Rwanda: Paul Rusesabagina’s appeal trial opens in his absence
The appeal in the case of Paul Rusesabagina began on Monday. Last September, the 68-year-old opponent was sentenced to 25 years in prison for terrorism, […]
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Somalia: government spokesman injured in Shebab attack
Government spokesman Mohamed Ibrahim Moalimuu was injured Sunday in a shebab suicide attack on his car in Mogadishu, Somalia, the prime minister’s office and police […]
Resignation of the Vice President of the DRC Assembly
Tension was high on Saturday around the UDPS headquarters and the residence of Jean-Marc Kabund, interim president of the presidential party. Two camps seem to […]
Rwandans refractory to Covid vaccine return home
The hundred or so Rwandans who had arrived in recent days in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) claiming to be fleeing the anti-Covid vaccination […]
Cameroon: Opposition senator killed in separatist Anglophone West
In Cameroon, the body of an opposition senator was found riddled with bullets on Wednesday in the west of the country, a region plagued by […]
Sahara: UN Envoy Staffan de Mistura starts his first official tour of the region by a visit to Rabat
The United Nations Personal Envoy for the Sahara, Staffan de Mistura, arrived on Wednesday in the Moroccan capital Rabat, first leg of his regional tour […]
South Africa: indigenous “king” arrested for growing cannabis outside the presidency
A “king” of an indigenous community in South Africa was arrested Wednesday outside the presidency in Pretoria, where members of the Khoisan people have been […]
Shebab suicide bombing kills at least 10 in Somalia
At least 10 people were killed and nine others wounded Wednesday in a suicide car bombing targeting a government security convoy on a road leading […]
Twitter allowed again in Nigeria after seven months of suspension
Twitter is back up and running in Nigeria after a seven-month suspension in Africa’s most populous country, where the U.S. social network had become a […]
Mamadi Doumbouya gives his support to his Malian counterpart Assimi Goïta
In the aftermath of the sanctions announced by ECOWAS against Mali, the President of Guinea’s transitional government, Colonel Mamadi Doumbouya, has expressed his solidarity with […]