1+ hour, 34+ min ago   (411+ words) Temwa, who plays for United States club Kansas City Current, scored twice and Tabitha from French outfit Lyon once in one of the greatest shocks since the WAFCON was launched 28 years ago. Nigeria (36) have the highest world ranking of the…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (447+ words) A Tanzanian university lecturer who was arrested earlier this month over allegations of inciting anti-government protests has now been charged with terrorism. Melkisedek Kaijage, who works at the University of Dodoma, had appeared at a magistrate’s court to request bail…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (171+ words) Migrants often use rivers to bypass official border posts across southern Africa. An AFP report documented migrants crossing the crocodile-infested Limpopo River from Zimbabwe into South Africa on makeshift rafts. The Zambezi is Africa’s fourth-longest river and flows through or…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (531+ words) The Commonwealth has urged the Tanzanian government to find a political and legal solution to the case facing Chadema Chairman and opposition leader Tundu Lissu. This is in accordance with recommendations submitted to the community by former Malawian president and…...

3+ week, 1+ hour ago   (191+ words) Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday signed into law constitutional changes that will extend his term by two years until 2030, the government said. “SIGNED, SEALED AND DELIVERED — IT’S NOW LAW,” information ministry senior official Nick Mangwana announced in a post…...

3+ week, 1+ hour ago   (488+ words) The location of the massive refinery — similar to Dangote’s sprawling complex in Nigeria — was confirmed to AFP by Edwin Devakumar, the vice president in charge of oil and gas at Dangote Industries Limited. It will take around 30 months to build…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (230+ words) A group of Human rights activists has written to the police expressing their intention to hold peaceful demonstrations in Nairobi to commemorate Saba Saba Day. The Grassroots Economic Justice Movement on Sunday wrote to Inspector General Douglas Kanja, asking the…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (332+ words) Kenyan Activist Bob Njagi walked free on Thursday, July 2, after the Kajiado Law Court dismissed treason charges levelled against him. According to the Kajiado Principal Magistrate, the officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) failed to provide evidence of the…...

1+ mon, 3+ hour ago   (316+ words) Tanzanian activists and opposition leaders have condemned the country’s ban on political rallies, citing what they describe as growing repression just days before planned protests over last year’s contested election. “The regime’s answer to growing public demand for freedom is…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (592+ words) Chanting and singing as they moved through Kwa-Thema, a township about 40 kilometres (25 miles) southeast of Johannesburg, protesters called for tougher government action against illegal immigration. “We want the government to implement the laws and go and build a wall on…...