Politics

Angry residents of Bamenda, the capital of Cameroon’s North-West region, have held a protest after the death of four teenagers on Sunday during an army operation in the city. Some of the residents carried caskets with the teenagers’ bodies during the protest on Tuesday. “These killings are pure terror,” said …

The Democratic Republic of Congo’s President Félix Tshisekedi has appointed a new chief of staff to replace Vital Kamerhe who is in jail. Guylain Nyembo‘s appointment was made public on Monday evening on national television RTNC. A graduate in economics, Mr Nyembo was the deputy chief of staff in charge …

Prosecutors in Finland say a man from Sierra Leone has been charged with crimes against humanity, over his role in Liberia’s civil war two decades ago. Gibril Ealoghima Massaquoi is accused of killing civilians and soldiers who had just been disarmed when he was a senior member of a rebel …

There have been renewed protests in a Tunisian town, Sbeitla, triggered by reports that a young man injured during clashes last week had died in hospital. Soldiers were deployed to government buildings in the town after protesters tried to storm the town’s police station. Read more : Ugandan soldiers finally …

Soldiers have left the house of the Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine. On Monday a Ugandan court ordered the military and police to leave his house. But, as we reported in an earlier post, soldiers did not leave his house straight away after the court order. He had not left …

The house of Bobi Wine the Ugandan opponent is unexpectedly, still surrounded by the militaries despite the decision of the court that militaries and police withdraw from Bobi Wine’s house. Although the army said it will respect the decision of the court, the soldiers are always surrounding the politician’s house. …

According to the Central African Republic’s officials, government troops have killed 44 rebel fighters who had surrounded the capital, Bangui, in an attempt to overthrow the new administration. A government spokesman told the French news agency that the soldiers had captured the village of Boda with the help of Russian …

Joe Biden the new American president revoked the Trump administration’s ban on openly transgender individuals serving in the U.S. military through executive order Monday morning, calling it “the right thing to do.” “President Biden believes that gender identity should not be a bar to military service, and that America’s strength …

The High Court in Malawi has refused to allow former President Peter Mutharika access to his bank accounts which were frozen by the country’s anti-corruption body pending trial. Mr Mutharika’s bank accounts, as well as those of his wife, Gertrude, were frozen last August by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) which …

Burundi’s ruling party, CNDD-FDD, has elected Révérien Ndikuriyo as its new leader. He will take over the secretary general role from incumbent President Evariste Ndayishimiye, who held the post until May 2020 when he won the election. Mr Ndikuriyo on Twitter, thank “companion” President Ndayishimiye and said he “will not …