Two Kenyan police officers will be charged with murder after investigations by the country’s police watchdog, the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) said in a
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Nigeria to reopen airports for domestic flights
Nigeria’s aviation authority has announced plans to reopen five airports across the country for domestic flights only, as part of easing of coronavirus restrictions. The
Kenyan activists protest against curfew killing
Kenyan activists and residents of an informal settlement in the capital, Nairobi, held an overnight demonstration on Monday, accusing police of killing a homeless man
Tanzania health minister says virus cases are declining
Tanzania’s health minister has spoken about a decline in coronavirus cases in the country, saying the commercial hub, Dar es Salaam, only has four active
Rwanda denies expelling Chinese
The Rwandan government has denied reports that it expelled 18 Chinese nationals for making employees work long hours. The reports circulating online said that President
Thieves tunnel into South African liquor shop
Thieves in South Africa tunnelled into a liquor shop in Johannesburg, during the ban on the sale of alcohol imposed as part of the coronavirus
Influential South Sudanese politician dies
South Sudan’s Minister for East Africa Affairs John Luk Jok has died in the capital, Juba, after falling sick on Monday night. Authorities say he
Mozambique Covid-19 patients ‘threatened with lynching’
Health officials in Mozambique say there’s growing discrimination against people suspected of being infected with coronavirus. In the central city of Beira, there are reports
DR Congo on shortlist for losing most primary forest
The Democratic Republic of Congo has been named as one of the countries which lost the most primary rainforest in the world in 2019. The
Six elephants killed in poaching ‘massacre’ in Ethiopia
Poachers have killed at least six elephants in just one day at Mago National Park in southern Ethiopia. The park’s warden described the incident as