more »
October 10, 2022
Liberia: Civil War Torture Trial of Rebel Commander Opens in Paris
A rebel commander during the first Liberian Civil War, Kunti Kamara goes on trial in Paris on Monday for crimes against humanity, torture, and acts of barbarity, including the… Read more »
October 08, 2022
Liberia: Survivors Sue Govt Over Failure to Track Down Civil War Killers
Survivors of a massacre during Liberia's civil war have sued the government in Monrovia for its failure to address wartime atrocities. The administration of President George Weah… Read more »
October 04, 2022
Tanzania: Maasai Lawyers to Launch Appeal in East African Land Grab Court Case
Tanzanian Maasai who took the Tanzanian government to a regional court over a land dispute that resulted in alleged evictions, loss of land, and in some cases, deaths, have vowed… Read more »
October 02, 2022
Burkina Faso: Anti-French Anger Grips Burkina Faso in Wake of Second Military Coup
Burkina Faso has been hit by confusion and uncertainty after suffering its second military coup in a year - with gunshots fired in the capital Ouagadougou on Saturday and… Read more »