Politics

Zimbabwe security forces have on Sunday arrested opposition leader Jameson Timba and 80 youths, for holding a political gathering which authorities said was unauthorized, Reuters agency reported, citing their lawyer. Timba took over as interim leader of Citizens Coalition for Change after former leader Nelson Chamisa quit the party in …

Four peopledied, twelve others were injured after a vehicle in the convoy carrying the body of the late Malawi Vice-President Saulos Chilima hit mourners, police say. It followed clashes between local people, the police and soldiers escorting the late vice-president’s funeral convoy from the capital, Lilongwe, to his home village …

The state court in Niamey, Niger’s capital, has lifted the immunity of ousted president Mohamed Bazoum, his lawyers said. One of the former president’s lawyers, Moussa Coulibaly, announced the court’s decision in a statement and said it paved the way for the court to prosecute Bazoum for treason and conspiracy …

The World Bank announced on Thursday that it has approved a total loan of $2.25 billion to Nigeria to help it stabilize its economy following reforms and step up support for the poor. In April, Nigerian Finance Minister Wale Edun said his country was seeking up to $2.25 billion in …

Three Ugandan lawmakers, members of the ruling party have been charged with corruption for trying to influence a rights body to inflate its budget, Reuters reported. The three legislators – Mutembuli, Paul Akamba and Cissy Namujju Dionizia – were charged with corruption late on Wednesday at the High Court in …

Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu said on Wednesday economic reforms would continue, despite increasing hardships that have fuelled public anger. Tinubu, who came to power a year ago, promised to send an executive bill to parliament soon to set a new minimum wage. In a television broadcast to mark Democracy Day, …

ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan is urgently investigating allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Darfur city of al-Fashir. Al Fashir has become a new front between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). In a video statement released on Tuesday, prosecutor Karim Khan …

Malawi’s Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima and nine other people were killed when the military plane they were traveling on crashed, President Lazarus Chakwera said on Tuesday. The aircraft carrying Chilima, who was seen as a potential candidate in next year’s presidential election, went missing on Monday. “I’m deeply saddened, …

An aircraft carrying Malawi’s Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima and nine others has gone missing, Malawi’s presidency said on Monday. “All efforts by aviation authorities to make contact with the Aircraft since it went off the radar have failed thus far,” Malawi’s Office of the President and Cabinet said in …

More than 80 people were killed in one week by suspected Islamists in the Democratic Republic of Congo, local media reported. It follows an attack on Friday by suspected Islamist rebels on villages in the east of the country. “The attack had been carried out by members of the Allied …