Nigeria's security situation is in the global spotlight following a spike in kidnappings amid ongoing attacks by US President Donald Trump against the country. Legalbrief writes that the Nigerian Government has denied Trump's claims that Christians in the country are ... Read More
A Kenyan High Court has dealt a blow to the government after it nullified a directive which banned the live coverage of demonstrations, reports The Kenyans. Justice John Chigiti ruled that the case, which was filed by the Katiba Institute ... Read More
The Mozambican Attorney-General’s Office has called on the country's justice bodies to ensure that assets are recovered in cases of embezzlement of public funds and organised and transnational crime, reports the Club of Mozambique. According to Amabélia Chuquela, head ... Read More
A politician called Adolf Hitler has been re-elected for the fifth time in a row – and is finally changing his name. The 59-year-old member of the South West Africa People's Organisation (Swapo) has represented Ompundja in the Oshana ... Read More
A US-based advocacy group has filed a lawsuit in Washington, DC, accusing Apple of using minerals linked to conflict and human rights abuses in the DRC and Rwanda despite the iPhone maker’s denials, reports Al Jazeera. International Rights Advocates (IRAdvocates ... Read More
Kenya on Wednesday vowed to appeal a court ruling which suspended its trade agreement with the European Union (EU), the country's Trade Ministry said. The decision by the East African Court of Justice followed a case filed by a ... Read More
Sudan’s army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said the latest truce proposal sent by US envoy Massad Boulos on behalf of a group of mediators was the ‘worst yet’ and unacceptable to his government, reports The Hindu. In a video address ... Read More
Senegal's Prime Minister and Nigeria's former President have both said they believe the ousting of Guinea-Bissau's President this week was staged. Umaro Sissoco Embaló's apparent removal by the military on Wednesday came a day before authorities ... Read More
President Yoweri Museveni has removed his son, Muhoozi Kainerugaba, as commander of Uganda's land forces, the military said, after Kainerugaba repeatedly threatened on social media to invade neighbouring Kenya. Kainerugaba, widely regarded as the de facto head of the ... Read More
SADC is to send its Electoral Advisory Council to Zambia to examine concerns raised about the credibility of the upcoming general elections. The Lusaka Times reports that, in a complaint to SADC, Patriotic Front (PF) information and publicity chairperson Ambassador ... Read More
Legislation that bars accounting officers and senior public servants from doing business with the South African state is on President Cyril Ramaphosa’s desk for sign-off. The amendments to two key laws seek to professionalise the state and dilute the parasitic ... Read More
A testy political issue, based on historical border claims between Lesotho and South Africa, and involving Britain and the UN as well, is making itself felt in the civil and criminal courts of Lesotho. It involves the leader of the ... Read More
‘And because Africa has a huge informal sector, we actually really don't know the extent of the problem. And it's very difficult to track what children are doing, the hazards they are facing.’ Musa Kika, executive director ... Read More
‘Yet all stock exchanges in the world are pre-occupied with Africa’s gold, diamonds, uranium, platinum, copper and iron ore. We have been too busy nursing our separate states to understand fully the basic need of our union, rooted in common ... Read More
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