Africa – Page 2 – The Night's Watch

October 22, 20190

MOZAMBIQUE PRESIDENT HEADS FOR BIG WIN AS OBSERVERS REPORT IRREGULARITIES

By Manuel Mucari MAPUTO, Oct 22 (Reuters) – Mozambique’s President Filipe Nyusi was on Tuesday forecast to be heading for a landslide victory in a

October 10, 20190

NAIROBI, Oct 10 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Uganda announced plans on Thursday for a bill that would impose the death penalty on homosexuals, sayi

October 9, 20190

While the World Trade Organization's Trade Facilitation Agreement can act as a powerful tool for progress, it cannot work in isolation. It also requi

October 1, 20190

While social-media platforms offer speed and accessibility, a credible free press – committed to finding the truth and informing the public – remains

September 12, 20190

Steve Biko would be turning in his grave today; his struggle seems to have been in vain. It is disturbing to see the heightened levels of violence ta

September 6, 20190

By Simon Allison “I have died many times – that’s where I have beaten Christ. Christ died once and resurrected once.” – Robert Mugabe, on his

September 6, 20190

ROBERT Mugabe has died aged 95 after battling ill health, it has been confirmed. The former Zimbabwe president passed away in Singapore, curr

August 28, 20190

Foreign truck drivers are under attack in South Africa. They have been stoned, stabbed and harassed as South Africans demand they be prioritised for

August 19, 20190

By Robert Mahoney Dear Dr Stergomena Tax, I write to you from the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), an independent non-profit organisati

August 13, 20190

In 1983, Nigeria expelled two million undocumented West African migrants, half of whom were from Ghana. The sturdy, checked bags into which they pack