Politics

Senegal’s main opposition leader, Ousmane Sonko, has called for more protests against President Macky Sall, whom he accuses of being behind the rape charges he’s now facing. He is accused of raping a woman who worked in a beauty salon. Speaking in Dakar after his release, the opposition leader said …

A man linked to the violent riots at the US Capitol was on Monday arraigned at a federal court in New York after being deported from Kenya over the weekend, according to media reports. Isaac Sturgeon was seized by FBI officials on arrival at John F. Kennedy International Airport in …

Burundi is to free 5,255 prisoners as part of a presidential pardon aimed at emptying overcrowded jails, according to a decree seen by AFP on Monday. In the decree, President Evariste Ndayishimiye said he is “convinced that an exceptional measure of clemency is needed to decongest prisons and improve conditions …

The family and supporters of Saudi-Australian theologian Usama Hasani have pleaded with the authorities in Morocco not to extradite him to Saudi Arabia where he’s wanted. Dr Hasani, 42, and his wife Hana Hasani, have also appealed to the Australian government to intervene. The theologian was arrested on February 8 …

A new round of protests has been planned in Senegal from Monday as opposition leader, Ousmane Sonko, is expected to make a court appearance in the capital, Dakar, following his arrest last week. Mr Sonko is set to face questions about a rape charge, which he says is politically motivated. …

In Congo-Brazzaville, opponent Guy-Brice Parfait Kolélas, presidential candidate was due to travel to Ouesso in the far north of the country on Saturday (March 6) to start his presidential campaign. But when he arrived at the airport, Kolélas learned that his flight, from Trans Air Congo (TAC), had simply been …

Election campaigns have begun in Congo-Brazzaville ahead of the presidential poll in just over two weeks’ time. Denis Sassou Nguesso, the incumbent who is seeking a fourth term will face six opposition candidates. The candidates’ names will now be sent to the constitutional court for validation, said Seraphin Ondele, interior …

The Supreme Court has allowed the runner-up in the January 14 presidential elections Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu alias Bobi Wine to withdraw his presidential election petition seeking to overturn the victory of the incumbent President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. The decision by a panel of nine Supreme Court Justices led by the …

After accusing them of focusing too much on protests triggered by the arrest of an opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, authorities in Senegal suspended the signal of two private television. The two stations affected by the decision by the National Audiovisual Regulatory Council (CNRA) are Sen TV and Walf TV channels. …

John Mahama, the Ghanaian opposition leader expressed his disagreement with the Supreme Court over the rejection of his challenge to the December 7 presidential elections. The politician accused the electoral commission of inflating the vote tally in favour of the 76-year-old incumbent. The 62-year-old politician demanded a re-run after official …