Ivory Coast’s Gbagbo pushes for amnesty with eye on 2025 vote
Abidjan – President Alassane Ouattara last week lifted the shadow of a jail sentence over his erstwhile bitter rival... Read more
13 Aug, 2022
Senegal opposition says will not appeal legislative the results
Dakar – Senegal’s main opposition alliance on Wednesday announced it would not appeal against the July 31 legislative election... Read more
11 Aug, 2022
Top Zimbabwe author Tsitsi Dangarembga denies incitement charges at trial opening
Harare – Award-winning Zimbabwean novelist Tsitsi Dangarembga denied charges of inciting violence at the opening of her trial in... Read more
11 Aug, 2022
Morocco, Israel sign legal deal as co-operation expands
Rabat – Morocco and Israel added legal links to a growing list of co-operation accords since they normalised relations... Read more
27 Jul, 2022
Gambia moves to suspend officials accused of rights violations
Banjul – The Gambia is suspending state employees accused of rights violations during ex-dictator Yahya Jammeh’s regime, including senior members... Read more
15 Jun, 2022
Central African Republic MPs vote to end capital punishment
Bangui – Lawmakers in the Central African Republic on Friday voted to abolish the death sentence, the speaker of... Read more
28 May, 2022
Tunisia party leader banned from travel, says court
Tunis – A Tunisian court has imposed a travel ban on the speaker of the country’s now-dissolved parliament, a... Read more
28 May, 2022
Senior DRC soldiers sentenced to die for selling arms to militia
Bunia – A military court in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday sentenced to death eight soldiers, including... Read more
28 May, 2022
Gambians await government action on crimes under ex-dictatorship
Banjul – The last time Fatoumatta Sandeng saw her father, he was leaving the house for a peaceful protest ahead... Read more
25 May, 2022
Guinea junta allows ex-leader Conde to leave the country
Conakry – Guinean ex-leader Alpha Conde boarded a plane for Turkey on Saturday after the junta that toppled him... Read more
22 May, 2022
