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Reactions have began to follow a military court’s ruling in Burkina Faso on Wednesday that handed down a life term to former president Blaise Compaore over the 1987 assassination of revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara. Applause erupted in the courtroom as the long-awaited verdict was read out, bringing the curtain down on a case that has afflicted the impoverished and volatile… Read More

Sudanese protesters geared up for mass anti-coup rallies Wednesday to mark the anniversary of a sit-in which resulted in the ouster of former leader Omar al-Bashir. Thousands of Sudanese marched in the capital of Khartoum and other cities on Wednesday in new protests against an October military coup that plunged the African country into political turmoil and aggravated its economic… Read More

Former president Compaoré was sentenced to life in prison over Sankara murder on Wenesday. The verdict comes 6 months after the trial of 14 men accused in the assassination of Burkina Faso’s started. A look back at these months of trial. After six months of hearings, marked by suspensions and political twists and turns, the verdict is expected in the… Read More

Burkinabe prosecutors sought a 30-year sentence for Compaoré over Sankara’s murder but a Ouagadougou court sentenced him to life in prison on Wednesday. Former president Blaise Compaoré was sentenced to life in prison over Sankara murder on Wenesday. The verdict comes 6 months after the trial of 14 accused (including Compaoré) in the assassination of Burkina Faso’s revered panafrican leader… Read More

South Africa on Tuesday ended its national state of disaster, the legal framework used for two years to impose restrictions to combat the pandemic. South African sports fans can now return to stadiums in large numbers to watch soccer, rugby and cricket matches. Sports venues can take up to 50% of capacity with people who show proof of vaccination or… Read More

ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan says at presser in The Hague that he wants to “close the situation” in Darfur, when asked whether former South Sudan president Omar al-Bashir would likely soon be in court. A former Sudanese militia chief oversaw murder, rape and torture across Darfur, the International Criminal Court heard on Tuesday, as the first trial for war… Read More

Nigerian atheist activist Mubarak Bala, detained in April 2020, was sentenced Tuesday to 24 years after pleading guilty to 18 charges in a blasphemy case. The 37-year-old was accused of writing Facebook posts criticising Islam and its prophet, which the court said were capable of breaching public peace in Nigeria’s conservative Muslim north where sharia law is enforced alongside common… Read More

Zimbabwe’s central bank says it has raised its main policy rate from 60 percent to a record 80 percent in an attempt to contain inflation The interest rate is currently the highest in the world and at an all-time record for the southern African country, according to the financial agency Bloomberg. The country’s runaway inflation fueled by the war in… Read More

New accounts have emerged of Malian troops and suspected Russian mercenaries killing about 300 people in a town in its central region. In a statement released on Tuesday, rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) said there had been a “deliberate slaughter” of people detained in the central town of Moura. HRW described Moura as being under the “quasi-control” of al-Qaeda… Read More

Suspected rebels attacked a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo with machetes and guns, killing at least a dozen civilians on the night of Sunday 3 April. Congo’s army has now confirmed the attack. The army on Monday said fighters believed to be part of the Allied Democratic Forces ADF rebel group staged the attack Sunday night in Masambo,… Read More