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.
The IFP is demanding the urgent deployment of the KwaZulu-Natal Political Killings Task Team after two of its councillor candidates were gunned down in separate incidents within a space of seven days.
The ANC has doubled down on its claim that the Electoral Commission of SA’s system experienced technical glitches on the day it was meant to submit its list of nominated candidates, which led to the party’s failure to submit candidate lists for certain municipalities.
A bus crash that unfolded on Wednesday in Egypt's Sinai peninsula left 22 dead and injured 28 others; authorities have yet to specify what caused the incident.
Madagascar's former Senate president Richard Ravalomanana was sentenced to 10 years of hard labour on Tuesday after being convicted of complicity in murder over his alleged role in a deadly crackdown on youth-led protests last year.
The suspects, including Mexican, Mozambican, Zimbabwean and South African nationals, face charges related to drug manufacturing, illegal possession of precious metals, illegal possession of hazardous materials and contravention of the Immigration Act
Spanish prosecutors say 23 sexual assault cases, including nine involving children, have been reported in Ceuta since thousands of migrants crossed from Morocco into the Spanish territory at the end of July.
The independent panel that found President Cyril Ramaphosa had a case to answer for Phala Phala did not consider whether Ramaphosa acted in bad faith, his counsel argued in the Western Cape High Court on Wednesday.
Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu has ordered security forces to track down gunmen accused of killing dozens of people and abducting residents from four villages in Niger state.
Zimbabwe police said Wednesday they had arrested a district official on criminal charges of culpable homicide after the sinking of a government-run ferry that claimed at least 97 lives.
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