The Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas), which met on Sunday to discuss the crisis in Guinea-Bissau after the military ousted the civilian government, has rejected the junta's transition programme, notes Legalbrief. Instead, Ecowas has demanded a swift ... Read More
Ghana has banned mining in forest reserves as part of sweeping environmental protections aimed at safeguarding water bodies and halting deforestation, the Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology said. According Channel Africa, industrial miners report frequent incursions by illegal operators ... Read More
At least 26 individuals, including civil servants, have been nabbed in a sweeping operation targeting a network accused of unlawfully issuing viral Kenyan government documents through unprocedural means. A report in the Kenyans quotes investigators as saying that the group ... Read More
The Kenyan High Court has issued conservatory orders suspending the health co-operation agreement between Kenya and the US, signed last week. Justice Bahati Mwamuye specifically suspended the component of the pact relating to the transfer of health and personal data ... Read More
The US ambassador to the UN has accused Rwanda, which reportedly backs the M23 armed group in the conflict in eastern DRC, of leading the region toward war, according to The Africa Report. ‘Instead of progress toward peace, as we ... Read More
The US on Sunday condemned a drone attack on a UN base in Sudan that killed six Bangladeshi peacekeepers and injured eight others ‘in the strongest terms’, reports Anadolu Ajanse. The Saturday attack at the UN base in Kadugli, Sudan ... Read More
Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, also known as Ali Kushayb, on Tuesday was sentenced to 20 years in prison by the International Criminal Court, following his conviction on 27 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity. According to DW, presiding ... Read More
Zimbabwe’s anti-corruption watchdog has closed its inquiry into alleged fraud in the procurement of election materials for the 2023 polls, reports Zimlive. The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) said it found no evidence linking businessman Wicknell Chivayo or the Zimbabwe Electoral ... Read More
Residential properties owned by the Government of Malawi for its diplomatic mission in SA have fallen into shocking disrepair – many now occupied by homeless people and drug users, reports the Nyasa Times. The houses, bought years ago to cut ... Read More
Kidnapping for ransom has a long history in the west African Sahel, but the 'industry' is now seeing a significant shift, write Alexander M Laskaris and Olivier Walther in The Conversation. They say over the decades kidnapping became an industry ... Read More
A series of cases in the courts of eSwatini point to something seriously amiss in the country’s Ministry of Labour and Social Security. As Carmel Rickard explains in her A Matter of Justice column on the Legalbrief site, several students ... Read More
‘The repeal alone will not be the panacea. We now have an opportunity to address teething issues of encroachment from logging and farming and to put in place a national forest development programme to restore and grow our forests to ... Read More
‘You have to understand – there is a romance to Africa. You can see a sunset and believe you have witnessed the hand of God. You watch the slow lope of a lioness and forget to breathe. You marvel at ... Read More
Liberia was the first African republic to gain independence and is Africa's oldest continuously independent country. Read More
