Bahrain has held parliamentary elections in an environment that human rights groups described as “political repression” after the Gulf state dissolved main opposition groups and cracked down on dissent. Polling…
Myanmar: UN’s Guterres urges military gov’t to return to democracy
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged the Myanmar military government to immediately return to democracy, saying the current situation in the country was a threat to peace in the…
USA: 50 Cent plans to make TV series on Hushpuppi
Top American rapper 50 Cent has announced that he is making a TV series about the life of notorious jailed Nigerian fraudster and Instagram influencer Hushpuppi. It has sparked a…
Ethiopia: Air strike kills civilians in west
Many civilians have been killed in an air strike in the Ethiopian western town of Mandi, about 500km (310 miles) west of the capital Addis Ababa. Residents said the strike…
Ghana: Committee set up to probe finance minister
Ghana’s parliament has set up an eight-member committee to investigate allegations of conflict of interest and incompetence against Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta. Speaker Alban Bagbin ruled that the committee…
Ethiopia: Government forces control 70% of Tigray
The Ethiopian government says that its federal forces now control 70% of the northern region of Tigray, a claim that has been denied by an official from the war-torn region…
Liberia: 71,000 enumerators stay at home while Liberians wait to be counted in census
Liberia declared a public holiday on Friday so people can stay at home to be counted in a much-delayed census, yet none of the 71,000 counters hired for the job…
Chad: Chief of police and other senior officials fired after violent protest crackdown
Three weeks after a deadly crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Chad, the country’s chief of police and head of the gendarmerie have been replaced, as have a number of other…
Egypt: Paying for climate damage not charity – Malawi president
Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera has joined other African leaders in criticising wealthy nations for not wanting to pay for climate loss and damage. Speaking to the BBC at the ongoing…
Iran: Climate efforts derided as MENA nations take action
An Iranian man laments the damage done to Iran’s physical landscape as he goes on his daily jog through Tehran. There was a long river close to his house that…