Africa

16 Aug

‘SADC should speak out’: Zimbabwe activists face crackdown ahead of summit | Human Rights News

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On the morning of August 7, four masked men tried to break into the offices of Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC), a network of groups fighting for democratic freedom in a country where it is often deadly to dissent. Inside the Harare building, three staff members scampered to hide as the men smashed a security camera outside the gate and tried to force their way in. It was only after neighbours who witnessed the attempted break-in assured the staff that the men had left after triggering an alarm that they came out of hiding. Staff members have since avoided the…
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15 Aug

‘We are all on the front line’: DR Congo’s young women rebels take on M23 | Conflict News

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Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo – Marie Byamwungu fiddles with the overlong sleeves of her camouflage shirt, the military uniform hanging like a costume on her slight fame. But her lips curl back into a wry smile when the 20-year-old, whose real name we are not using for security reasons, describes fierce battles between her militia group and M23 rebels, who are in the middle of an insurgency in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). “I’ve seen heavy fighting, but I am proud. I can still go to fight,” she says, sitting in a paramilitary base some three…
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09 Aug

Kenya police fire tear gas on antigovernment demonstrators in Nairobi | Protests News

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The ‘Nane Nane’ march, meaning ‘eight eight’ in reference to the date, follows weeks of protests that saw President William Ruto scrap planned tax hikes and overhaul his cabinet. Kenyan police have fired volleys of tear gas in the heart of the capital Nairobi as small groups of people gathered in renewed protest against embattled President William Ruto. The “Nane Nane” march, meaning “eight eight” in reference to the date August 8, on Thursday followed weeks of similar pro-reform protests that saw Ruto scrap planned tax hikes and overhaul his cabinet. Riot police patrolled the streets of the central business…
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05 Aug

Nigeria’s Tinubu urges end to protests against economic hardship | Politics News

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Protesters demand quicker reforms and government action to ease the pain amid reforms carried out by the new president. President Bola Tinubu has told Nigerians protesting against a cost of living crisis that he has “heard” them as he called for the suspension of the demonstrations and an end to “bloodshed”, in his first public comments since protests broke out last week. In his televised address on Sunday, Tinubu called for an end to violence in several states since the protests started, saying he was always open to dialogue. Rights group Amnesty International has accused security forces of killing at…
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