Senegal halts night buses after crash killed 40
The Senegalese government decided Tuesday to ban night buses between towns and villages after the death toll in a weekend head-on crash left 40...
Freedom City stampede: Abitex released on bail
A Ugandan court on Tuesday granted bail to a nightclub promoter and a concert host who appeared in court charged over a New Year's...
Somaliland withdraws troops from contested town after unrest
Government forces in the self-declared Somaliland republic have withdrawn from a contested town near the border of Somalia after days of deadly protests against...
Uganda’s ex-judge Elizabeth Ibanda Nahamya dies in The Hague aged 70
Retired High Court Judge Elizabeth Ibanda Nahamya, an accomplished jury in the areas of international criminal law, human rights and international humanitarian law is...
Benedict XVI: The pope who angered Jews, Muslims and AIDS activists
Ex-pope Benedict XVI was a brilliant theologian and defender of conservative values who made history by becoming the first pontiff to resign since the...
