(CNN)Two Committee to Protect Journalists staffers have been released from detention in Tanzania and have left the country, the organization announced Thursday. Angela Quintal and Muthoki Mumo were permitted to return to their hotel in Dar es Salaam after being taken to an unknown location and subjected to “several hours of questioning,” according to a news release. Their passports were… Read more »
(CNN)In one day, everything changed. One day, she could walk down the street like anyone else. People still stared and often judged but in their own minds — not out loud. But before she knew it, she was dodging abuse and stones thrown at her by strangers, as well as familiar faces. “Since the announcement was made, things got worse,”… Read more »
Home to more than six million tonnes of salt, camel caravans still take the precious resource to Ethiopia. Lake Assal, Djibouti – From a distance, Djibouti’s Lake Assal could be mistaken for a prime holiday destination. Its waters glisten under the midday sun, sparkling in different shades of dark blue, turquoise and green. In the distance, camel caravans carry payloads of goods… Read more »
Charles Sirleaf charged in connection with the unlawful overprinting of local currency worth millions of US dollars. The Liberian police have formally charged the son of the country’s former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in connection with the unlawful overprinting of local currency worth millions of US dollars. Charles Sirleaf, the 61-year-old former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Liberia, was ordered by a court in the capital, Monrovia,… Read more »
The helicopter crashed shortly after taking off from a remote island in Lake Turkana in northwest Kenya. Four Americans and a Kenyan pilot were killed when their helicopter crashed shortly after taking off from a remote island in Lake Turkana in a national park in northwest Kenya, officials said. The aircraft came down on Monday in Central Island National Park at… Read more »
President Trump says Zimbabwean government’s policies pose an ‘unusual and extraordinary’ threat to US foreign policy. US President Donald Trump has extended sanctions against Zimbabwe by a year, saying that the new government’s policies continue to pose an “unusual and extraordinary” threat to the American foreign policy. The renewal on Monday comes despite calls by African leaders, including South Africa’s President Cyril… Read more »
One of Africa’s most stable democracies, Senegal, recently had a presidential election. President Macky Sall won the election with 58% of the votes, not requiring a runoff election in March. Although Senegal is one of the most stable countries on the African continent, there were demonstrations during the campaigning period. There were less than ten casualties during the demonstrations. The… Read more »
A British charity called Comic Relief, is under fire when television presenter Stacey Dooley was showed holding a black child as an effort to raise funds for some of the world’s poorest communities. Comic Relief is a charity that enlists celebrities to help raise funds for less fortunate communities and so far has raised nearly $106 million. Dooley was shown… Read more »
The African Union is seeking to kill off the EU’s latest blueprint for stemming migration, claiming that it would breach international law by establishing “de facto detention centres” on African soil, trampling over the rights of those being held. A “common African position paper” leaked to the Guardian reveals the determination of the 55-member state body, currently headed by Egypt, to dissuade… Read more »
More than 50 people are missing after a leaking oil pipeline exploded and caused a stampede in southern Nigeria, a local official said on Saturday. The blast early on Friday caused massive oil spillage in the Nembe kingdom in Bayelsa state, the Nembe Chiefs Council spokesman, Chief Nengi James-Eriworio, told the Associated Press. The Nembe trunk line is operated by the… Read more »