Authorities in Gabon have placed an opposition politician in custody after he threatened President Ali Bongo, the AFP news agency reports. State prosecutor Steeve Ndong Essame Ndong told AFP that Roland Desire Aba’a Minko was placed in custody after “he threatened state security, inciting rebellion and circulating fake news to…
Zimbabwean police arrested prominent protest pastor and anti-government campaigner Evan Mawarire on Monday after he spoke to a group of striking medical students, his family and lawyer said. Mawarire, who last year led a mass anti-government movement dubbed “#ThisFlag” after he appeared on social media draped in the national colours,…
Non-governmental organisations in Tanzania have been warned against campaigning for school girl mothers to be allowed back to school, the country’s Citizen newspaper reports. Home Affairs Minister Mwigulu Nchemba has threatened the NGOs with deregistration, the newspaper adds. This comes after President John Magufuli told a rally that, in accordance…
The estranged wife of incoming Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane has been shot dead two days before his inauguration. Lipolelo Thabane, 58, was travelling home with a friend when both women where shot by an unknown assailant, the police say. The police add the motive is unknown and an investigation…
Two children have been rescued from the rubble of a collapsed seven-storey building in Kenya’s capital Nairobi, nearly 24 hours after the incident. Rescue officials say a boy and a girl are now being treated in a hospital. A woman who was also pulled alive from the wreckage in the…
Kenya’s education authorities should take steps to tackle devil worship in Schools, a government-appointed committee is quoted as saying by the local privately owned Daily Nation newspaper. The committee – formed to investigate unrest in schools last year – said that about 48 out of 703 students had admitted to the…
At least 43 people in Zimbabwe are reported to have been killed following a bus accident after the driver lost control and crashed into a tree, reports the AFP news agency and The Herald newspaper. Charity Charamba a police spokeswoman told AFP that the bus was travelling to Zambia when the driver…
A self-styled prophet who caused controversy in South Africa in 2015 after being accused of making people eat snakes, rats and hair has appeared at a service hosted by popular Nigerian televangelist TB Joshua in Lagos. Mr Joshua has tweeted about Pastor Penuel Mnguni’s attendance: South Africa’s Citizen newspaper quoted Mr…
South Africa’s ruling party has called for an investigation into emails which appear to show allegedly corrupt links between President Jacob Zuma’s family and wealthy businessmen. The African National Congress (ANC) said the allegations questioned the credibility of the government and such matters could not be allowed to fester. Mr…
Uganda’s prestigious Makerere University has threatened disciplinary action against a female student for wearing a skirt which was “cut into many strips” and which exposed “part of her nakedness” at a student dinner, local media reports. In a letter addressed to Rebbeca Nadumba, the university management said: “It is…