Hong Kong protesters return to airport to drum up international support

By VOA,

Thousands of protesters returned to Hong Kong International Airport for the second time in as many weeks Friday to raise global attention to their fig...

Extradition bill , Hong Kong International Airport , Hong Kong Protests

Hong Kong protesters resume chorus of opposition to extradition bill

By Reuters,

Tens of thousands of Hong Kong people rallied for a second day on Sunday in an area popular with mainland Chinese shoppers, as deep-seated anger and f...

extradition , hong kong , President Donald Trump

Trump takes on women’s soccer star Rapinoe over White House invite

By Reuters,

United States President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Wednesday to criticise U.S women’s soccer team co-captain Megan Rapinoe for saying she would...

Donald Trump , Megan Rapinoe

Hong Kong media say controversial extradition bill may be suspended

By Reuters,

Hong Kong media reported on Saturday the city’s government would suspend a proposed law on extradition bill to mainland China that sparked widesprea...

china , Controversial , Extradition bill , hong kong , media

Bobi Wine now under house arrest

By Reuters,

Ugandan lawmaker Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, said on Tuesday he has been placed under house arrest. This even as the U.S. gove...

Bobi Wine

U.S Embassy urges Ugandan Gov’t to respect rights of citizens

By Ian Omondi,

The United States Embassy in Uganda on Tuesday condemned President Yoweri Museveni’s government for reportedly blocking musical concerts and disrupt...

Bobi Wine , house arrest , President Yoweri Museveni , U.S. Embassy

Ugandan police fire teargas, water cannon at Bobi Wine supporters

By Reuters,

Ugandan police fired teargas and water cannon on Monday to disperse supporters of popular musician and lawmaker Bobi Wine after they gathered at a bea...

Bobi Wine , Museveni

Bobi Wine arrested in Uganda – VIDEO

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Ugandan musician-turned-politician Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine has been arrested. In a message on his Twitter account, Bobi Wine said he was ...

Bobi Wine , uganda

The fatal shooting of a Nigerian man brings more demands to shut down a controversial police unit

By CNN,

The fatal police shooting of a Nigerian man has sparked outrage and reignited a public call for the shutdown of a controversial police unit in the cou...

Lagos , Nigeria , shooting

World saddened and angered by New Zealand mosque attacks

By Reuters,

Leaders around the world expressed disgust and sorrow at the killing of at least 49 people in New Zealand mosques on Friday, and some also expressed a...

Algerian police disperse journalists protesting in capital

By Reuters,

Police in Algeria arrested several journalists at a protest in the capital on Thursday calling for the right to cover rarely seen anti-government demo...

Ahmed Ouyahia , Algeria

Cardinal Pell behind bars in Australia after child sex conviction

By Reuters,

Former Vatican treasurer Cardinal George Pell will spend his first night behind bars on Wednesday after he was remanded into custody pending sentencin...

Australia , George Pell , Pope Francis

Zimbabwe President invites opposition for talks

By Reuters,

Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa invited opposition leaders to a meeting on Wednesday to draw up terms for a national dialogue, they said, foll...

Opposition , Zimbabwe

Philippines vows to crush ‘terrorists’ after church bombs kill 20

By Reuters,

The Philippines vowed to destroy those behind twin bombings that killed 20 people during a Sunday church service in the country’s restive south, six...

Philippines , Phillipines

Philippines vows to crush ‘terrorists’ after church bombs kill 20

By Reuters,

The Philippines vowed to destroy those behind twin bombings that killed 20 people during a Sunday church service in the country’s restive south, six...

church bombing , Defence Secretary Delfin Lorenzana , Philippines , President Rodrigo Duterte

Twin bombings at church kill at least 21 in southern Philippines

By Reuters,

Twin bombings during a church service in the southern Philippines killed at least 21 people and wounded 71, security officials said, days after a refe...

bombings , church , muslim , Philippines

Zimbabwe now ‘war zone’ says citizen allegedly assaulted by security forces

By VOA,

Some citizens in Zimbabwe say the country resembles a war zone. They want President Emmerson Mnangagwa to rein in military forces, which reportedly co...

citizen allegedly assaulted , War zone , Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe singer fires musical warning shot

By VOA,

While some activists in Zimbabwe are in detention and others are in hiding following last week's protests, a 25-year-old singer concerned about his pr...

Musical protest , Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe president condemns crackdown, backers raise impeachment fears

By Reuters,

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa promised action on Tuesday in response to a brutal crackdown by security forces on anti-government protester...

Nelson Chamisa , President Cyril Ramaphosa , President Emmerson Mnangagwa , Zimbabwe

KCPE candidate beaten to death by parents for spending night away from home

By Collins Shitiyabayi,

A 14-year-old girl who sat this year's Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examination was on Monday beaten to death by her parents for alle...

bungoma , kcpe , Kenya Certificate of Primary Education