The southern African kingdom of Eswatini is ramping up rights for married women, enforcing the charge of rape against offending husbands – a taboo in conservative Swati society. This week,…
Lesotho’s prime minister has bowed to pressure to step down over evidence allegedly linking him to the murder of his estranged wife, the ruling party said on Thursday. Senior members…
Turkey on Wednesday said it was still confident the ceasefire in Libya would hold despite strongman Khalifa Haftar’s refusal to sign a permanent truce. Haftar walked away from talks in…
After he was struck down by malaria and typhoid, Togolese tailor Ayawo Hievi thought he was set to recover when he started taking drugs prescribed by his doctor. But far…
An Egyptian fighter jet crashed during exercises on Tuesday, killing its pilot, the armed forces said. “During an armed forces exercise on January 14, 2020, a fighter plane crashed in…
‘Biafra is a dream that haunts me – it was a dream that was on the cusp of being realised and yet failed so painfully,’ recalls Ije Ajibade, telling the…
Zimbabwe’s government has offered employees a “cushioning allowance” after the workers’ representative board declared there would be increased non-attendance from work, starting on Tuesday. On Monday, the board – namely…
Heavy clashes have spurred a growing exodus of migrants from Libya, but nearly 1 000 intercepted at sea have been forced to return to the war-ravaged country since January 1,…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday said he would “teach a lesson” to Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar if he resumed fighting after abandoning ceasefire talks in Moscow. Haftar left…
