Anger after Eswatini activist is gunned down at home
Many human rights campaigners, including opposition groups in Eswatini, have expressed their outrage on social media platforms following the brutal murder of a prominent pro-democ ...
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Congratulations Argentina – 2022 World Cup winners
Argentina defeated France 4-2 in a penalty shoot-out to win the World Cup for the third time here Sunday. Argentina captain Lionel Messi scored twice and France striker Kylian Mba ...
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Former Mauritania president claims his innocence in corruption inquiry
The former Mauritanian president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has defended his innocence over suspected embezzlement. Aziz was released by police early on Monday after being questioned ...
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DRC reopens skies after 5 months closure
The Democratic Republic of Congo has reopened its airspace after been closed for nearly five months due to Coronavirus pandemic. It received its first commercial passenger flight ...
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Six children die during baptism in Zimbabwe
The two boys and four girls who died in Zimbabwe were among nine children aged between one and nine who were taken for baptism by two members of an apostolic church. Six children ...
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Kenya legislators to investigate police cruelty, bans demonstrations
On Tuesday, a member of parliament requested the house to establish a joint parliamentary select committee to investigate the rising events of police brutality. Kenyan lawmakers h ...
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Schoolkids imprisoned for scribbling Burundi president’s picture
Eleven teenage school children, aged between 14 and 19 years, from two secondary schools in the city of Muramvya province, have been jailed for scribbling on pictures of Burundi P ...
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Oil prices rise to seven-month high – African producers happy
Oil prices rose sharply on Monday, lifted by a plunge in the dollar that could spur demand. This follows the release of the weak U.S. jobs data on Friday, which offset losses for ...
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African trial of Chadian dictator Habré is a landmark against impunity
The sentencing in Senegal of the former Chadian dictator Hissène Habré, to life in prison, was a landmark judgment in African – and potentially global – justice. After 26 years of ...
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SA and US fight over ambassador’s terror remarks
The South African government’s international relations spokesperson Clayson Monyela has hit out at the US embassy on Twitter, saying its terror alerts caused “panic”. This comes a ...
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