The United Nations rights chief has called on Zambia to stop arbitrary arrests and uphold the rights of all those detained. The statement from UN High Commissioner Volker Türk follows reports of arrests and detention of opposition figures in Zambia before and after Thursday’s election.
South Africa says it’s putting infrastructure development at the centre of its agenda as chair of the Southern African Development Community.
Uganda's president, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, has signed into law forbiding foreign interference in the country despite warnings from different concerned parties.
Dakhla’s Judicial Police arrested on Tuesday an extremist affiliated with the terrorist organization known as the “Islamic State”,on the basis of information provided by the General
Fannie Masemola faces four charges of contravening the Public Finance Management Act relating to an allegedly irregular tender.
Rwanda's former first lady Agathe Habyarimana will appeal last week's ruling by a French court that overturned a 2025 decision to dismiss an investigation into her role in the 1994 genocide.
French prosecutors have requested a seven‑year prison sentence for former president Nicolas Sarkozy in his appeal trial over allegations that his 2007 presidential campaign received illegal funding from Muammar Gaddafi’s Libya.
In the Central African Republic's Haute-Kotto prefecture, the NGO Esperance supporting former child soldiers by providing them with vocational training.
Burkina Faso's authorities secretly held and abused a prominent investigative journalist and dozens of others in a makeshift detention facility in the capital, an international advocacy group said Wednesday, in the latest crackdown on political dissent in the West African nation.
As Mali says last month's attacks targeted junta leader Assimi Goita, ally Burkina Faso has banned French channel TV5 Monde over allegations of 'disinformation.'
The Constitutional Court is delivering its judgment on the Phala Phala case that has the potential to destroy President Cyril Ramaphosa’s career.
A court in Tunisia has sentenced former Justice Minister Noureddine Bhiri to 20 years in prison in a case involving the alleged facilitation of passports and citizenship documents for foreign nationa
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