Bobi Wine released after charges over ‘acts likely to spread coronavirus’

By Reuters,

Uganda’s detained presidential candidate and pop star Bobi Wine was released on bail on Friday after authorities charged him over acts likely to spr...

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Death toll rises to 28 in Uganda, 577 detained over Bobi Wine protests

By Reuters,

28 people have died and 577 have been detained in unrest in Uganda triggered by the arrest of presidential candidate and pop star Bobi Wine, police sa...

bobi , Museveni , uganda

Minister wants Nigeria to sanction CNN for report on shooting of protesters

By Reuters,

Nigeria should sanction CNN for a report that the country’s military shot and killed protesters demonstrating against police brutality, a minister s...

#SomeoneTellCNN , Nigeria

Three dead, 34 injured in protests against arrest of Uganda’s Bobi Wine

By Reuters,

Three people died and at least 34 were injured, including with gun shot wounds, in protests that erupted after police arrested Ugandan presidential ca...

bobi , Museveni , uganda

Olympics: Bach projects confidence in Tokyo Games

By Reuters,

International Olympic Committee (IOC) chief Thomas Bach expressed confidence on Monday that the Tokyo Games will be held successfully next year, even ...

International Olympic Committee , JAPAN , Thomas Bach , Tokyo Olympics

President-elect Joe Biden seeks to unite nation with victory speech

By CNN,

President-elect Joe Biden addressed a deeply divided nation Saturday night, turning to the challenges ahead by grounding his victory speech in the spi...

Biden , kamala harris , Trump

U.S. Election: Biden predicts win, promises to unite as Trump goes to court

By Reuters,

Democrat Joe Biden on Wednesday predicted victory over President Donald Trump after winning two critical U.S. states, while the Republican incumbent a...

Joe Biden , kamala harris , President Donald Trump , us election

Anxiety, suspicion exacerbate U.S. post-election uncertainty

By Reuters,

Weary from one of the most bruising U.S. presidential races in modern times, Republican and Democratic voters alike were in a state of high anxiety on...

Joe Biden , post election , President Donald Trump , U.S Election

Mexico protesters burn Trump effigy, slam U.S. border policy

By Reuters,

Protesters in Mexico burned effigies of Donald Trump and a border patrol agent on the U.S. border on Saturday, condemning President Donald Trump’s m...

Mexico , President Andres Manuel Lopez , President Donald Trump , protestors

France’s Macron to Muslims: I hear your anger, but won’t accept violence

By Reuters,

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday he respected Muslims who were shocked by cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad but that was no excuse for...

France , French President Emmanuel Macron , Muslims , Prophet Mohammad

Tanzania electoral commission says Magufuli has won re-election

By Reuters,

Tanzania’s President John Magufuli was re-elected for a second, five-year term on Friday, securing a huge victory in a contest that has been dismiss...

magufuli , tanzania election , Tundu Lissu

U.S. cites ‘credible allegations’ of fraud in Tanzanian election

By Reuters,

The United States said on Thursday there were “serious doubts” about the credibility of the Tanzanian election. The leading opposition candidat...

magufuli , Tanzania , Tundu Lissu

Nigerian citizens justify massive looting of COVID-19 supplies

By VOA,

Amid tensions last week over police brutality, mobs of Nigerian citizens are overrunning several government-owned facilities and ransacking palliative...

coronavirus , Nigeria

Raila asks African Union, Nigerian gov’t to probe police brutality incidents, prosecute perpetrators

By Tonny Ndungu,

ODM Leader Raila Odinga has called on the African Union and the Nigerian authorities to expedite probe into the injuring and killing of peaceful prote...

Nigerian citizens in Nairobi protest against controversial anti-robbery squad

By Erick Owenga,

A section of Nigerian citizens camped outside the High Commission in Nairobi on Wednesday protesting over the injustices by the Special Anti-Robbery S...

Nigeria , SARs

States bracing for possible violence as US election nears

By VOA,

Officials across the United States already charged with securing the upcoming presidential election are taking additional precautions, bracing for the...

US Elections

Malawi women protest gender imbalance in public service appointments

By VOA,

Malawi women rights groups and other civil society groups held street protests Friday against the president’s failure to achieve gender balance in h...

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Nakuru East MP David Gikaria arrested over ongoing clashes in Nakuru town

By James Matheri,

Nakuru East MP David Gikaria has been arrested and is being held at the Central Police station in Nakuru town. The MP, according to reports, was ar...

David Gikaria

Chaotic scenes as protesters and police clash in Nakuru town

By Robert Maina,

Business was disrupted in Nakuru town on Monday after Matatu owners who were protesting their eviction from Business District clashed with anti-riot p...

Nalkuru town

Judge bars ‘sloppy’ prosecutors from case of ex-cops charged in George Floyd’s death

By Reuters,

The judge in the criminal case against four former Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd’s death disqualified four local prosecutors o...

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