Category: Africa

August 16, 2019//-An internal UN refugee agency investigation into allegations of corruption in its Sudan resettlement operations has determined that a staff member abused their power by soliciting bribes from refugees.

Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, August 16, 2019//-Southern African Development Community (SADC) leaders meeting in Tanzania have been urged to intensify efforts to protect the people living with albinism.

 Luanda, Angola, August 15, 2019//-The conflict of interest furore besetting one of Angola’s richest entrepreneurs, serving as a provincial governor, is contrary to the assurance made by the new administration to fight corruption.

Tripoli, Libya, August 15, 2019//-Europe has been urged to allow the immediate disembarkation of more than 500 people recently rescued on the Central Mediterranean but remaining stranded at the sea.

Polokwane, South Africa, August 13, 2019// – Some South Africans believe President Cyril Ramaphosa is being unfairly targeted after his campaign for the presidency of the ruling party received financial backing.

Luanda, Angola, August 13, 2019// – Angola, despite purported willingness to engage in peace-building and stability around the world, the southern African nation is in its backyard violating the same human rights principles it pledges adherence to.

Antananarivo, Madagascar, August 12, 2019//-   The violent incident between detainees and prison guards at a prison east of Madagascar has brought to the fore the country’s inept justice system and public security problems.

August 10, 2019//-At least 60 people have been killed and 70 injured in a fuel tanker explosion in Tanzania, police say.

Kinshasa, DRC, July 31, 2019//-Human rights groups are demanding a fair trial as six Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) security personnel are probed for allegedly killing 38 Burundian asylum seekers in 2017.

Supporters of Nigeria’s All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, President Muhammadu Buhari, at a rally earlier this year. EPA-EFE/Stringer Nic Cheeseman, University of Birmingham There is growing concern about the potential for the message and media sharing platform WhatsApp to undermine democracy in a number of countries across the world including Brazil and India. Because WhatsApp […]