Africa
Thomas Sankara: Prosecutors seek 30 years for Compaore in murder trial
The court was asked on Tuesday to find him guilty in absentia of an “attack on state security”, “con...
DR Congo issues death sentences for murder of UN experts
Swedish-Chilean Zaida Catalan and American Michael Sharp were abducted and killed in the Kasai regio...
Burkina Faso suspended from Ecowas – sources
The 15-member bloc held an online meeting to discuss how to respond to the ousting of President Roch...
DR Congo prisoners sentenced for raping inmates
Ten male prisoners in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been found guilty of raping female inmat...
Impostor allegedly took Egyptian footballer’s exam
Local media say security services were alerted to a suspected case of fraud at a private educational...
Burkina Faso president reportedly detained by military
President Kaboré was detained at a military camp by mutinying soldiers, foreign media reports say...
Same-sex couples in Namibia lose court bid over spouses
A panel of three judges has dismissed an application by same-sex couples in Namibia for their foreig...
Sierra Leone president sacks justice minister
Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio has sacked the attorney general who is also the justice mi...
Nigerian separatist leader faces fresh charges
The Nigerian government has filed fresh charges that border on terrorism against separatist leader N...
How Nigeria succeeded in clipping Twitter’s wings
Twitter has agreed to a raft of conditions to end a seven-month ban in Nigeria, in what feels like a...
Jammeh To Justice coalition disappointed with reparations allocated to victims
The Jammeh To Justice Ghana Coalition, says it is disappointed in the amount of money allotted by th...
Senegal rejects attempt to toughen anti-gay laws
The bill would have lengthened the term to a maximum of 10 years and led to a threefold increase in ...
Kenyan MP suspended for offering sweets in parliament
The MPs passed several amendments to the law on political parties ahead of this year’s general elect...
Liberian opposition figure wanted over alleged forgery
The ALP accuses him of forging the coalition agreement document by editing and replacing a section o...
‘Sanction presidents who amend constitutions to gain undue advantage’
Mr Alexander Afenyo-Markin, the Leader of Ghana’s delegation to the ECOWAS Parliament, highlighted s...
Black Axe: Leaked documents shine spotlight on secretive Nigerian gang
The “Black Axe” gang has been operating for decades in Nigeria and is among the country’s most-feare...
Video of police graduates threatening Kenyans condemned
The recruits are members of the General Service Unit (GSU), a paramilitary unit of the Kenya police ...
Rwanda ex-prison director jailed for stealing
The court acquitted an IT specialist inmate who used his skills to hack the victim’s Visa card after...
Court orders ‘maximum comfort’ for Nigeria separatist leader
The order followed a complaint by his lawyers, during a pre-trial hearing today, that their client w...
Lesotho Ex-PM charged with murdering wife
Gunmen shot and killed Lipolelo Thabane on 14 June 2017 – two days before Mr Thabane was sworn in as...
Botswana court upholds ruling decriminalising gay sex
Laws outlawing same-sex relations exist in majority of the 54 African countries....
South Africa’s president calls for lifting of Omicron travel bans
Mr Ramaphosa described the emergence of the Omicron variant as a wake-up call for the world regardin...
Gambia’s truth commission recommends prosecutions
Some 250 Gambians and foreign nationals died because of human rights violations under Mr Jammeh’s ru...
Tanzania to scrap ban on pregnant schoolgirls
Magufuli warned that “after getting pregnant, you are done”....
Hundreds of inmates escape from DR Congo jail
The deputy director of the jail said the facility had 737 inmates, even though it only had a capacit...
