Guinean protesters, police clash after poll delay
We will continue the struggle until this crime is completely removed from the new constitution. Clashes erupted between demonstrators and
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Africa
Burundi police kill 22 ‘evil-doers’, opposition cries foul
Opposition parties in Burundi are accusing authorities of intimidating, arresting and murdering its members ahead of the May presidential elections.
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Algeria president hails ‘Hirak’ protesters ahead of anniversary
Algeria’s president Abdelmadjid Tebboune has honored the protest movement that toppled his predecessor Abdelaziz Bouteflika last year, with a special
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Ethiopia-Egypt dam dispute: Pompeo says deal could be reached ‘in months’
The United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday confirmed an ongoing stalemate over Ethiopia’s dam project on the
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South Sudan govt agrees to reduce states to 10
The government of South Sudan has resolved to reduce the number of states to 10 South Sudan’s warring parties have
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Malawi top Court throws out Mutharika’s poll annulment appeal
It further dismissed point about needing time for voter education. Malawi’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday threw out an appeal by
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Algeria court upholds 15-year sentence for Bouteflika’s brother
Once-mighty Said Bouteflika, 62, long seen as real power behind presidency Algiers: An Algerian military court on Monday upheld a
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AU ‘silence the gun summit’ begins
The AU “must be more proactive” in responding to conflicts instead of leaving the job to outside powers, Naledi Pandor,
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Jammeh’s Gambia country house partly gutted by forest fire
The Point report quoted a senior military official as confirming that the fire had been brought under control by men
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Kenya’s ex-president Daniel Arap Moi dies
Moi often blamed the West for bad publicity and the economic hardships many Kenyans had to endure during his rule.
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