Three years after Mugabe's ouster, hope dissipates in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe's former leader Robert Mugabe stepped down on November 21, 2017, bringing an end to nearly four decades of iron-fisted rule.
Former Malawian President, Peter Mutharika
Ex-Malawian president ordered to pay for mandate ‘defiance’
Malawi's High Court ruled on Friday for former President Peter Mutharika and former Chief Secretary to Government, Lloyd Muhura, to personally pay the entire cost of litigation for violating their constitutional mandate in light of their order to put Chief Justice Andrew Nyirenda and another judge on leave pending retirement.
A street in the capital city of Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: calm, as locals await to vote Sunday
The capital city of Burkina Faso was relaxed on Friday as voters await to perform their civic responsibility on Sunday.
Former South African president Jacob Zuma
Former South African President Jacob Zuma risks jail sentence
Former South African president Jacob Zuma could face jail time or a fine after he left the Zondo commission of inquiry without permission.
Men help a woman who fainted after police teargassed rioters in downtown Kampala
Bobi Wine arrest: Death toll climbs to 29
The death toll from Wednesday’s protests against the arrest of presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, has risen to 29.
Tullow Oil PLC
Tullow completes US$575 million sale of Uganda assets to Total
Tullow Oil PLC (Tullow) is pleased to announce that the sale of its assets in Uganda to Total has completed with US$500 million consideration received earlier today.
An estimated 2.3 million children are in need of humanitarian assistance and out of reach
2.3m children displaced in Ethiopia unrest — UNICEF
The outbreak of conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region has left some 2.3 million children in urgent need of assistance and thousands more at risk in refugee camps, the UN children’s agency said Friday.
A newspaper vendor shot by a policeman attached to the convoy of the Speaker House of Representative
Nigerians demand justice for newspapers vendor killed by Gbajabiamila’s security aide
The killing of Ifeanyi Okereke by one of the security details attached to the office of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has sparked outrage on social media as Nigerians condemned the act and called for justice over the incident.
Ugandans protest against arrest of Bobi Wine
Uganda: Seven killed during protests over Bobi Wine’s arrest
Seven people are now reported by the police to have been killed during Wednesday’s protests against the arrest of Ugandan presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi.
File photo of women in a nose mask
Coronavirus: Africa surpasses 2 million cases
Africa has surpassed 2 million confirmed coronavirus cases as the continent's top public health official warned Thursday that `continent is inevitably edging toward a second wave'' of infections.
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