Category: Rest of Africa

Barrister Akere Muna, lead lawyer for Junior Ngombe, 23, told the media in Yaoundé on Wednesday that the activist had been granted bail and that no charges had yet been filed against him.

The decision was arrived at on July 30 in Luanda, the Angolan capital, where top diplomats from Rwanda and the DRC had gathered on the invitation of their host, Angola.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday added its voice to the calls, saying that it is becoming increasingly difficult to speak freely in Cameroon. 

In a statement, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that the talks will include regional stakeholders and international organisations seeking a comprehensive cessation of violence across Sudan.

<p>Abiy, who was previously seen as closer to the RSF than the army and hosted its leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo in Addis Ababa in December, framed the visit as part of a push to bring stability to Sudan after nearly 15 months of conflict.</p>

A Harare magistrate denied bail to the party's interim leader Jameson Timba and 78 activists arrested on June 16 for holding a political gathering which authorities said was unauthorised.

Defence and finance ministers from the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) were meeting in the Nigerian capital Abuja to decide on the size of a potential force and how much would be required to fund it.

Sitting next to each other at the Security Council table, UAE UN Ambassador Mohamed Abushahab said Sudan's UN Ambassador Al-Harith Idriss Al-Harith Mohamed had made "ludicrous" and false allegations designed to distract from "grave violations that are happening on the ground."

Chilima, 51, was aboard a military aircraft with nine others that left Lilongwe, the capital, on Monday at 9.17 am but was unable to land at Mzuzu airport as scheduled at 10.02 am due to poor visibility.

The ANC has run South Africa since Nelson Mandela led it to power in the 1994 elections that marked the end of apartheid, but voters punished it this time over persistent poverty and joblessness, rampant crime, corruption and frequent power cuts.