Four Africans beat UK and France on media freedom
South Africa among four nations on the continent adjudged to have better media freedom than Britain and France. Reporters Without Borders says Apartheid era legislation and the 2004 terrorism laws are used to limit South African media coverage of institutions in which national interest is supposedly at stake. Reporters Without Borders’ annual barometer says Norway, […]
UAE says it had hard information about Tunisian women jihadis
Authorities in the United Arab Emirate say they have serious security information that Tunisia woman would be used in terror attacks against them. Faced with a furious response from the North Africa country, the Gulf state admits it might involve fake identities and the scare is over. Tunisia President Beji Caid Essebsi says the rights […]
UAE bars Tunisian women
Retaliating for the ban on Tunisian women traveling to the United Arab Emierates, Tunisia’s suspended flights by Emirates airlines. Tunis authorities say the ban will last until UAE meets international law and agreements. There was a public outcry in Tunisia after UAE authorities barred Tunisian women. Human rights groups called it racist. The Gulf country […]
Ousted Mali leader comes home
Deposed Malian President Amadou Toure is back home after five years in exile. He was welcomed back to the capital Bamako by hundreds of supporters. Amadou Toure had been in power for decade when mutinying soldiers, unhappy at the way he was handling the Toureg rebellion attacked several installations including the presidential palace, state television, […]
Togo supports US recognition of Jerusalem as Israeli capital
Togo’s dictatorial leader Faure Gnassingbé’s the only African country to have supported a United Nations resultion slamming US President Donald Trump recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Eight African countries abstained in the vote at a special session of the UN General Assembly. Botswana’s the only African country publicly to have called President Donald Trump’s bluff […]