African Stories in Perspective
African Stories in Perspective
Ugandan police have detained prominent human rights activist and lawyer Sarah Bireete, escalating concerns over a widening crackdown on dissent and political opposition ahead of the country’s January 15 general election. Police confirmed Bireete’s arrest in a post on social media platform X on Tuesday, saying she was in custody and would be presented in […]
Nairobi, Kenya — The Media Council of Kenya (MCK) has strongly condemned the arrest and continued detention of journalist Peter Mwita Maseke, warning that the move poses a serious threat to press freedom and constitutional rights. In a statement issued on Thursday, the Council called for Mwita, a journalist with Alshifaa Media Group based in […]
Summary Around 40 people have been killed and 115 injured in a Swiss bar fire on New Year’s Eve, police say at a press conference Sixty people are receiving care at Sion hospital with more being treated elsewhere – a “significant number” are in a critical condition The fire started at around 01:30 local time at Le […]
Zohran Mamdani officially became the mayor of New York City just after midnight on New Year’s Day, taking the oath of office in a rare and symbolic ceremony held deep beneath Manhattan at a historic, decommissioned subway station. Mamdani, a Democrat, made history as the first Muslim mayor of the United States’ largest city. He […]
A U.S. federal court has sentenced Abdiaziz Farah, a 36-year-old Somali-American businessman, to 28 years in prison for his role in a US$300 million fraud scheme that exploited a U.S. government child nutrition program meant to feed vulnerable children during the COVID-19 pandemic. Farah was among dozens convicted in the Feeding Our Future scandal, now […]
AFCON (Prime Africa) – Feisal Salum’s crucial second-half goal for Tanzania canceled out Ismaël Gharbi’s first-half penalty for Tunisia, propelling the Taifa Stars into the last 16 as one of the best third-placed teams across the six groups. Angola, who finished third in Group B, were left heartbroken. They had pinned their hopes on a […]
Mogadishu / Istanbul — Tens of thousands of Somalis took to the streets across the country on Tuesday to protest Israel’s recognition of the self-declared Republic of Somaliland, a move Somalia and more than 20 countries have condemned as an attack on the nation’s sovereignty. The demonstrations, described as the largest since Israel’s announcement last […]
China has proposed sweeping new regulations for artificial intelligence aimed at protecting children and preventing chatbots from offering advice that could lead to self-harm, violence or other harmful behaviour. The draft rules, released at the weekend by the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), come amid a rapid expansion of AI-powered chatbots across China and globally. […]
Bangladesh’s first female prime minister, Khaleda Zia, dies at the age of 80 after battling a prolonged illness, her party confirms. Her death marks the end of one of the most influential and polarising chapters in the country’s political history. Zia, a long-time rival of ousted leader Sheikh Hasina, had been on life support […]
The Wiper Patriotic Front party leader Dr Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka has delivered a sweeping and uncompromising end-of-year address, painting a grim picture of the state of the nation while urging Kenyans to embrace what he termed the “urgency of now” as the country heads into 2026. Speaking on the second-to-last day of 2025, Kalonzo said […]