Tag: Africa Observatory – Issue 17
World’s Best Teacher Meets Trump in White House
Peter Tabichi from Kenya, who was named World's Best Teacher earlier this year, has met US President Donald Trump at the White House ahead...
Protesters Tear-Gassed in Burkina Faso
Police in Burkina Faso fired tear gas to disperse protesters in the capital, Ouagadougou, on Monday.
The authorities had banned the rally. The protest organisers...
Burundi Musician Kidum ‘Confused by Rwanda Ban’
Burundian musician Jean Pierre Nimbona, popularly known as Kidum, has told the BBC he is confused by Rwanda's decision to ban him from playing...
South Africa’s Leader Apologizes for Xenophobic Attacks
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday apologized to the Nigerian government two weeks after deadly xenophobic attacks on immigrants in Johannesburg and Pretoria,...
Rwanda Elects Senate Members
Rwandans elected Monday new members of the Senate to five-year terms to start in October.
Rozaliya Mukamazera, vice president of the National Electoral Commission (NEC)...
Fears for ‘Kidnapped Strike Doctor’ in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe’s minister of health has asked the security services to search for Peter Magombeyi, the head of a doctor's union, who disappeared on Saturday.
Union...
DR Congo’s Ex-Ebola Minister ‘Mismanaged $4.3m’
Lawyers for the former health minister in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Oly Ilunga, say the authorities have accused him of mismanaging $4.3m (£3.4m)...
Ebola Death Toll in DR Congo Rises to 1984
The death toll from Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has risen to 1,984 since its outbreak in July 2018, the country’s...
UN Renews Libyan Mission Amid Ceasefire Efforts
The UN Security Council has extended the mandate of the support mission in Libya (Unsmil) by a year in an effort to assist the...
SA Stock Exchange Targeted by Anti-Rape Protesters
The hashtag #SandtonShutdown is trending in South Africa as protesters march on Johannesburg’s business district to demand that corporate firms do more to fight...
