Africa

An American human rights group, the Lantos Foundation has urged the British foreign secretary, Dominic Raab, to block the appointment of Rwanda’s new high commissioner to London. According to the human rights group, the Lantos Foundation, Johnston Busingye was involved in the detention of a prominent critic of the Rwandan …

The putschists in Guinea have announced the gradual reopening of borders with neighbouring countries in a statement read on national TV. Some of the borders have been closed since last week’s coup and others for months beforehand. The Sierra Leonean border, which was ordered to close by President Alpha Condé …

The TB Joshua church in Nigeria has announced a new era in its leadership as the late preacher’s widow takes over. Evelyn Joshua said her late husband will remain as the general overseer and founder of the church. She has asked for prayers as she begins her new role. Mrs …

Army officials in Burkina Faso said an ambush on a military convoy escorting fuel tankers from a gold mine near the border with Niger has left six officers dead. Seven other people were injured after the attack allegedly claimed by jihadists. Two years ago 39 people were killed when a …

Money-laundering charges against a leading Ugandan human rights lawyer, Nicholas Opiyo, have been dropped, documents from the director of public prosecution’s office show. According to the documents, Mr. Opiyo, who was arrested in December 2020 by plainclothes officers in a restaurant will see his deposit refunded. Read also: Rwandan opposition …

The lawyer for Christopher Kayumba, a Rwandan opposition leader, announced that his client had gone on a hunger strike after being arrested by police. Christopher Kayumba, the leader of the Rwandese Platform for Democracy (RPD), was arrested on Thursday on rape charges, the Rwanda Investigation Bureau said. He has previously …

Felix Tshisekedi, President of the Democratic Republic of Congo received his first dose of Moderna vaccine months after refusing a shot from AstraZeneca for fear it was unsure. President Tshisekedi has been vaccinated few days after the country received its first batch of about 250,000 doses of Moderna vaccine. DR …

Dozens of children who were kidnapped by gunmen in north-west Nigeria nearly two weeks ago have been freed. In a video, the governor of Zamfara state is shown with some of the male and female students from a state-run secondary school in Maradun District, BBC News reports. They were seized …

After the attack on a prison center by gunmen on Sunday, at least 240 prisoners escaped, officials from Kogi state in Nigeria said. Nigeria’s prison service said a large number of heavily armed attackers arrived at the prison and fought a fierce gun battle with the guards. Read also: Somalia: …

Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble has announced that parliamentary elections will be held in the country despite his differences with President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo. “We are committed to holding the elections as planned and other existing matters will not have any effect on the elections,” Mr Roble told a …