On January 7th there was a coup held in the country of Gabon. President Ali Bongo took over after his father in 2009 as president. After reports of a stroke Ali Bongo went to Saudi Arabia to get treated and then Morocco where it was reported he was doing better. He has been in Rabat(Morocco’s Capital) ever since. During the… Read more »
Lagos, Nigeria (CNN)Nigerian soldiers raided the offices of a local newspaper and took away journalists who wrote an article that “divulged classified information” and put its troops’ lives at risk, the army said Monday.The Daily Trust said security agents “invaded” the newspaper’s bureau in the country’s troubled northeastern region and took away two journalists who worked on a story about… Read more »
Two months after he went missing from the Dadaab refugee complex, Abdullahi Mohamed called his mother, Ubah, from a detention centre in Libya where he was being been held by armed gangs. The men asked his mother to pay a ransom of up to $10,000 (£7,850) for the 19-year-old. Relieved but distraught, Ubah started fundraising for his release, talking to… Read more »
Album of apartheid-era songs sung by ex-president labelled a waste of taxpayers’ money Agence France-Presse Thu 3 Jan 2019 06.35 ESTLast modified on Thu 3 Jan 2019 12.00 EST The former South African president Jacob Zuma’s plan to record an album of apartheid-era struggle songs has provoked a political row as opposition politicians labelled the project a taxpayer-funded waste of money. Zuma, ousted last… Read more »
Group of soldiers had called on people to ‘rise up’ while ailing president is out of countryR Mon 7 Jan 2019 09.18 ESTFirst published on Mon 7 Jan 2019 02.04 EST The Gabonese government has put down a coup attempt after a group of soldiers briefly took over state radio and broadcast a statement calling on people to “rise up” while the president, Ali… Read more »
Since 2015 the President of Tanzania, John Magufuli. Once he came to power he promised to end corruption and help the economy. What he also has being doing is what reports are calling a “morality crusade”. He has been establishing more ways to discriminate against the LGBT community and women. In a country where homosexuality is already illegal they are… 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,” said the 23-year-old trans… Read more »
CNN — A group of members of the US Congress are calling on the Rwandan government to drop charges against Diane Rwigara, a fierce government critic who is facing up to 22 years in prison on charges of incitement and fraud.Rwigara, 37, has long said that the charges against her are politically motivated and stem from her bid to run against… Read more »
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – The Nigerian military on Friday accused United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) staff of spying for Islamist militants in northeast Nigeria, and suspended the agency’s activities there. The northeast has been torn apart by a decade-long insurgency by Boko Haram and its splinter group Islamic State West Africa, in which more than 30,000 people have been killed… Read more »
LUANDA (Reuters) – Angola’s state oil company Sonangol and Exxon Mobil on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding for oil exploration in the country’s Namibe basin, the two firms said. Angola, Africa’s second-largest crude producer, is facing a steep output decline unless it can revive exploration in what was once one of the world’s most exciting offshore prospects. Sonangol is… Read more »