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The state has withdrawn terrorism-related charges against renowned activist Boniface Mwangi who will now face prosecution for possession of ammunition without a valid firearm certificate.
The fractures in the Government of National Unity will take centre stage on Wednesday when the National Assembly votes on the Appropriation Bill. Given the DA's refusal to support the budget votes of ...
President William Ruto's government is under intense criticism after slapping anti-government protesters with terrorism charges, a move critics say is meant to intimidate and silence dissent as public ...
From Raila Odinga's treason charge in 1982 to the detention of Koigi wa Wamwere and Kenneth Matiba under Daniel arap Moi, Kenya has a long, dark history of turning dissenters into enemies of the state ...
Analysis - Johannesburg is weathering a storm of crises. Nowhere is its complex tangle of challenges more visible than in the inner city, where crime, overcrowding, and infrastructure collapse - such ...
Analysis - The coils of black hose, drum skimmers designed to collect oil from the ocean's surface, and orangey-red containment booms all looked out of place on the white sand of Mombasa's touristy ...
Analysis - A US-brokered peace deal between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda binds the two African nations to a worrying arrangement: one where a country signs away its mineral ...
Analysis - Impact craters are formed when an object from space such as a meteoroid, asteroid or comet strikes the Earth at a very high velocity. This leaves an excavated circular hole on the Earth's ...
A coalition of civil society organizations has condemned protest-related arrests framed under terrorism charges, warning against the continued misuse of the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA).
In a statement on Monday night, 21 July, the Presidency announced that Ramaphosa had appointed Buti Manamela as the new Minister of Higher Education and Training. Manamela was previously deputy ...
The Charge d' Affaires of the Embassy of Nigeria in Beijing, Ambassador Babagana Wakil, has said most trades between Nigeria and China are not documented.
Nigerians, in recent months, have become targets of visa restrictions from traditionally friendly countries. Beginning in May 2025, the United Kingdom isolated Nigeria as a high-risk country, among ...