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Zimbabwe’s justice minister has accused the judiciary of overreach and said it had been “captured” by “foreign forces” in order to destabilise the county. It came after the high court ruled that President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s extension of the chief justice’s term by five years was illegal. In a strongly-worded statement,…

President Uhuru Kenyatta was on Saturday among several African leaders at the inauguration of Djibouti President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh in the country’s capital city Djibouti. President Kenyatta, who is the current Chairperson of the East African Community, was accompanied by Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Raychelle Omamo. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy…

A court in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)’s capital Kinshasa on Saturday sentenced 29 people to death for malicious destruction of property and criminal association. Following the sentence, Patrick Muyaya, DRC government spokesperson, tweeted in French that out of the 41 defendants, five were acquitted, 31 convicted, including 29…

An Israeli airstrike in Gaza City killed at least 10 people early Saturday, as the Jewish-majority state intensified its offensive in the region. All those killed were members of a single family — eight children and two women. The attack, which prompted fresh rocket fire from Hamas militants, came hours…

Mali’s Prime Minister Moctar Ouane resigned and was subsequently reappointed transitional president, the Malian presidency announced Friday. Ouane will have to form a new government with room for the political class, under instructions of President Bah N’Daw. N’Daw made his decision after several meetings he initiated to renew dialogue between…

Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Friday officially announced that three more prefectures – Hokkaido, Okayama, and Hiroshima – will be placed under a COVID-19 state of emergency due to a recent spike in infections. “Today, we decided to add Hokkaido, Okayama and Hiroshima to the area under the state…

Somalia has rejected the appointment of former Ghanaian President John Mahama as African Union’s (AU) special envoy to help mediate its political impasse with Kenya. Somalia argues that the former Head of State has “extensive links” with Kenya, and has written to AU Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat notifying him that…

Zambia’s parliament has been dissolved exactly 90 days before the upcoming general election in accordance with the Zambian constitution which requires that parliament is dissolved 90 days before the next election. The house held its last sitting on Wednesday and the clerk announced that it would formally dissolve on Friday.…

Muslims in the Kenyan capital took to the streets in large numbers after Eid prayers in a show of solidarity with Palestinians who are facing disproportionate Israeli violence. Some demonstrators in Nairobi said this year they will celebrate Eid with a heavy heart as Palestinians are being massacred by Israeli…

Israeli authorities have imposed an overnight curfew in the city of Lod following the earlier declaration of a state of emergency and scores of arrests in response to Palestinian protests. Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld told Middle East Eye that “a strategic decision” had been made to enact a curfew…