Bloggers in Tanzania are to pay $900 to secure license to operate after the government enacted new regulations to regulate the activities of online publishers.
Three key members of Kenya's election commission on Monday resigned from their post, a year after helping to organize a very controversial election which was won by incumbent, Uhuru Kenyatta.
The President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa has urged Zimbabweans to rejoice about the new dispensation in the southern African country which he called “open” and “liberated”.
Over 200 African migrants who have been detained in various prisons in Israel have now been freed after the middle east nation missed a deadline to deport them.
The United Nations has raised $528 million in pledges from donors after holding an aid conference to help deal with the humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Police fired rubber bullets at protesters in Swaziland on Friday while they marched against worsening living conditions and the cost of celebrations to mark the 50th anniversary of the absolute monarchy.