Gabon military leader Gen Oligui to run for president
Gabon’s military leader General Brice Oligui Nguema, who led a 2023 coup to end 55 years of Bongo dynasty rule,…
Category: Africa
Tunisia Opposition Figures Go on Trial on State Security Charges
The around 40 high-profile defendants include former diplomats, politicians, lawyers and media figures, some of whom have been outspoken critics of President Kais Saied.
Rwanda Says UK still Owes Migrant Deportation Funds
Rwanda warned at the time that it would not return the £240 million ($304 million) already paid by London to Kigali.
M23 arrests over 20 alleged Hutu rebels in Eastern DRC
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s army denied Sunday that 20 fighters linked to the Rwandan genocide had been captured on…
Nigerians displaced as rents double in inflation-hit Lagos
With a population of more than 20 million, the country’s sprawling, ever-growing economic capital has for years struggled to keep up with housing demand, with some 3,000 people added to its population per day.
Senate Drafts New Bill To Regulate Fire And Rescue Services in Kenya
The proposed legislation seeks to establish a Fire and Rescue Service Professionals Board, which will oversee the examination, training, registration, and licensing of fire and rescue services professionals.
Miaka Mitatu ya Ukatili wa DRC Inahitaji Mahakama Maalum: Mwendesha Mashtaka wa ICC
Katika mahojiano alipoitembelea Kinshasa, Mwendesha Mashtaka Khan alikubali kushindwa kwa mfumo wa haki za kimataifa kuzuia ukatili wa kutisha ambao umekuwepo kwa miongo kadhaa katika eneo hili na kusema kuwa yeye ni “ana masikitiko makubwa kuhusu kuongezeka kwa ghasia.”
At least 46 dead in Sudan army plane crash
At least 46 people were killed when a Sudanese military transport plane crashed into a residential neighbourhood on Khartoum’s outskirts,…
Chad Holds Senate Polls to Cement Political Transition
Chad held its first elections for the Senate on Tuesday, the final stage of a political transition that began four years ago when Mahamat Idriss Deby was proclaimed leader after the death of his father.
Zimbabwe journalist in court after interview with government critic
The arrest on Monday of Blessed Mhlanga, a high-profile journalist with the online Heart and Soul Television channel (HStv), has sparked new criticism of the government’s intolerance of media freedom and opposition.
