Across Libya’s capital residents have started drilling through pavements to access wells in a desperate search for water after the taps ran dry in a new low for living conditions. After years of neglect, workers turned off the water to do urgent maintenance earlier this month, cutting supplies to many…
At least four people were killed on Thursday in clashes over Kenya’s election re-run, prompting officials to delay the vote in four counties and further tarnishing the credibility of a deeply divisive poll. As counting began after a day marked by bloodshed and poor voter turnout, President Uhuru Kenyatta was heading…
A red bandana has become the new symbol of protest in Mogadishu as anger over the city’s most destructive bomb attack is boiling over on to the streets. Men and women in the city, security officers, even government officials – all are wearing a piece of red cloth around their…
Many bus commuters were left stranded on Thursday after some staff at the C de Wet Tshwane Bus Service (TBS) depot went on strike. A group of personnel – comprising artisans, senior operators and general workers – blocked the main gate with two trucks. Only three out of 105 buses were…
The hashtag #WakoraNetwork (meaning ‘criminal network’ in Kiswahili) is trending in Kenya amid allegations by the governing Jubilee Party that two Supreme Court judges met with lawyers representing the opposition leader, Raila Odinga, during the hearing of the presidential petition which annulled President Uhuru Kenyatta’s win. The inspiration for the hashtag appears…
South Africa’s Home Affairs Department has announced a new permit for documented Zimbabweans in South Africa. The permit, named the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit, will allow Zimbabweans to stay in the country for a maximum of four years. Enca reports that it will come into effect in January next year and…
Kenya’s electoral commission (IEBC) is due to meet the governing Jubilee party and the main opposition Nasa alliance in a bid to solve an impasse over the make up of the commission. The BBC reports that opposition presidential candidate Raila Odinga said earlier this week that he would not take…
Four people have been killed in a new wave of attacks in Kenya’s coastal region of Lamu. Residents of the village where it happened have blocked the main road with boulders and burning tyres to express their frustration at the latest killings, which police say are caused by fights for…
Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Odinga has just announced that he’s not “ready” to take part in a planned re-run of the country’s presidential election. Mr Odinga said he wanted “legal and constitutional guarantees” in place before agreeing to take part. AFP news agency adds that Mr Odinga has set several…
Somali officials said they had killed eight jihadist fighters during an overnight operation, denying claims from local elders that they had shot civilians dead, two of them children. Somali community leaders accused the troops, accompanied by US military advisors, of having killing the nine civilians in the overnight operations. An…