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Bobi Wine asks ICC to investigate Museveni over rights abuses
By Reuters,
1142, January 9, 2021 (EAT)
Uganda’s main opposition leader Bobi Wine has asked the International Criminal Court on Thursday to investigate President Yoweri Museveni and senior...
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OPINION: Africa’s twin battles – COVID-19 and fake news
By Guest Writer,
2053, June 27, 2020 (EAT)
By Yemisi Adegoke Just under four months after Africa recorded its first coronavirus case, the number of confirmed cases has reached more than 250,...
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FIFA officials to visit Iran after death of ‘Blue Girl’
By Reuters,
1234, September 12, 2019 (EAT)
FIFA officials will visit Iran, following the death of a female fan who set herself on fire in protest at her arrest for attending a match, world socc...
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FIFA backs its hand to improve African football
By Reuters,
1135, July 18, 2019 (EAT)
FIFA President Gianni Infantino said on Wednesday that the unprecedented move to step in and jointly administer African football with the regional bod...
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Bomb scare, suspicious vehicle rattle nervous Sri Lanka amid attack probe
By Reuters,
1108, April 25, 2019 (EAT)
Sri Lankan authorities locked down the central bank and the road leading to the jittery capital’s airport was shut briefly by a bomb scare on Thursd...
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France’s Suez says to help China improve chemical industry safety after blast
By Reuters,
1059, April 17, 2019 (EAT)
China has asked French utility Suez SA to help the country’s efforts to tackle underlying safety issues in its massive chemical sector after a deadl...
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Thousands flee Tripoli homes as battle rages on outskirts
By Reuters,
1105, April 11, 2019 (EAT)
Eastern-based forces battled troops loyal to the Tripoli government in the outskirts of Libya’s capital on Wednesday as thousands of residents fled ...
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Tens of thousands of Algerians call on Bouteflika to step down
By Reuters,
1221, March 2, 2019 (EAT)
Tens of thousands of people in cities across Algeria called on President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to leave office on Friday in the country’s biggest ant...
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Sudan’s Bashir says protests will not lead to change in government
By Reuters,
858, January 17, 2019 (EAT)
Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir insisted on Monday that he would not step down after weeks of violent protests and calls for him to quit over a wor...
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Chinese court sentences Canadian to death for drug smuggling
By Reuters,
1913, January 14, 2019 (EAT)
A Chinese court on Monday sentenced a Canadian man to death for drug smuggling, a ruling sure to aggravate already sour relations between Beijing and ...
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Guatemalan girl’s dad: she was healthy, well-hydrated before death at border
By Reuters,
1518, December 16, 2018 (EAT)
A young Guatemalan girl who died after she and her father were detained by U.S. border agents was in no medical distress when they arrived and had rec...
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Canada warns U.S. not to politicize extradition cases
By Reuters,
2025, December 13, 2018 (EAT)
Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland on Wednesday warned the United States not to politicize extradition cases, a day after President Donald Tr...
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Turkey’s Erdogan says Khashoggi recordings ‘appalling’, shocked Saudi intelligence
By Reuters,
1325, November 13, 2018 (EAT)
President Tayyip Erdogan said recordings related to the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, which Turkey has shared with Western allies, are “appalling” a...
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China says world should ignore ‘gossip’ about Xinjiang
By Reuters,
1322, November 13, 2018 (EAT)
The world should ignore “gossip” about China’s Xinjiang region and trust authorities there, the Chinese government’s top diplomat said on Tues...
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South Sudan frees five political detainees: intelligence agency
By Reuters,
609, October 26, 2018 (EAT)
South Sudan freed five political detainees and prisoners of war on Thursday. However, none appeared to be senior rebel officials, a category of cap...
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Fiancée of missing Saudi journalist appeals directly to Trump for help
By CNN,
1023, October 10, 2018 (EAT)
Missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi's fiancée implored President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump "to help shed light on" his disappear...
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Russian police detain hundreds protesting against pension reform
By Reuters,
950, September 10, 2018 (EAT)
Russian police detained more than 800 people protesting against planned increases to the pension age on Sunday, a rights group said, disrupting demons...
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Sudan holding journalists arrested while covering protests
By VOA,
907, January 19, 2018 (EAT)
Authorities in Sudan were holding an Agence France-Presse (AFP) journalist on Thursday after he was arrested a day earlier while covering demonstratio...
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Press freedom under attack in Myanmar amid Rakhine crisis
By Reuters,
1303, December 23, 2017 (EAT)
Some human rights advocates say press freedom is under attack in Myanmar, even though decades of rule by a junta that tightly controlled the media has...
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Special Report: ‘Treacherous shenanigans’ – The inside story of Mugabe’s downfall
By Reuters,
1928, November 26, 2017 (EAT)
Inside State House in Harare, Robert Mugabe was in the tightest spot of his 37-year rule. Tanks were on the streets and troops had occupied the state ...
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