Politics

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has lifted a ban on a European-backed rights group, nearly 18 months after its suspension, the presidency said in a statement. Yoweri Museveni said the Democratic Governance Facility (DGF) – backed by the European Union, Austria, Denmark, Ireland and other states – could reopen as long …

Former Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos is in a hospital in the Spanish city of Barcelona for emergency treatment, Portugal’s official news agency Lusa reported. “[Mr Dos Santos], has been hospitalised in an intensive care unit in a hospital in Barcelona, where he has resided for the past few …

The Court of Appeal in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, acquitted former chief of staff of President Felix Tshisekedi, Vital Kamerhe, of corruption charges, according to his lawyer. The acquittal of Mr Kamerhe was communicated to his lawyers, news agencies reported. The court cited lack of evidence …

After disappointing results for his parliamentary group in the last legislative elections, French President Emmanuel Macron rejects the hypothesis of a possible government of national unity. In a speech of about eight minutes, Mr Macron clearly rejected the idea of possible composition of a government of national unity. He intends …

Five Somali nationals suspected of being members of a kidnapping and drug-trafficking network have been arrested in the Mozambican central city of Beira, police announced. The five, according to the police, had false documents including dozens of Mozambican and Kenyan identity cards, passports, as well as asylum application cards and …

The decapitated body of a former local MP, Nelson Achukwu was found, two weeks after his abduction by gunmen for a second time, Police in Anambra state said. On both occasions, his family has paid a ransom for his safe return, local media reported. It is not clear who abducted …

A Nigerian court on Thursday will hear a challenge against sharia law in the mostly Muslim northern state of Kano, in a case that is set to reignite debate on the place of religious laws in a country whose constitution is neutral on religion, Reuters agency reports. Nigeria is divided …

The final part of a mammoth report into alleged corruption in South Africa under the former president, Jacob Zuma, has been handed to his successor Cyril Ramaphosa. The report by Judge Raymond Zondo is more than 5,000 pages long. It paints a picture of a country whose coffers were looted …

The African Union suspended its participation in the UN-led talks to end the Sudan political crisis after its representative in the talks cited lack of transparency and exclusion of important political actors from the process. Mohamed Belaish, the AU representative in Khartoum was quoted by the state-run Sudan news agency …

Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) said its officers will start using body-worn cameras to crack down on tax evasion and corruption, local newspaper Business Daily reported. The body cams will be used mainly by staff in the domestic tax department and customs and border control, according to the report. “Very soon …