Schools in Kenya close over cost-of-living demonstrations
Is there school in Kenya? Schools in the capital Nairobi and the coastal town of Mombasa have been shut indefinitely as three days of nationwide cost-of-living protests kicked off on Wednesday.Russia...
19 Jul 202327min
Twitter’s Ghanaian staff without severance pay
Twitter’s former employees in Ghana say the company has gone silent on all negotiations regarding payment of severance pay. In Africa, the biggest impact was in Ghana where the company opened a physic...
18 Jul 202325min
Call for investigation into Darfur atrocities
Human Rights Watch has called for an investigation into an increase in atrocities in Sudan's Darfur region, since recent fighting between the army and Rapid Support Forces paramilitaries began.After d...
17 Jul 202329min
Opposition boycotts new Sierra Leone parliament
New MPs were sworn in as Sierra Leone’s parliament opened following June’s elections, but the main opposition APC party is boycotting government business over alleged fraud.Plus, could Ghana become th...
14 Jul 202325min
Is banning protests in Kenya unconstitutional?
Kenyan protesters defied a police ban and demonstrations turned chaotic. The opposition called the move draconian, and vowed to go back to the streets. Can the police legally effect the ban?After soci...
13 Jul 202325min
Iran's president begins Africa tour
Iran’s president Ebrahim Raisi has kicked off a three-country tour of Africa. His trip to Kenya, Uganda and Zimbabwe comes as the country is trying to create new economic relationships, in order to mi...
12 Jul 202325min
Senegal: What's driving migrants to leave?
As European governments harden their stance on undocumented migration - we hear what's been happening to hundreds of people found in the Mediterranean by Spanish authorities. And what drives people to...
11 Jul 202325min
AU troops to leave Somalia by December
We get an update from Somalia. The African Union has begun pulling its troops out of the country and plans to complete the withdrawal by December. Could the move hamper the fight against al-Shabab?Plu...
10 Jul 202324min
