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…
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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…
A Nigerian citizen, Okechukwu Iwuji, along with two other individuals, has been found guilty and incarcerated for their involvement in an advance fee and money laundering…
Supporters of a prominent Malian TV and radio journalist welcomed on Tuesday his acquittal of charges of “faking crimes… and inventing evidence for a non-existent crime.”…
Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday arrested former Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport…
Reports indicate that a Sudanese politician who had been a member of the dissolved joint civilian-military government has been arrested. Mohamed al-Faki Suleiman was nabbed near…