Denmark withholds $10 million in aid from Tanzania over human rights concerns

Tanzania is set to lose $10 million in aid over recent concerns about human rights abuses stemming from the country's perceived government clamp down on homosexual activities and human right abuses.O…

UN Security Council to vote on lifting sanctions on Eritrea

 The United Nations' Security Council looks set to remove the 2009 sanctions against Eritrea, as the nation undergoes reforms in her relationship with neighbour Ethiopia and others in the region…

Egyptian court hands one year prison sentence on ex-star player for tax evasion

Egyptian foottball legend, Mohamed Aboutrika, has been sentenced to one year in prison for tax evasion or a fine of 20,000 Egyptian pounds ($1,100) to have the sentence suspended by a court in Egypt.…

Ethiopia's Attorney General issues arrest warrants for 36 state security agents accused of attacking Prime Minister's June rally

Members of Ethiopia's security service are being accused of orchestrating June's grenade attack on a rally which had prime minister Abiy Ahmed in attendace and claimed two lives.The accusation was ma…

Cameroon School Abduction: Remaining hostages freed

Four people that were being held by their captors following last weeks school abduction in Cameroon have been released, journalist Peter Tah reports.Though not confirmed, their release comes five day…

Nine children dead, several injured in Ugandan school fire

Nine children have been confirmed dead, with many others injured after a fire broke out at night in their school and dormitory in Rakai district, south-western Uganda.The injured children were taken …

Three bomb blasts in Somali capital, at least 17 killed

Multiple bomb blast in Somalia capital, Mogadishu, have killed at least 17 people, Reuters quotes an officer.The news agency, however, says its photographer has counted 20 bodies.Two bomb blasts were…

'Committee to Protect Journalists' members detained in Tanzania, released

Two members of an American independent non-profit, non-governmental organization, Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) who were detained on Wednesday by Tanzania's Immigration Department have been …

Police arrest 10 men suspected of conducting gay wedding in Zanzibar, Tanzania

Tanzania police have arrested 10 men suspected of conducting same-sex marriage, after a tip-off by members of the public led to a raid.The men were arrested at a party on Pongwe Beach, in Zanzibar an…

Schoolchildren abducted in Cameroon regains freedom

78 children and 1 staff abducted by unknown gunmen late on Sunday from the Presbyterian Secondary School in Bamenda, in western Cameroon have gained freedom, official say.The students now with police…

78 students, school principal kidnapped in Cameroon

More than 80 people, mostly students, were kidnapped from a school in the city of Bamenda in western Cameroon by gunmen on Sunday, government and military sources said.No one immediately claimed resp…

Tanzania government denounces governor's anti-gay witch-hunt

Tanzania says that a plan to hunt down and arrest suspected homosexuals in the country's economic capital was not official policy, distancing itself from a citywide crackdown slammed by rights groups…

Seven killed in attack on Egyptian bus carrying Coptic Christians

At least seven Coptic Christians were killed Friday when gunmen opened fire on their bus in central Egypt, the province's bishop told AFP.A security official confirmed the attack in Minya province, a…

DR Congo:Death toll from Ebola now at 180

The Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has claimed 180 lives, according to the health ministry, with 10 more reported deaths in recent days.The ministry said on Thursday that it h…

DR Congo: 2,600 victims of sexual violence treated by doctors

Doctors without Borders says it has treated 2,600 victims of sexual violence in just one town since May last year.The town is Kananga in Democractic Republic of Congo - a country where rape continues…

Ethiopia swears-in first female Supreme Court president

There seems to be no slowing down of the raft reforms being orchestrated by Ehiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in his efforts to change the structure of the East Africa  nation since his appoint…

Governor of Tanzania's Dar es Salaam launches anti-gay crackdown

The governor of Tanzania's economic hub, Dar es Salaam, has drawn up a list of 200 people accused of homosexuality who could now be rounded up in the East African country's latest anti-gay crackdown.…

South Sudan rebel leader to return to capital to seal peace deal

South Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar is expected to return to the country on Wednesday, two years after he fled the East Africa nation to neighboring Democratic republic of Congo in 2016.Machar is ex…

Wildfire kills seven in South Africa

At least seven people have been killed in a raging fire along South Africa's popular Garden Route in the Western Cape province, officials say.A pregnant woman, two toddlers, and a baby are among the …

Woman blows herself up in central Tunis, injuring 9

Nine, including eight policemen, have been wounded after a woman blew herself up in the centre of the Tunisian capital Tunis on Monday.An eyewitness accounts said the explosion occurred in the centra…