South Africa’s electoral commission said Friday that it had appealed to the country’s highest court to rule on whether ex-president Jacob Zuma can stand in a general election in May.The commission said in a statement that it had lodged an “urgent and direct” appeal to the Constitutional Court to provide “certainty”.It is the latest twist …
Millions displaced and on the brink of famine. Sexual and ethnic violence. Infrastructure destroyed. Aid workers say a year of war between rival generals in Sudan has led to catastrophe, but the world has turned away.The northeast African country is experiencing “one of the worst humanitarian disasters in recent memory” and “the largest internal displacement …
Sudan’s silent suffering, one year into generals’ warFri, 12 Apr 2024 06:38:17 GMT Read More »
In a video circulating online, a young man can be seen bleeding to death on the ground. Close by, another body lies in a pool of his own blood. Women’s cries fill the night air in Goma, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.Every morning the city awakes to a new death toll from pillaging and …
Mali’s ruling military junta on Thursday banned media coverage of political parties a day after suspending their activities, marking the latest crackdown on dissent in the West African nation. Opposition voices have been largely stifled since the colonels seized power in a 2020 coup, overthrowing civilian president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita.Mali’s high authority for communication on Thursday …
Mali’s ruling military junta on Thursday banned media coverage of political parties a day after suspending their activities, marking the latest crackdown on dissent in the West African nation. Opposition voices have been largely stifled since the colonels seized power in a 2020 coup, overthrowing civilian president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita.Mali’s high authority for communication issued a …
Mali bans media coverage of political partiesThu, 11 Apr 2024 16:43:46 GMT Read More »
Namibian Olympic 200m silver medallist Christine Mboma will launch her track comeback at the Kip Keino Classic in Kenya on April 20 after a 20-month absence, organisers said Thursday.Mboma, who became Namibia’s first female Olympic medallist in Tokyo in 2021, has not competed since winning a 200m bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham …
Namibian sprinter Mboma to launch comeback in KenyaThu, 11 Apr 2024 16:20:39 GMT Read More »
Togo’s opposition parties on Thursday urged people to “massively attend” demonstrations planned for Friday and Saturday in the capital, Lome, to protest against a new constitution, despite a ban by the authorities.Political tensions have been on the rise in Togo over the constitutional reform, which critics say is a bid by loyalists to keep President …
Togo opposition pushes protests before electionThu, 11 Apr 2024 15:32:36 GMT Read More »
Amna Ishaq can no longer feed her children “more than once a day and sometimes not at all” after nearly a year of devastating war in Sudan.”We are all sick, along with our children. We have nothing to eat and the water we find is polluted,” Ishaq told AFP at a camp for the displaced …
Generation War: children in Sudan todayThu, 11 Apr 2024 03:35:39 GMT Read More »
A prominent Ethiopian opposition official from the sensitive Oromia region was found shot dead on Wednesday, a few hours after being arrested by government forces, his party said. Bate Urgessa of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) party was released on bail last month following his detention alongside French journalist Antoine Galindo.The 41-year-old was arrested again late …
Ethiopian opposition figure killed in OromiaWed, 10 Apr 2024 16:44:24 GMT Read More »
A ferry service between Senegal’s capital and the isolated southern Casamance region has resumed to the joy and relief of many who said its months-long suspension had cost them dearly.For the first time since June, passengers disembarked in the region’s capital, Ziguinchor, under the midday sun on Wednesday, after an overnight voyage along the Atlantic …
