One of Tanzania’s leading opposition figures, Freeman Mbowe, was arrested by police on Friday, just days before the local elections. His party, Chadema, announced the detention…
Author: Ejiro Edhughoro
Mali’s military junta has closed down a local private broadcaster after a complaint from its ally, Burkina Faso, over the channel’s coverage. Anonymous sources report that…
Uganda Opposition leader Bobi Wine after his visit to Kizza Besigye in jail on Friday reported that he was in “good spirits.” Wine condemned the Ugandan…
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has convened an urgent security meeting with top officials on Friday following a shootout at the residence of ex-spy chief’s Akol…
Around 25,000 people took to the streets of Athens on Sunday to commemorate the 51st anniversary of the November, 1973 student-led Polytechnic uprising, a pivotal event…
Maori lawmakers in New Zealand have disrupted Parliament in a protest against a bill that intended to reinterpret a centuries-old document seen as New Zealand’s founding…
The head of Tunisia’s leading olive oil exporter, CHO Group, Abdelaziz Makhloufi, has been detained on suspicion of corruption. Sources familiar with the case have confirmed…
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) of Nigeria, Dr. Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, NPM, convened a conference and workshop for the heads of all Police Investigation Units at…
A government official has alleged that Burkina Faso’s military regime wants to reinstate the death penalty after the West African country abolished it in 2018. According…
The United Nations has warned against an upsurge in Malaria in South Sudan as flooding has affected around 1.4million people with more than 379,000 people displaced…