Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir, has declared a national emergency in Sudan, dissolved his government, and postponed the writing of Constitutional amendments that would allow him to run for another term. Since December, the National Intelligence and Security Service, under Bashir’s order, has killed almost 40 protestors, fired deadly teargas into homes and demonstrations, silenced the people by cutting off… Read more »
A nearly day-long standoff between Islamic militants and security forces in Somalia ended on Friday after three deadly car bomb explosions killed at least 30 people in the Somali capital of Mogadishu on Thursday night, security sources said.Armed militants entered a house next to the Makka Al-Mukarama hotel around 9 p.m. local time, after detonating a car packed with explosives… Read more »
The leaders of Ethiopia and Eritrea have travelled to South Sudan for high-level talks with President Salva Kiir amid efforts to revive a flagging peace deal struck last year between his government and rebels. The visit on Monday came amid increasing warnings that the deal agreed in September last year to quell South Sudan’s war was falling apart and all sides were preparing for fresh fighting. “One of the first… Read more »
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 Ramaphosa, for the sanctions to be lifted to give the country a chance to recover from… Read more »
After more than two months of near-daily protests in Khartoum and across Sudan, President Omar al-Bashir announced on the evening of February 22 a year-long state of emergency and dissolved the government. He postponed constitutional amendments allowing him to run for office again in 2020 but did not offer to step down. In the following days, al-Bashir issued additional decrees outlawing protests, setting… Read more »
A Kenyan Court has recently delayed a ruling on weather to get rid of a colonial-era laws which criminalize gay sex. This news has angered the LGBTQ community, who hoped that Kenya could pave the way to a more accepting and less homophobic Africa. Gay rights organisations are asking the court to scrap two sections of the penal code that… Read more »
President Muhammadu Buharihas warned of grave consequences for those who steal ballot boxes or attempt to disrupt rescheduled Nigeria elections. Buhari spoke during an emergency meeting of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the nation’s capital, Abuja, on Monday. “Anybody who decides to snatch ballot boxes or lead thugs to disturb it [the vote], maybe this is the last lawful action you… Read more »
A United Nations report says its investigators have identified alleged perpetrators of pervasive rape, killings and torture in South Sudan’s civil war – violence they believe was driven by oil revenues. The UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan on Wednesday said the army, national security, military intelligence, rebel forces and affiliated armed groups committed serious human rights breaches. The UN body had drawn up… Read more »
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused Congolese police of summarily executing at least 27 people, some of whom were bound, strangled and mutilated in a crackdown on gangs in the capital Kinshasa last year. Police in the Democratic Republic of Congo denied the allegations that were in a report published on Thursday by the US-based rights group. The report, based on interviews… Read more »
MORE ON KENYA Kenya’s High Court has postponed a much-anticipated ruling on whether to scrap colonial-era laws which criminalise gay sex, citing a heavy caseload. Friday’s announcement of a delay was met with dismay by Kenya’s LGBT community and their allies, who have been anxiously awaiting a ruling on the petition, which was filed three years ago. “The files are above my height… we… Read more »