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More than 2,000 anti-foreigner protesters march through Durban city centre as the arbitrary deadline passes for undocumented migrants to leave the countrySouth Africa was holding its breath on Tuesday as mass anti-immigration protests were held across …
South African police were deployed in force across the country on Tuesday to forestall unrest and protests, as anti-immigrant groups’ unofficial deadline for undocumented foreign nationals to leave the country fell. It follows a weeks-long campaign th…
Uganda’s army chief, General Kainerugaba, has ordered the arrest of leading activists and politicians in recent weeks, and this weekend shut down the country’s main independent media group. Two of those arrested appear in court this Tuesday: oppositio…
Government fears repeat of anti-migrant violence in 2008 that led to looting and resulted in deaths of 62 peopleSouth African authorities have deployed police units to towns and cities around the country before planned demonstrations against undocument…
Thousands of foreign nationals flee ahead of deadline set by demonstrators for undocumented migrants to leave
Senegal’s President Bassirou Diomaye Faye will call a referendum on a proposed constitutional amendment that would strengthen the power of parliament and the prime minister, the country’s justice minister said Monday. The country’s National Assembly o…
The most prominent media outlets in Uganda remain unable to operate after the army chief, Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the son of President Museveni and his likely successor, ordered the military shutdown on Sunday of the country’s largest media group’s headq…
Al-Qaeda-linked jihadists, the Malian army and its Russian allies have all committed “grave abuses” against civilians during and after the April attacks that rocked the West African country, Human Rights Watch said in a report on Monday.
Thousands of people have fled South Africa in recent weeks ahead of a June 30 “deadline” for foreign nationals to leave the country announced by anti-immigrant groups. We spoke to Congolese refugees in KwaZulu-Natal province who were forced to leave t…
With the number of child abductions on the rise again in northern Nigeria, an area ravaged by conflict and recently the target of Trump-led US strikes, chief international correspondent Bel Trew meets those who have survived brutality and captivity