News Laurent Gbagbo says ICC is biased and ‘not serious’ Former Ivory Coast leader Laurent Gbagbo says the ICC is biased and ‘not serious’ – this, after he was... Read more 29 Jun, 2021
Politics Zambia: ‘Brutal crackdown’ on dissent threatens polls, says Amnesty Zambia is on the edge of a human rights crisis ahead of presidential elections, as Amnesty International warns of... Read more 28 Jun, 2021
Politics South Africa: 30 years on after apartheid racial laws were scrapped South Africa abolished the last legal foundation of apartheid 30 years ago, bringing the curtain down on a nearly... Read more 28 Jun, 2021
Politics Swazi protesters, police clash in anti-monarch riots Swazi protesters clashed violently with police last week at a demonstration against the ruling authorities in Africa’s last absolute... Read more 28 Jun, 2021
Politics DRC city wakes up to a curfew after weekend bombs DRC city of Beni woke up to a curfew on Monday after three bombs rocked the conflict-plagued eastern part... Read more 28 Jun, 2021
Politics Home to Mama: 1 000s greet I Coast’s Laurent Gbagbo in native village Laurent Gbagbo, the controversial former president of Ivory Coast, received a hero’s welcome, as he made a triumphant return... Read more 28 Jun, 2021
Politics 6 Malian soldiers killed, 15 UN peacekeepers wounded in separate attacks Six Malian soldiers were killed on Friday in a raid in the centre of the war-torn Sahel state,... Read more 27 Jun, 2021
Politics Three MSF aid workers ‘brutally murdered’ in Ethiopia’s Tigray One Spanish and two Ethiopian employees of the medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) have been “brutally murdered”... Read more 27 Jun, 2021
Politics Senegalese MPs pass contested anti-terror laws Senegalese lawmakers on Friday approved new anti-terror laws that the opposition said would define “seriously disturbing public order” as... Read more 26 Jun, 2021
Coronavirus Attacks on Sahpra ‘disappointing’, minister says after EFF protest The acting minister of health, Mmamoloko Kubayi, has taken a swipe at political parties that are critical of... Read more 26 Jun, 2021