President Cyril Ramaphosa has unveiled a new, hardline strategy to tackle the escalating illegal immigration crisis, mainly from neighbouring African countries, as xenophobic threats intensify in SA, displacing hundreds of foreign nationals, many of whom are legally in SA, notes ... Read More
Former Gabonese Prime Minister Alain-Claude Bilie-By-Nze will remain in prison after the Libreville Court of Appeal rejected his request to nullify the legal proceedings brought against him, reports africanews. The ruling marks a significant setback for the opposition leader, who ... Read More
Nine students accused of planning and executing an arson attack that killed 16 girls at a school in central Kenya have appeared in court. Investigators asked for more time to probe the deadly fire, reports africanews. The High Court in ... Read More
The Malian Government has announced multi-billion CFA franc rewards for information leading to the capture or neutralisation of some of the country’s most wanted terrorist leaders, reports Daily Post Nigeria. According to state media reports, authorities have placed a reward ... Read More
A coalition of five human rights and legal organisations lodged a complaint with the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights against Equatorial Guinea, reports MSN. They allege the country has detained and forcibly returned migrants deported from the US ... Read More
The UK will not have to pay the Rwandan Government millions of pounds over a failed migrant deportation scheme set up by Boris Johnson’s administration, an international court has ruled. According to The Guardian, the east African nation had sued ... Read More
Around 20 flights carrying medical equipment and specialist staff have arrived in Kenya, amid controversy over Washington’s plan to establish a US quarantine base for Ebola exposure, reports Business Insider Africa. At least six military aircraft landed after a Kenyan ... Read More
Traders are facing big losses after Uganda closed its border with the DRC over Ebola contagion fears, reports africanews. On 28 May, about two weeks after Congo declared an outbreak of Ebola in the eastern Ituri province, Uganda closed its ... Read More
Zimbabwe’s Government has introduced a Bill to Parliament that would extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s term by two years to 2030, despite criticism from a fractured opposition and some veterans of the country’s liberation war, reports CNBC Africa. Mnangagwa (83) is ... Read More
Mozambique’s President Daniel Chapo has signed a new law requiring 15% state ownership in all mining ventures and local processing of minerals, tightening control over its resources as demand for battery materials grows, reports Channel Africa. Mozambique is the world’s ... Read More
As Zimbabwe returns 67 farms to European nationals, the dispossession that created white land ownership remains unrecognised in law, states an Al Jazeera analysis. The publication’s columnist Tafi Mhaka says on 7 May Zimbabwe’s Agriculture Minister Anxious Masuka announced in ... Read More
On Friday, the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights delivered a clutch of new decisions. As she read them, Carmel Rickard realised that they were like an iceberg, with a lot more going on behind the words, and below ... Read More
‘We recognise the pain and anger caused by recent attacks on Nigerians abroad.’ Aliyu Giwa, a senior Nigerian police spokesperson, in a post on X, warning Nigerians not to retaliate against SA citizens and businesses following xenophobic unrest in ... Read More
‘Your ordinary acts of love and hope point to the extraordinary promise that every human life is of inestimable value.’ Desmond Tutu, South African Anglican bishop and human rights activist Read More
In 1964, as African nations gained independence, the UN’s Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organisation brought together leading African and international experts to launch the General History of Africa, a visionary initiative to reframe the continent’s history from an African perspective. Read More
