Politics

Security forces in Zimbabwe arrested and detained dozens of opposition supporters over the weekend in the town of Masvingo ahead of a rally organized by the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) which is launching the party’s campaign for the by-elections next month. At least 80 supporters of Zimbabawean opposition were …

French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday rejected Malian government’s demand to withdraw French troops from the country “without delay” and warned against any threat to their security. “We have announced the re-articulation of the system and it will be applied in good order to ensure the security of the United …

Mozambican defence minister says many people displaced from Cabo Delgado region by jihadist violence will be able to return by June this year, media report. Defence Minister Cristóvão Chume said the jihadists had been weakened, and there had been no attacks in recent days. He said security was progressively improving …

Liberia’s main opposition Unity Party is now the second to withdraw from the four-party coalition that’s planning to challenge President George Weah in next year’s elections. This latest move leaves the coalition in disarray. The first party to pull out was the All Liberian Party, of millionaire Benoni Urey. The …

Belgium’s prime minister has handed over an inventory of tens of thousands of artefacts looted from the former Belgian Congo to his Congolese counterpart. Alexander De Croo gave the catalogue to Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde in a ceremony at the museum where the items are held in Brussels. Mr Sama Lukonde …

The Somali government has said that police officers accused of torturing journalists covering al-Shabab attacks in the capital, Mogadishu, have been arrested. Interior Security Minister Abdullahi Nur said “the armed forces will be accountable for their actions”. The state-owned Somali National TV tweeted a photo of the journalists lying on …

The German government announced its plan to transfer hydrogen production technology to African countries amid its efforts to quit coal and nuclear energy on Wednesday, Reuters reports. Germany will have to import 40-60% of the hydrogen it needs for its energy transformation plans, the official said ahead of a meeting …

Members of parliament in Malawi have come under fire after one of them demand parliament to buy raincoats for them. The request was made on Wednesday by Lilongwe South MP Steven Kamsiyamo who said they needed to shield themselves from the rain while walking to the chamber from the car …

Liberia’s former interim president, Amos Sawyer, died Wednesday at the age of 76 in Maryland, United States, after suffering cardiac arrest, his family announced. He was one of the country’s most acclaimed politicians who became interim president in the 1990s as part of efforts to stop the bloody war launched …

French authorities have officially announced the withdrawal of French troops of Operation Barkhane from Mali, where they had been fighting jihadists since 2013. According to Élysée officials, it is downright impossible for France to continue its anti-terrorist deployment in Mali, due to the growing hostility of the military authorities in …