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An Eritrean national described as the “world’s most wanted″ human trafficker has been arrested in Sudan after an international search led by the United Arab Emirates, Interpol has announced.
Body of fashion designer and model Edwin Chiloba, 25, found stuffed in metal box by side of road, say reportsKenyan police are investigating the death of an LGBTQ+ rights activist whose body was discovered stuffed in a metal box in a killing that has p…
Forty-six Ivorian troops whose detention by Mali has triggered a bitter diplomatic row reportedly appeared for trial at a court in Bamako. The news follows a “friendly working visit” by Togolese President Faure Gnassingbe, who is mediating the ongoing…
Concerns raised over health of Pape Alé Niang, detained since 20 December on charges of revealing confidential government informationPressure is mounting on authorities in Senegal to release a journalist and human rights defender on hunger strike in de…
The CDC, Africa’s top public health body, says that the Ebola outbreak in Uganda is coming under control with no new confirmed case reported in the country for the last 39 days. But it needs to pass 42 days to be considered Ebola-free.
The last surviving African soldiers who fought for colonial-era France will be able to live out their final days in their home countries following the French government’s U-turn on their pension rights. The decision coincides with the cinema release o…
The government in Chad said Thursday that it had foiled an “attempted destabilisation” plot by army officers and a prominent human rights activist.
Senegalese veterans who fought for France in the world wars and other conflicts have been granted the right to claim a French pension in their country of origin, overturning a previous rule stating they had to spend at least six months a year in Franc…
In an election year, critics of the ruling Zanu-PF party are claiming political persecution over the continued incarceration of Job SikhalaA Zimbabwean opposition politician who has spent more than 200 days in prison has been denied bail for the fiftee…
A former environment minister of Tunisia has been sentenced to three years in jail for his role in the illegal import of 280 containers of waste from Italy, according to local media in the capital, Tunis.