As drought and famine continue to plague Somalia, women are using a centuries-old scheme to help each other. Mogadishu, Somalia – Once every month, a group of 10 women gather at the makeshift shelter of Layla Hussein Tawane in a camp for internally displaced people in Mogadishu. Each of them brings $10 to contribute to a…
Nigerian authorities have issued new guidelines for trials of persons charged with terrorism in the federal high court. The measures include a ban on media coverage of court proceedings unless ordered by the trial judge, according to a statement from the Nigerian federal court. Only judges, lawyers and parties to a case are to be…
Lawyers representing the family of former Burkina Faso leader Thomas Sankara, assassinated in 1987, demand former president Blaise Compaoré be extradited to serve his life sentence. Compaoré was sentenced in absentia on Wednesday by a military court in Ouagadougou. “If it is not a travesty of justice we want, then the state must do everything…
Morocco’s King Mohammed VI hosted Spain’s prime minister on Thursday, the landmark visit is aimed at ending a year-long diplomatic crisis, after Madrid reversed decades of neutrality on the Western Sahara conflict. The move is seen as a U-turn that has angered Algeria, has sparked a domestic backlash, with Spain’s parliament on Thursday. Pedro Sanchez,…
The party of former guinean president Alpha Condé has denounced what it refers to as “harassment” and “arbitrary actions” of the military junta in power. The party is threatening to suspend participation in national meetings. “It is also important to note the unjustified confiscation of the RPG’s property throughout the country, as well as the…
One person was killed in Diepsloot on Wednesday night, allegedly by a mob, just hours after Police Minister Bheki Cele and the police’s top brass visited the area. Diepsloot’s community policing forum secretary, Kutlwano Moalosi, said they received information on Thursday morning that the man was killed in Extension 1. Moalosi said: The report we received…
Former Burkina Faso president Blaise Compaore has been found guilty of complicity in murder. There was applause when the verdict was read. Compaore fled to the Ivory Coast. A military court in Burkina Faso on Wednesday handed down a life term to former president Blaise Compaore over the 1987 assassination of revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara. Applause erupted…
MOGADISHU, April 7 (Reuters) – Somalia’s prime minister on Thursday expelled the African Union representative because of acts incompatible with his status though Somalia’s president rejected the order, signalling a new rift between the Somali leaders. Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble’s office said the African Union representative, Francisco Madeira, must leave within 48 hours. “The…
Mali said on Wednesday that military investigators had opened an investigation into events in the village of Moura, the site of an alleged massacre by local forces and foreign fighters. “Following the allegations of alleged abuses committed against civilians…investigations have been opened by the national gendarmes on the instructions of the defence ministry and veterans…
A Sudanese protester was killed Wednesday as thousands rallied against last year’s military coup on the anniversary of previous popular uprisings, most recently against autocrat Omar al-Bashir three years ago. The 19-year-old was hit “by a bullet fired by coup forces” during the crackdown on the demonstrations in eastern Khartoum, the independent Central Committee of Sudan Doctors said. His…