Tanzanian authorities destroy Maasai structures in Serengeti
Tanzanian authorities have begun destroying structures sheltering Maasai pastoralists in the Serengeti wildlife reserve. The Maasai say they’d rather die than be moved off their ancestral land. Tanzanian authorities say the parcel of 1 500 km2 they’re trying to clear in the Serengeti reserve falls on the Wildebeest migration route and it thus vital to […]
Rwandan opposition politician missing after police raid
Rwandan police insist they’re not holding an opposition politician who’s home they raided yesterday. Diane Rwigara spoke out against President Kagame’s autocratic regime and was disqualified from running against him in presidential elections earlier this month. Friends of Diane Rwigara say police wanted to interrogation her over allegations of tax evasion and forgery. Rwigara declared […]
Cameroon government bans South-Africa-based Anglophone television station
Cameroon’s government’s banned of an Anglophone TV station based in South Africa. The Southern Cameroons Broadcasting Corporation (SCBC), airs programs about protests, activism, and human rights abuses in Cameroon’s Anglophone population it also reports on cultural developments in that community President Paul Biya says the SCBC is broadcasting hateful and seditious material. His Communications Minister […]