Former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe has died, according to reports. He was 95. According to ZimLive, the news was confirmed by two sources. He reportedly died in a hospital in Singapore on Friday Morning. According to The Mirror, Human Rights Watch Southern African director...
By CHARLES ONYANGO-OBBO Last week a Nigerian political analyst sent out a note to a network of Africans who track security issues on the continent. It was a short worried note: “If you aren’t watching Nigeria, you must”, he said. Two...
Coronavirus – Africa: African Union Member States reporting COVID-19 cases ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, April 2, 2020/ -- African Union Member States (49) reporting COVID-19 cases (5,940), deaths (210), and recoveries (426) by region: Central (409 cases, 26 deaths, 17 recoveries): Burundi...
ACTIVIST ELIJAH, URGE SOUTH SUDAN GOVERNMENT’ TO IDENTIFY DISAPEARED OF HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST MR. BIAR AJAK MAROL: The Civil society Activist Mr. biar Ajak Marol Executive Director of Junubin chronicles mysteriously disappeared, on 4th October 2023,the family and Human rights...
FILE PHOTO: Civilians walk past graffiti reading in Arabic "Freedom, Peace, Justice and Civilian" in the Burri district of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan, July 10, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/File Photo KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan will permit non-Muslims to consume alcohol and...
The presidents of Rwanda and Uganda, Paul Kagame (L) and Yoweri Museveni / Village Urugwiro Once great allies, presidents Kagame and Museveni are becoming more and more critical of each other, risking conflict in East and Central Africa. At stake...
The Horn of Africa was and is a region of utmost importance throughout the ages from time immemorial. It is where man first crossed from Africa to other parts of the world and it has always been a point...
African leaders need to look in the mirror and ask where this continent will be in 2030 and 2063 By Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka The COVID-19 pandemic, one of the world’s most significant events, has resulted in cessation of economic activities that will...
ANC-NEC member and Enterprise Deputy Minister Obed Bapela and Somaliland Interior Minister Kahin Ahmed. Picture: Supplied Somaliland’s ruling party has asked the ANC to request the South African government to fast-track the country’s recognition by the African Union (AU). The ANC...
Following months of protests, and a prolonged sit-in outside the military headquarters in Khartoum, Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir was placed under house arrest on April 11 as the country’s military prepared for a transitional government. Many have described the Sudanese uprising...