Nigerian media outspoken against request to suspend their Twitter accounts
While the authorities cut off access to Twitter on Friday, June 4, the broadcasting regulatory body, the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), asked the media to […]
Articles by Steven Addamah
Will the remains of former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe be exhumed?
That’s what the children of the former Zimbabwean president who died in September 2019 fear. Three of his sons are challenging in court the verdict […]
A rival jihadist group confirmed the death of Abubakar Shekau, leader of Boko Haram
More than two weeks after fierce fighting between rival jihadist factions in northeastern Nigeria, the Islamic State in West Africa (Iswap) group announced the death […]
Chad: Closure of Radio Dja FM, the oldest private radio station
Chad’s oldest private radio station has stopped broadcasting. Faced with an acute financial crisis associated with the effects of Covid-19, Dja FM has not been […]
Nigeria: Nearly 150 missing after a shipwreck on the Niger River
An overloaded boat sank on Wednesday, May 26, in northwestern Nigeria. Authorities fear that most of the passengers drowned. In a statement, President Muhammadu Buhari […]
Comoros: Azali Assoumani celebrates his term anniversary in power as opposition still contests
In a tense day, Azali Assoumani celebrated his second anniversary as president on Wednesday, May 26. A new president should have been inaugurated today, but […]
Lake Chad Basin Commission meets in Abuja to support military transition in Chad
In Abuja, at a summit of the Lake Chad Basin Commission, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari called for broad support for the Transitional Military Council in […]
Ali Kushayb before the ICC: The prosecution tries to make the trial inevitable
The first day of the confirmation of charges hearing for Sudanese Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, also known as Ali Kushayb, took place in The Hague […]
Qatar: Kenyan Malcolm Bidali held for three weeks on no known charges
Malcolm Bidali, a Kenyan national, has been detained in Qatar for three weeks and the charges against him are still unknown. The security guard was […]
Ethiopia: Washington imposes visa restrictions on actors of Tigray conflict
The United States will impose visa restrictions on Eritrean and Ethiopian officials accused of fueling the conflict in Tigray, lamenting their failure to “take meaningful […]