Government

Uganda opposition figure Besigye released on bail after two weeks
He was detained on June 14 in the capital Kampala as he led protests against skyrocketing consumer prices.
Published On 1 Jul 2022
US judges halt abortion bans in Kentucky and Florida
Courts block conservative states from enforcing bans as abortion rights groups push for injunctions after fall of Roe.
Published On 30 Jun 2022
In a Nigerian leprosy colony, residents endure stigma and neglect
There are 64 leprosy settlements across Nigeria but most are in varying states of disrepair with little to no funding.
Published On 29 Jun 2022
Nigeria’s chief justice resigns on health grounds
The top judge cited health concerns for his resignation which comes weeks after a rare complaint by his fellow justices.
Published On 27 Jun 2022

President Mohamud returned to Somalia on Friday from a trip to the United Arab Emirates.

The inquiry was set up in 2018 to examine allegations of high-level corruption during predecessor Jacob Zuma’s tenure.

The Parliamentary Budget Office has warned that campaign spending could lead to possible inflation in the country.

Instead of healing rifts, a 2018 truce between the president and his longtime rival opened up new faults.

The country is electing a different kind of president.

Opposition legislators are asking Ramaphosa to step down as president pending investigations into the Phala Phala scandal.

President Ramaphosa is at the centre of an international scandal involving the theft of $4m from his game farm.

West African heads of state agreed to keep sanctions on Mali unless the government proposes a new transition.

Ananthy searches for answers about the disappearance of her Tamil Tiger husband after the Sri Lankan civil war.

Uruguay’s former president discusses the state of the world.

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