It appears there’s still a long way to go before rival factions in Libya agree on uniting the country. What’s the latest there? In a statement that suggested that both sides have not reached an agreement on the way forward, the leader of the Libyan National Army, which controls the country’s east, Khalifa Haftar declared…
South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa has won a second five-year term as leader of the Africa National Congress ANC, the country’s ruling party. Isn’t there a corruption case against him? Yes, but despite the corruption scandal, President Ramaphosa remains popular within the ANC and won 2,476 votes defeating his only challenger, former Health Minister Zweli Mkhize,…
The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday upheld the conviction of Ugandan child soldier Dominic Ongwen, for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Isn’t a child soldier a victim? Ongwen’s prosecution was for his actions as an adult. Abducted on his way to school at the age of nine by the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army…
Authoritarian governments around the world are intensifying their efforts in gaging journalists and cracking down on Press freedom. A new report by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) shows that the number of journalists jailed globally in 2022 reached a record high. According to the report, about 363 journalists were deprived of their freedom as…
Nigeria was among the four countries that accounted for nearly half of the global malaria cases and malaria deaths in 2021 World Health Organisation have said. What are the figures? According to the WHO World Malaria report released on Thursday, malaria cases and death remained stable in 2021 despite the continued impact of Covid-19. The…
A court in Mozambique has sentenced Armando Ndambi Guebuza, son of former President Armando Guebuza, and ten other top government officials to 12 and ten years in jail for their involvement in a shady loan deal. What is the loan deal about? Guebuza and the ten others were found guilty of charges relating to a…
Kenya’s Charlot Magayi was among the winners in the 2022 edition of the Earth shot Prize. How did she win? Magayi won with her clean cooking innovation, Mukuru Clean Stoves, which aims to bring cleaner-burning stoves to women in Kenya and the African continent. With more than 950 million people in sub-Saharan Africa relying on…
The government of Sao Tome and Principe has ordered an investigation into allegations of “cruel and inhuman acts” meted out by military personnel on some men the Prime Minister accused of attempting a coup d’état on the government last week. Was there indeed a coup attempt? It doesn’t seem so. Head of the Sao Tome…
Hostilities have resumed in eastern DR Congo between the Congolese army and the M23 rebels, only five days after a truce was reached at the Luanda summit on November 23. What were the terms of the truce? The summit had resolved on a ceasefire beginning on Friday, which would be followed by the rebels’ withdrawal…
Ruling for as long as a lifetime is a phenomenon mostly associated with monarchs. Some leaders have, however, succeeded in turning their country’s supposed democratic system into a monarchy lookalike, as they hold on to power for decades. What’s the news? Equatorial Guinea’s president, Teodoro Nguema Mbasogo has been announced the winner of the country’s…
