Category: Africa
Somali journalist Hanad Ali Guled survives beating, knife attack by unidentified assailants
Somali authorities should investigate the recent attack on journalist and press freedom advocate Hanad Ali Guled and hold those responsible to account [...]
Mozambican police assault journalists reporting at station
Mozambican authorities must investigate a recent police assault on journalists, hold those responsible to account, and ensure that members of the medi [...]
Ejura Committee’s work should’ve ended after Regional Minister’s admission – Franklin Cudjoe
IMANI Africa President, Franklin Cudjoe says he does not see the need for the Ejura committee of inquiry to continue the investigation after the Ashan [...]
Ivory Coast ex-presidents Gbagbo and Konan Bédié unite to kick out Ouattara
Two former Ivory Coast presidents and long-term political rivals, Laurent Gbagbo and Henri Konan Bédié, have announced uniting to oppose the current h [...]
Interpol seeks arrest of son of Mali ex-president
Interpol issued an international arrest warrant Monday for Karim Keita, a son of Mali's former president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, over the 2016 disappe [...]
Three soldiers behind Gabon’s failed 2019 coup jailed for 15 years
Three soldiers behind a failed coup in Gabon in 2019 have been sentenced to 15 years' prison, the prosecutor told AFP on Thursday.
The three, inclu [...]
Ethiopia declares Tigray ceasefire as rebels enter regional capital
Ethiopia's federal government on Monday declared a "unilateral ceasefire" in its war-torn Tigray region, state media reported, as rebel fighters enter [...]
Effective mechanisms required in domestic prosecution of International crimes — Hussein Thomasi
Solicitor General of Gambia, Mr Hussein Thomasi has lamented that domestic prosecution of international crimes in Africa is quite problematic, hence e [...]
CPJ, rights groups call on EU to uphold Burundi human rights commitments, including press freedom
The Committee to Protect Journalists and other human rights groups today called on European Union High Representative Josep Borrell and EU foreign min [...]
I was slapped, burnt after Nkrumah was overthrown – Former Lady-in-waiting to Fathia Nkrumah
A Lady-in-waiting who served former first Lady Fathia Nkrumah has disclosed the chilling events she experienced after Dr Kwame Nkrumah was overthrown [...]