Kenya has reported a sudden surge in teen pregnancies in one single county over a period…
Category: Africa
Tanzania ban on public interest litigation bad for human rights – PIN
Tanzania lawmakers recently (June 10) passed a bill that outlaws public interest litigation. It says any…
Morocco’s King Mohammed VI undergoes successful heart operation
Morocco’s King Mohammed VI “ on Sunday successfully underwent” an operation at the clinic of the…
South African president’s shame over surge in murders of women
South Africa’s president says it has been a “dark and shameful week” for his country following…
Coronavirus in Africa: 233,836 cases; 6,261 deaths; 107,013 recoveries
There are now more than over 220,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a…
Somalia, Somaliland leaders to meet in Djibouti next week
President Abdullahi Mohamed Farmaajo of Somalia will meet with Somaliland leader Muse Bihi next week in…
Rafiki, Uganda’s rare silverback mountain gorilla, killed by hunters
One of Uganda’s best known mountain gorillas, Rafiki, has been killed. Four men have been arrested,…
Burundi cabinet wants court to declare presidency vacant
Burundi will seek constitutional interpretation on how to proceed over the power vacuum created by the…
Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza dies of ‘cardiac arrest’ at 55
Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza, aged 55, has died after suffering a cardiac arrest, the government says.…
United States accused of blocking Hanna Tetteh’s appointment as UN envoy to Libya
Germany and France are angry at the Unites States for delaying the appointment of a Hanna…