Riad Mostefai has marched through the capital of Algeria every Friday since February to demand a purge of the ruling hierarchy, an end to corruption and the army’s withdrawal from politics. Though some of his demands have been met, Mostefai plans to keep on marching each week along with tens of thousands of others who […]

Chile has withdrawn as host of the APEC trade summit in November and the COP25 climate summit in December after several weeks of violent unrest, President Sebastian Pinera announced on Wednesday. The APEC summit was scheduled to bring together 20 world leaders, including U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, over Nov. 16-17. […]

Zambia’s Police assistant director for legal and professional standards, Charity Chanda announced the country’s policewomen are to henceforth restrict from wearing miniskirts to maintain professional standards. Mrs Chanda noted there’s a prescribed length for women’s attire. She stated this in an event where the country’s Police Service Commission chairperson Peter Chingaipe addressed officers in the […]

14-year-old schoolgirl, Chadia Nishimwe was brutally caned by a teacher on the neck and legs in a school in Burundi’s capital, Bujumbura. The girl according to BBC died in class after which she was taken to the head teacher’s office. Her father, Jean-Marie Misago told BBC the beating caused her to bleed from nose and […]

…To stop government-issued cellphones for public servants …Ministers, MECS, Mayors to travel economy class on local trips South Africa’s Finance Minister, Tito Mboweni during the mid-term budget speech was reported to have related measures the government is taking to ensure its economy does not get caught up in a debt trap. Mr Mboweni told the […]