A Zimbabwean court on Thursday denied prominent journalist and government critic Hopewell Chin’ono bail nearly a week after he was arrested for allegedly communicating falsehoods.
The Republic of Congo will hold its presidential election on March 21, public television said on Thursday, with President Denis Sassou Nguesso, who has been in power for a total of 36 years, named as his party’s candidate.
The Ugandan government, through its communications agency, on Wednesday ordered service providers to halt internet access just hours before voting was to begin.
A Rwandan peacekeeper was killed and another injured in an attack on Wednesday morning by armed rebels on the outskirts of the city of Bangui in Central African Republic (CAR).
Ugandans are Thursday casting their votes in a high-stakes election held under heavy security as veteran leader Yoweri Kaguta Museveni pursues a sixth term against a former pop star half his age.
The United States has cancelled its observation of Uganda’s presidential election because most of its accreditation requests were denied and said Thursday’s vote would lack accountability and transparency.
