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Malawi has dropped criminal charges against the head of the anti-corruption agency, Martha Chizuma. The Director of Public Prosecutions, Masauko Chamkakala, said the cases were discontinued following a review and consultation with the attorney general. Chizuma was facing charges of criminal defamation over a leaked audio in which she allegedly made remarks suggesting that a number of senior government officials and some judicial officers were hindering the fight against corruption. […]

At least four people have been killed and buildings damaged by an earthquake of magnitude 5.4 which struck the north coast of Papua, Indonesia. According to Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency, the earthquake hit southwest of Jayapura city at a depth of 10km. Residents in Jayapura said people scrambled for safety, running from houses and shops when the earthquake struck. The meteorological agency warned of potential aftershocks.

Algeria has recalled its ambassador to France for consultations, in a new spat over the evacuation of Algerian activist Amira Bouraoui. According to a statement, President Abdelmadjid Tebboune ordered ambassador Said Moussi to be recalled with immediate effect. Bouraoui, was arrested in Tunisia and risked being deported to Algeria, but she was finally able to board a flight to France. The French-Algerian was sentenced in Algeria in May 2021 to […]

At least eight people have died and 28 other injured in the latest protest against UN peacekeepers in Democratic Republic of Congo. The military governor of North Kivu province revealed that the peacekeepers fired in self-defence when protesters attacked their convoy as it was returning to the city of Goma. Over the last year, there have been several protests against the UN peacekeeping force which is widely criticised for failing […]

Uganda has said it will not renew the mandate of the United Nations human rights office in the East African country. A letter sent by the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, cited the development of its own sufficient capacity to monitor rights compliance. President Yoweri Museveni’s government has, over the years, been criticized by the opposition, human rights activists […]

Tunisian President Kais Saied has fired the country’s Foreign Minister Othman Jerandi. Saied, who did not give a reason for the dismissal, appointed Tunisia’s ambassador to the European Union, Nabil Ammar, to replace Jerandi. He is the fourth minister to lose his position this year, with the trade, agriculture and education ministers having already been replaced. The President carried out a series of measures in 2021 to enhance the power […]

Mali’s interim government has asked the head of the United Nations peacekeeping mission human rights division to leave the country within 48 hours after being declared persona non grata. The decision to expel Guillaume Andali was connected to his allegedly biased choice of civil society witnesses for UN Security Council briefings on Mali. UN mission in Mali did not immediately respond to a request for comment and Andali could not […]

Pakistani former President Pervez Musharraf has died after a prolonged illness at the age of 79. Musharraf, a four-star general, ruled Pakistan for nearly a decade after seizing power in a bloodless coup in 1999. A statement released by the military’s expressed heartfelt condolences on the demise of the former military ruler. The former general was suffering from a rare disease that causes organ damage.

At least twenty-seven people have been killed in South Sudan’s Central Equatorial state in violence between cattle herders and members of a militia. According to a local official, the incident happened on the eve of a visit to the country by Pope Francis. Citizens hope that the pope’s visit will revive a peace process aimed at ending a decade of conflict fought mostly on ethnic lines. A peace deal signed […]