Sudan youth radio gagged for 6 weeks after coup
Khartoum – A lively youth-run radio station, Sudan’s 96.0 FM was muzzled for 46 days after authorities banished the... Read more
10 Dec, 2021
Over 100 ANC councillors to ‘visit and present Jacob Zuma with a bull’ in Nkandla
Cape Town – More than 100 ANC councillors are reportedly expected to pay a visit to former president Jacob... Read more
9 Dec, 2021
Tanzania marks 60 years of independence as fears grow for freedoms
Dar es Salaam – Tanzania marked its 60th independence anniversary on Thursday, with President Samia Suluhu Hassan hailing the country’s... Read more
9 Dec, 2021
South Sudan violence could amounts to ‘war crimes’, says Amnesty International
Juba – Fighting between armed groups aligned with government and opposition forces in South Sudan this year subjected civilians to... Read more
9 Dec, 2021
Burkina Faso PM, govt resign over security crisis
Ouagadougou – Burkina Faso’s premier and government resigned on Wednesday as protests mounted against officials’ inability to combat a wave... Read more
9 Dec, 2021
Libya upper house calls for election delay
Tripoli – Libya’s upper house on Wednesday proposed delaying December presidential elections by two months, the latest dispute over the... Read more
9 Dec, 2021
Ethiopia’s Abiy announces return to Addis Ababa from war front
Addis Ababa – Ethiopia’s prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Wednesday that he was returning to Addis Ababa from... Read more
8 Dec, 2021
South Sudan peace process at risk, UN warns
Juba – The United Nations on Wednesday warned South Sudan’s leaders that the young nation’s fragile peace process was under... Read more
8 Dec, 2021
Gambia’s Barrow vows term limits, reform as part of ‘legacy’
Banjul – Gambia’s newly re-elected President Adama Barrow pledged on Tuesday to introduce a presidential term limit before the end... Read more
8 Dec, 2021
Sporadic violence in Gambia after opposition election defeat
Banjul – Sporadic clashes broke out near the Gambian capital Banjul late on Monday between police and supporters of opposition... Read more
8 Dec, 2021
