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Zimbabwe: dozens arrested in crackdown on anti-government protests

April 1, 2025 Steven Addamah 0

Zimbabwean authorities have arrested 95 individuals on charges of promoting public violence following protests calling for president Emmerson Mnangagwa’s resignation. The protests, organized by former […]

Tunisian Opposition Leaders Face Mass Trial Amid Claims of Political Persecution

March 5, 2025 Geraldine Boechat 0

A high-profile trial of around 40 prominent opposition figures began in Tunisia on Tuesday March 3, with lawyers, rights groups, and relatives claiming that the […]

Mali’s Political Crackdown Intensifies as Opposition Figures Sent to Prison

June 27, 2024 Geraldine Boechat 0

In a troubling development for Mali’s fragile democracy, opposition politicians arrested in a recent government crackdown have been transferred to prisons across the country. This […]

Currency Conundrum: Zimbabwe’s Golden ZiG Battles Mistrust Amid Heavy-Handed Enforcement

May 29, 2024 Steven Addamah 0

The Zimbabwean government launched a new currency called the ZiG, backed by gold, in an attempt to replace the struggling Zimbabwe dollar. They launched a […]

Somalia: recently released journalist jailed again

March 2, 2023 Steven Addamah 0

A Somali freelance journalist who was released in February after being sentenced to two months in prison for threatening national security has been jailed again, […]

Seven anti-putsch protesters killed in Sudan on Monday

January 18, 2022 Steven Addamah 0

Seven demonstrators were killed in Sudan on Monday, one of the bloodiest days in the crackdown on the military’s unabated rule since the coup of […]

Crackdown in Anglophone Cameroon worsening the crisis – UN

September 12, 2018 Geraldine Boechat 0

New United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, on Wednesday, expressed worry over the worsening security situation in Cameroon’s Anglophone region. A government […]

Cameroon’s Paul Biya vows to continue crackdown on Anglophone agitators

March 16, 2018 Geraldine Boechat 0

Cameroon’s President Paul Biya in a rare cabinet meeting on Thursday vowed to continue military crackdown on English-speaking separatists in the central African nation. This […]

Algeria: Amnesty International Denounces Ruthless Crackdown on Doctors

January 5, 2018 Geraldine Boechat 0

Amnesty International has condemned the use of excessive force by the Algerian authorities to disperse a sit-in organised by resident medical practitioners in Algiers to […]

Algeria: racism towards sub-Saharans erected as a state policy

November 3, 2017 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

In Algeria, racism and crackdown against migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa are becoming a state policy as Algerian officials continue to crack down on migrants, mainly […]

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