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Authorities in Mali say they began an inquiry into the violation of state security on Monday. It comes after six prominent figures were detained for questioning earlier this month. It also follows the August 18 coup which ousted longtime leader President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and put the country in the hands of a transitional government scheduled to oversee a return… Read More

The United Nations Integrated Multidimensional Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) today released the report of its investigation into human rights violations and abuses committed during the July 10-13, 2020 protests in Mali. The UN mission deployed a special fact-finding mission from July 20 to August 17, 2020, composed of 30 human rights officers, a child protection officer, and two forensic… Read More

Cristiano Ronaldo, Portuguese star of Juventus Turin (D1 Italy), continues to invest in a variety of promising ventures, particularly that of the hotel industry. In February 2021, the player who had just won the Globe Soccer Awards as “Best Footballer of the Century” will open his first hotel in Marrakech by February. He announced a postponement of the opening date… Read More

All opposition protests have been banned in Ghana following a spike in post-election demonstrations in the capital Accra. The Ghana Police Service secured a court order restraining all protests earlier this week. A statement confirming the ban on protests by the National Democratic Congress, NDC, read in part: “The prohibition order follows an affidavit filed by the police upon receipt… Read More

Uganda journalists walk out of a security press conference in the capital Kampala on Monday. The journalists say the move is to draw attention to increased violence against them by security forces in the country. On Sunday, two journalists were shot at, in a scuffle between opposition politician’s campaigners and security forces. Police said Ashraf Kasirye, who works for a… Read More

Niger began counting the votes Sunday from an election that is expected to lead to the West African nation’s first transfer of power between two democratically elected presidents. The voting process went on smoothly on Sunday and were no reports of widespread disruptions. The West African country, unstable since gaining independence from France 60 years ago, is ranked the world’s… Read More

The jihadist group Boko Haram killed at least 10 people including four security personnel in raids on three villages in northeast Nigeria, local and security sources told AFP on Sunday. Fighters in six trucks attacked the villages of Shafa, Azare and Tashan Alade in Borno state on Saturday and set fire to homes and public buildings while firing sporadically at… Read More

Presidential election in the Republic of the Congo will take place on March 21, 2021. President Denis Sassou Nguesso made this known in his state of the nation address before parliament Wednesday. Our Congolese correspondent, Cédric Sehossolo said that as the Congolese president evokes strict adherence to constitutional deadline, opposition figures believe the conditions are not yet met. ‘’Can’t the… Read More

An Ancient African Artform To Be Revived? A massive hot metal machine built in 1902 has been restored to its former glory. The French-made Foucher typecaster is back in action at a workshop in Egypt by way of The French Institute of Oriental Archaeology in Cairo or IFAO, who recently showed off the revived machine which allows the printing of… Read More

Retired boxer Justin Juuko has been missing for 14 days. His party, the opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) says Uganda’s security forces are holding him. Police have neither denied nor confessed to holding Juuko. Juuko was arrested along with Garrypaul Mayanja, an FDC activist in Masaka, a district in south-central Uganda. The two were briefly detained at the area… Read More