Category: Africa
Tanzanian authorities suspend Raia Mwema newspaper for 1 month
Tanzanian authorities should immediately rescind the suspension of the Raia Mwema newspaper and cease banning media outlets, the Committee to Protect [...]
Kenya’s Odinga leaves door open for fifth presidential bid
Kenya's veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga has dismissed widespread rumours of a power-sharing deal between him and President Uhuru Kenyatta ahead [...]
African leopard sighting raises hopes for their conservation in southern Cameroon
In recent years, ecologists have been able to confirm the existence of species previously thought to be lost from former parts of their range.
For [...]
End communications shutdown in Zamfara, Katsina — SERAP tells Buhari
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “direct the Minister of Communication and Digital Eco [...]
UN envoy says timing for return to civilian rule up to Guineans
The UN expects Guinea to return to civilian rule in a "reasonable timeframe", its envoy for West Africa said Monday, but just how long that will be is [...]
Swearing to the truth
Real politics should be about visions, moral values and strategies of their most effective implementation considering the national interest in the fac [...]
Guinea’s ousted President Alpha Condé in good health – ECOWAS
Guinea’s ousted President Alpha Condé is in good health, leaders of the West African regional bloc Ecowas say.
Its envoys visited Mr Condé, who was [...]
Ex-Ivory Coast PM dies after contracting Covid, staff say
Charles Konan Banny, who served as Ivory Coast’s prime minister from 2005 to 2007, has died in a hospital in Paris after he had contracted coronavirus [...]
Morocco’s ruling PJD routed as liberal parties sweep parliamentary elections
The ruling Islamic PJD party has suffered a crushing defeat in Wednesday's regional and national polls with the liberal RNI and PAM parties taking clo [...]
Court approves appointment of T.B. Joshua’s wife as SCOAN trustee
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has approved the appointment of Mrs Evelyn Joshua as a trustee of the Synagogue Church Of All Nations (SCOAN).
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