15-Mar-2022 to 14:10
Mali: Rights watchdog denounces new “wave of executions”
APA - Dakar (Senegal) — A Human Rights Watch (HRW) report blames the Malian Armed Forces (FAM) and jihadist groups for a fresh “wave of executions”.
Read more14-Mar-2022 to 13:35
Kenyatta mourns Kenyan tycoon
APA-Nairobi (Kenya) — President Uhuru Kenyatta has condoled with the family of Kiambu businessman Francis Mwaura Ngugi who died on Sunday.
Read more03-Mar-2022 to 09:06
S/Africa: Court to decide on criminalisation of cannabis use by children
APA-Pretoria (South Africa) — South Africa’s Constitutional Court is on Thursday expected to make a ruling on whether it is a criminal offence for children to possess or use cannabis.
Read more03-Mar-2022 to 08:52
S/Africa: Court orders coronation of new Zulu king
APA-Pietermaritzburg (South Africa) — A South African court on Wednesday ruled that Misuzulu kaZwelithini should be crowned Zulu king despite resistance from some members of the royal family.
Read more11-Feb-2022 to 09:17
Ugandan opposition MPs launch complaint directory
APA-Kampala (Uganda) — Opposition members of the Ugandan parliament have launched a directory for missing persons where complaints about abuses are entered, APA learnt on Friday.
Read more09-Feb-2022 to 13:31
S/Africa to decriminalise sex work?
APA-Pretoria (South Africa) — South Africa on Wednesday commenced consultation on one of its most contentious subjects, whose endgame is to reach a consensus on how to go forward in the “decriminalisation of sex work”.
Read more08-Feb-2022 to 13:31
Pre-census survey shows 30% rise in Zimbabwe’s population
APA-Harare (Zimbabwe) — Zimbabwe’s population has grown by more than 30 percent over the past 10 years, according to the results of a preliminary census conducted in 2021.
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