Watch live from outside South Africa prison holding Oscar Pistorius parole hearing
Watch a live view from outside the prison holding a parole hearing for Oscar Pistorius.
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Tunisian morgue overflows as more people attempt risky sea crossing
Migrant crackdown is prompting increasing number of people from sub-Saharan Africa to board boatsExplainer: why is Tunisia’s leader stoking hatred?On a recent afternoon in the Tunisian coastal city of Sfax, as shoppers hurried around a market buying fo…
Senegal court hands opposition leader suspended prison sentence
A leading opposition politician in Senegal, Ousmane Sonko, on Thursday received a two-month suspended prison sentence for libel in a case involving the tourism minister, the minister’s lawyer El Hadji Diouf said.
Equatorial Guinea confirms Marburg deaths after push by WHO
Equatorial Guinea said it has recorded 13 cases of Marburg disease since February, after the World Health Organization urged the country to officially report new cases.
Oscar Pistorius could be freed within weeks after serving half his sentence
Parole board in South Africa to decide if Paralympian who murdered his girlfriend can leave jailOscar Pistorius, the South African Paralympian convicted of murder, could leave prison within weeks if a parole board decides on Friday to release him halfw…
Egyptian army has turned Sinai schools into military bases, says rights group
Exclusive: group says military is compromising children’s right to education with its campaign against militantsEgyptian forces have taken over 37 schools and transformed them into military bases while dozens more have been destroyed during a 10-year w…
DNA Confirms Oral History of Swahili People
A genetic analysis of dozens of ancient skeletons from East Africa helps pin down the origins of coastal Swahili society.
UN Security Council meets to consider ‘alarming’ violence in DRC
On the eve of a Security Council meeting to discuss the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a quarterly report by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres deplores a sharp increase in violence in the east of the country, with at least 700 civi…
Senegal braces for fresh protests ahead of opposition leader’s trial
Senegal’s opposition coalition maintained its call for demonstrations on Wednesday and Thursday during leader Ousmane Sonko’s defamation trial despite a ban on protests by police authorities.
Senegal’s opposition says protests will continue as leader Sonko’s trial set to resume
The Senegalese opposition announced on Tuesday that it would push ahead with demonstrations in Dakar on Wednesday and Thursday despite a ban, while authorities said they had arrested four members of a group seeking to prevent the resumption of the tri…