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A Swiss court has sentenced a former Gambian minister to 20 years in prison for crimes against humanity. Ousman Sonko fled to Switzerland in 2016, shortly before Gambian President Yahya Jammeh was forced out of power after refusing to…

Ex-Gabon President Ali Bongo and his two youngest sons, Jalil and Bilal, have started a hunger strike to protest their "sequestration" and alleged “acts of torture” against family members. Their lawyers announced this on May 14, stating a…

The death toll from last week’s building collapse in George, South Africa, has risen to 33, with 19 people still missing. Despite ongoing rescue efforts, no new survivors have been found. Only six victims have been identified so far.…

By Adoba Echono The Acting Chief Justice of Sierra Leone, Justice, Nicholas Colin Browne-Marke, has advocated that a mechanism be put in to ensure the judgments of ECOWAS Courts are executed. Justice Browne-Marke, made the…

The European Union said on Tuesday it was concerned about the wave of arrests of many civil society figures, journalists and political activists, and demanded clarifications from Tunisia as the North African country faces a growing…

Three Libyan fighters of a military force based in Tripoli were killed in clashes with smugglers and drug dealers in the desert near the border with Algeria, the force said in a statement on Tuesday. The force, 444 Brigade,…

General view of beds at the free Covid-19 Clinic at Havenside Community Hall in Chatsworth on February 08, 2021 in Durban, South Africa. The president is accused of using the bill as an electioneering tool. South Africa's…

Search and rescue crews were still working at the site of the disaster, a week after the accident in the city of George in the Western Cape province. On Monday, municipal authorities said the fatalities had topped 23. An…

Rwanda's government has denied accusations that it armed a rebel group alleged to have carried out a grenade attack in Burundi's economic hub, Bujumbura. At least 38 people were injured in Friday's attack, Pierre Nkurikiye, the…

Hundreds of protesters gathered in the Tunisian capital on Sunday to demand the release of imprisoned journalists, activists and opposition figures, and the setting of a date for fair presidential elections. The protest comes…