ALGIERS — Much of the capital is boiling over with stifled anger at 20 years of police-state repression. But the Casbah, in the heart of Algiers, is strangely quiet, the ancient stone alleys empty in the glare of the sun. There is no need for demonstrations in the historic district to underscore the dead hand […]
Murals have been mushrooming on the walls around the military headquarters in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, as thousands keep up a vigil to see a return to civilian rule. Crowds converged on the area on 6 April and five days later, long-time leader Omar al-Bashir was ousted and arrested by the military after nearly 30 years […]
The brother of ousted Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and two former intelligence chiefs have been arrested by police, reports say. The men were apparently were taken into custody on Saturday after an “investigation into their activities”, local media report. It comes after weeks of mass protests calling for the complete overthrow of the country’s elite. […]
Some locals say that the trust administering land is abusing its power by charging people rent. Days before South Africa’s elections, there has been contentious debate about land ownership. The government is planning amend the constitution to allow the expropriation of land without compensation and, while most of the land is owned by the minority […]
JOHANNESBURG (DPA) – More than 188,000 people are in need of health assistance or are at risk of disease in Mozambique’s cyclone-hit Cabo Delgado province, the World Health Organisation (WHO) warned on Thursday (May 2). “At least 188,676 people are in need of health assistance or are at risk of disease,” the WHO said in […]
Seven ex-government officials in Kenya have been charged in connection with a multimillion-dollar corruption scam. The accused, including an ex-finance minister, all denied charges of abuse of office and conspiracy to commit economic crimes and were freed on bail. The Anglo Leasing affair, which involved contracts being awarded to phantom firms, shocked Kenyans when it […]
“When our leaders have become misleaders and mentors have become tormentors. When freedom of expression becomes the target of oppression, opposition becomes our position.” The lyrics are from a song titled Situka, which means “Rise up” in Luganda, sung by Ugandan musician-turned-politician Bobi Wine ahead of the 2016 general elections. The Afrobeats artist was using […]
Mudslides hit Rwanda’s Northern and Western provinces, taking death toll from flooding to more than 200 since January. At least 18 people have been killed in landslides caused by heavy rains in Rwanda’s Northern and Western provinces, the government said. Heavy downpour on Sunday night killed 15 people in the two provinces while three others […]
Three assailants on the run after killing one worshipper during midday prayers and critically wounding two others. South African police are hunting for three attackers who cut the throat of an imam and stabbed and seriously injured two other people at a Shia mosque. The attack on the mosque on Thursday in Verulam, a town […]
Kenya’s public prosecutor orders investigation after a commercial dam burst killed 50 people in Rift Valley. A search and rescue operation is under way in Kenya after a deadly dam collapse, which killed at least 50 people with dozens more still missing. Water burst through the banks of the Patel Dam in Kenya’s Rift Valley, […]