Publication Apr 3, 2018 Boko Haram kills 15, wounds 83 in attack in northern Nigeria (CBS News) – Nigeria’s Boko Haram extremists attacked two villages on the outskirts of the northeastern city of Maiduguri late Sunday, killing at least 15 people, the military said Monday….
Publication Mar 30, 2018 Blackmail, prejudice and persecution: gay rights in Nigeria At a private party, held late at night in a small Lagos hotel far from any main road, men find solace in being openly gay. It is one of the…
Publication Mar 29, 2018 Tanzania opposition leader charged for ‘inciting hatred’ (News24) – The charges of inciting hatred and rebellion are linked to a speech Mbowe gave during the protest in which he said President John Magufuli would not last long…
Publication Mar 26, 2018 Sierra Leone Runoff Vote to Proceed Tuesday, Court Rules (Bloomberg Politics)–A Sierra Leone court ruled that a presidential runoff set for Tuesday must proceed even as a hearing into alleged fraud during the vote’s first round earlier this month…
Publication Mar 26, 2018 Militants Linked to Al Qaeda Unleash Deadly Car Bombings in Somalia (The New York Times) – The explosions occurred days after a bomb went off outside the Weheliye Hotel in the city, killing at least 14 people, mostly young entrepreneurs, and…
Publication Mar 23, 2018 Zambian Opposition Files Motion to Impeach President Lungu (Bloomberg Politics)–Zambia’s main opposition party filed a motion in parliament to impeach President Edgar Lungu, saying he violated the constitution. His spokesman called the motion “defective” and said it will…
Publication Mar 13, 2018 ‘Freedom!’: the movement that brought Ethiopia to a standstill (The Guardian) – Today, Desalegn is a banker. But once he was a Qeerroo: a young, energetic and unmarried man from Ethiopia’s largest ethnic group, the Oromo, bound by what…
Publication Mar 8, 2018 Congo presidential election on course for December (Reuters) – An election in the Democratic Republic of Congo to replace President Joseph Kabila remains on course for late December, the central African country’s Prime Minister, Bruno Tshibala, has…
Media Feb 26, 2018 Tanzania opposition MP jailed for five months for insulting president (Reuters) – A court in Tanzania sentenced two opposition leaders to five months in prison on Monday for insulting President John Magufuli, a decision likely to fuel criticism that authorities…
Publication Feb 22, 2018 Media, rights activists threatened in South Sudan: U.N. report (Reuters) – Journalists and rights activists in South Sudan have been killed or arrested and newspapers closed, often by the government, hampering coverage of one of the world’s biggest humanitarian…
Publication Feb 21, 2018 Ethiopia’s Great Rift (Foreign Policy) – On the day that Bekele Gerba, a prominent Ethiopian opposition leader, was released from prison, thousands of people took to the streets in celebration. It was a…
Publication Feb 14, 2018 Recruitment of child soldiers still rising in South Sudan (Aljazeera) – The civil war in South Sudan is now in its fifth year. It has killed thousands and displaced millions. Monday marked International Day against the use of Child…
Publication Feb 7, 2018 Kenya deports opposition lawyer charged with treason (Reuters) – Kenyan authorities deported a lawyer charged with treason for attending the symbolic presidential inauguration of opposition leader Raila Odinga, prompting a rare rebuke from the Chief Justice who…
Media Feb 2, 2018 Kenya arrests lawyer, keeps TV stations shut (Reuters) – Kenya on Friday arrested an opposition lawyer and defied a court order to lift a ban on three private television stations that had covered the symbolic presidential inauguration…
News Jan 25, 2018 Violence in CAR Sparks ‘Unprecedented’ Levels of Displacement (UN News Centre) – Surging violence in the Central African Republic (CAR) has put unprecedented numbers of people on the run, the United Nations refugee agency said Tuesday, reporting that…
Media Jan 18, 2018 Zimbabwe president promises ‘free and fair’ election in five months Zimbabwe’s president Emmerson Mnangagwa has announced that elections will be held within “four to five months”, the first since the end of Robert Mugabe’s 37-year rule last year. Mnangagwa, who…
News Jan 12, 2018 Ethiopia Is Falling Apart (Foreign Policy) – For a brief moment last week, Ethiopia seemed poised to shed its reputation as Africa’s Stasi state. At a press conference on Jan. 3, Ethiopian Prime Minister…
News Jan 11, 2018 Ethiopia top opposition figure gets prison time for contempt (ABC News) – One of Ethiopia’s most prominent opposition politicians has been sentenced to six months in prison for contempt of court along with three others after they sang a protest song during proceedings.
News Jan 8, 2018 Zimbabwe Releases American Charged With Insulting Mugabe HARARE, Zimbabwe — An American woman who was arrested in Zimbabwe in November over a tweet mocking Robert Mugabe, weeks before he was forced out as president, was set free on Thursday after state prosecutors failed to prepare their case.
News Jan 3, 2018 Ethiopia announces release of political prisoners (The Washington Post) – Ethiopia’s prime minister shocked the country Wednesday by announcing the release of all political prisoners and the closure of a notorious detention center to promote political dialogue.
