Mwanzo Editor
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Jailed Tanzania opposition leader Tundu Lissu, vows hunger strike
“Because the prison administration openly defies judicial orders, our chairman Lissu has expressed legitimate fear for his life and personal safety,” said Chadema’s Secretary General, John Mnyika.
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Military plane crash kills 32 in Nigeria
It is one the worst air disasters in recent years in Africa’s most populous country.
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US-German trio win medicine Nobel for work on optogenetics
The Nobel medicine prize was awarded Monday to US psychiatrist and neurologist Karl Deisseroth and his German colleagues Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for their work in the field of optogenetics.
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East Africans find fragile refuge in Kenya as repression soars
Dozens of Ugandans and Tanzanians are thought to be hiding in neighbouring Kenya after recent elections in their countries triggered mass arrests, kidnappings, and murders.
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Uganda opposition leader treason trial starts without lawyers
The judge said Besigye would be able to choose from a list of state lawyers and if he failed to do so, they would be selected for him.
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600 dead in DR Congo Ebola outbreak
Updated numbers issued by the UN health agency showed there have been 1,759 confirmed cases in DR Congo since the outbreak was declared in mid-May, including 600 confirmed deaths.
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Nigeria’s Dangote confirms Lamu, Kenya for east Africa mega-refinery
Aliko Dangote, will build a 700,000-barrels per day east African oil refinery in Lamu on the Kenya coast.
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Zimbabwe president signs into law constitutional change extending term
Mnangagwa — nicknamed “The Crocodile” because of his ruthlessness — came to power in 2017 in a military-backed coup that ousted Robert Mugabe at the age of 93 and after 37 years in power.
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Tanzanians fear more police killings ahead of planned protests
Riot police, weapons drawn, are visible across the commercial capital Dar es Salaam after calls to protest on July 7, usually a day that celebrates the creation of the African Union of Tanganyika, the party…
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Couple climb to top of Empire State Building for apparent proposal
The couple, wearing black with their faces covered, unfurled a banner on top of the 1,454-foot (443-meter) landmark that read “When the power of love beats the love of power, the world knows peace.”
