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World Court orders Uganda to pay $325 million in reparations to DR Congo
Judges at the International Court of Justice on Wednesday ruled that Uganda must pay $325 million in reparations to the Democratic Republic of Congo for its role in conflicts in Congo’s resource-rich Ituri province. “The…
Ugandan author critical of President Museveni flees country
A Ugandan author who had spent nearly a month in jail after criticising President Yoweri Museveni has fled the country, the lawyer said on Wednesday. Kakwenza Rukirabashaija, an internationally acclaimed writer, was released from jail in…
Mali begs for lifting economic sanctions
Mali’s government has asked the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) to lift sanctions that will have severe consequences for the population, it said on Monday. West Africa’s 15-nation ECOWAS bloc and the UEMOA…
Tunisian President Saied strikes again, dissolves judicial council
Tunisian President Kais Saied on Sunday dissolved the Supreme Judicial Council, the body that deals with judicial independence. The dissolution raises fears about the independence of the judiciary and is sure to anger Saied’s…
Mali junta orders review of 2025 civil rule date
In what may signal that sanctions by ECOWAS are biting, Mali junta has ordered a review of the 2025 date for return to civil rule. Junta leader Assimi Goita asked lawmakers to review the transitional charter adopted after the first of…
Fighters fleeing insurgency ranks as Mozambique army reclaims lost territory – Army General
Many people are deserting the ranks of the Islamic insurgency in Mozambique as the military presses gains, according to the deputy chief of a multinational African force who admits the conflict remains a “puzzle”. In an…
Egypt media tycoon charged with sex assault against orphan girls
An Egyptian businessman was charged on Saturday with “human trafficking” and “sexual assault” a month after he was arrested over accusations that he abused seven girls in an orphanage he founded. Media and real estate tycoon…
Burkina Faso junta says it will work with regional bloc
The army officer who seized power in Burkina Faso at the helm of a military coup last week has promised that he will work with the region’s main political and economic bloc towards a return to constitutional order. A…
Teachers too poor to return to work as Zimbabwe schools reopen
Teachers at state schools in Zimbabwe can’t afford to return to work, three days before classes are set to resume. The Zimbabwe Teachers’ Association declared “a state of incapacitation” for its 43 000 members, citing…
Malians in massive anti-French protests, Russia hailed as new ally
Thousands of Malians took to the streets of Bamako on Friday, protesting against France, while they waved Russian flags, a week after the French ambassador was expelled. The protesters burned cardboard cut-outs of French…
Tunisian president denies a coup but holds power tight
A political novice, Tunisia’s president stunned opponents and admirers alike by seizing near total state power in a move that thrust his country’s young democracy into turmoil. Kais Saied, a former law professor with an…
South Africa uncovers $1.8 billion gold scam – Report
South Africa’s tax authority has uncovered a 1.8-billion-dollar gold scam, in which coins and jewellery were illegally smelted into gold bars for sale overseas, a watchdog said Thursday. Between 2012 and 2020, the scammers…
Drug barons likely sponsored Guinea Bissau’s aborted coup – President Embalo
Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo survived an attempted coup on Tuesday and suggested that the plotters may have been linked to drug trafficking. Earlier, heavy gunfire rang out near a government compound where…
Guinea Bissau president says several injured, killed in failed coup
Guinea Bissau’s president Umaro Sissoco Embalo said Tuesday that people had been seriously injured or had died in a failed coup in the perennially unstable West African nation. “The attackers could have spoken to me before…
ECOWAS Says Mali’s Junta Longevity Risky To West Africa
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has rejected the timeline for election by the Malian Military Authorities, vowing to keep sanctions on the West African nation.…
France accuses Russian mercenaries of ‘despoiling’ Mali
France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian Sunday accused Russian private military company Wagner of plundering Mali’s resources. Tensions have increased between Paris and the country’s military junta in recent weeks,…
ECOWAS Suspends Burkina Faso After Military Coup
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has suspended Burkina Faso in the aftermath of a military coup, making it the third member nation to be punished for a military…
Burkina Faso: Aid cuts possible after coup – US ambassador
Burkina Faso’s coup leaders have yet to say if they will install a civilian or military leader after deposing President Roch Kaboré, who has since resigned formally. In an interview with VOA, U.S. Ambassador to Burkina Faso…
Takeover: Free Burkina Faso president now, UN tells soldiers
The United Nations on Tuesday deplored the military takeover in Burkina Faso and called for the immediate release of President Roch Marc Christian Kabore and other top officials. The UN human rights office said it was crucial…
JUST IN: Soldiers detain Burkina Faso President Roch Kabore in apparent coup
“Burkina Faso President Roch Kabore has been detained at a military camp by mutinying soldiers, two security sources and a West African diplomat said on Monday, following heavy gunfire around his residence on Sunday night in…
17 dead, 59 injured as explosion rocks Ghana town
At least 17 people were killed and 59 injured Thursday by an explosion that devastated part of a town in western Ghana after a truck carrying explosives collided with a motorcycle, the government said. “A total of 17 people…
Stampede at church event in Liberian capital kills 29
A stampede at a church gathering in Liberia’s capital Monrovia killed 29 people overnight, the deputy information minister told state radio on Thursday. The incident occurred during an all-night Christian worship event at New…
Facebook shut in Burkina Faso over security concerns
The authorities in Burkina Faso have said they disrupted access to Facebook due to security fears. Government spokesperson Alkassoum Maiga said the authorities did not have to explain themselves on the shutdown first reported…
Fight to Head South Africa’s Ruling Party Intensifies
South Africa’s justice minister fired the latest salvo in a war of words between those who want President Cyril Ramaphosa to remain the ruling party’s head and those who want him ousted in December at a conference where its…