A year after Tanzania's bloody election, many remain traumatised by the violence, while government critics live in fear of abduction and arbitrary arrest, or facing treason and terrorism charges.
READ MOREA senior opposition official in Tanzania is facing the death penalty after being charged with treason. John Pambalu is a member of Chadema national council and a former leader of the party’s youth wing.
In a statement, Madagascar’s Anti-Corruption Unit (PAC) said it had received complaints targeting several former officials, including ex-president Andry Rajoelina. The proceedings have been temporarily suspended as it first has to be determined whether the court has jurisdiction to hear the cases.
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
The first edition of “GITEX Future Health Africa” opened on Monday in Casablanca with the participation of several African public health leaders,leading international investors,medical pioneers,and
The African Network of Open Parliaments,a framework for the exchange of experiences between parliaments of “Open Government Partnership (OGP)” member countries and those seeking to join i
Jill Robson has spent 182 nights and counting at the hotel and has told staff she can't take anymore
Harrowing body-worn footage showed the woman,who had been due to step into the witness box to relive her ordeal,being comforted by a police officer.
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