From Boko Haram’s rape and rip to sex slaves in military camps: The plight of rescued Nigerian women
Nigeria’s army dismissed the report as “unsubstantiated” and reiterated that it has continued to improve on its human rights record and holds personnel to account. The conflict has spilled over borders and killed at least 35,000 people and displaced over two million. Women and young girls are often forcefully married or sexually abused in captivity.
Uncertainty looms in South Africa as ex-president petitions court to halt first sitting of parliament
The legal challenge now asks the Constitutional Court to set aside the commission’s decision to declare the election free and fair, and to order the president to call another election.
Malawi’s vice president, nine others confirmed dead after their plane’s wreckage is found
Hundreds of soldiers, police officers and forest rangers had searched for the plane since it went missing on Monday at around 10am, while making the 45-minute flight from Lilongwe to Mzuzu, around 370 kilometres (230 miles) to the north.
Malawi military aircraft goes missing moments after leaving from Lilongwe airport with vice president on board
Vice President Saulos Chilima had been facing corruption charges over allegations that he received money in return for influencing the awarding of government contracts, but the charges were surprisingly dropped by prosecutors last month. That led to criticism that Chakwera’s administration was not taking a hard enough stance against graft.
Militants allied with Islamic State reportedly kill 80 civilians, displace hundreds in eastern DRC
Eastern Congo has struggled with armed violence for decades as more than 120 groups fight for power, land and valuable mineral resources, while others try to defend their communities. Some armed groups have been accused of mass killings.
Doctors Without Borders: Sudan’s notorious paramilitary group loots a main Darfur hospital
Most patients and the medical team, including Doctors Without Borders staff, managed to flee the shooting. It was not immediately clear whether there were casualties from the attack, according to the aid group.
Central African Republic suspends Chinese Daqing SARL gold mining company for alleged links to armed groups
The Central African Republic has been in conflict since 2013, when predominantly Muslim rebels seized power and forced the President Francois Bozize from office. Mostly Christian militias fought back. A 2019 peace deal only lessened the fighting and six of the 14 armed groups that signed later left the agreement. The Coalition of Patriots for Change was founded in 2020 in the aftermath of the agreement.
South Africa: ANC’s popularity drop points to Rainbow Nation’s slide into the unknown minus the joy and optimism of transition
The South African Human Rights Commission, one of several independent bodies set up by the government with a mandate to guard democracy, found in 2021 that 64 per cent of Black people in South Africa and 40 per cent of those with biracial heritage were classified as poor, but for white people that figure was only 1 per cent.
Weakened South Africa’s ANC says it’s in talks with five parties to form ‘national unity’ government
Analysts have warned that the ANC risks alienating some of its key, traditional base by going into a coalition with the three main opposition parties. Two of them, the Economic Freedom Fighters and the MK Party, were formed in 2013 and 2023, respectively, after their founding leaders broke away from the ANC.
Corruption bug bites ANC after sports minister is arrested for bribery as party shops for political coalition
Government corruption was seen as one of the issues that prompted a majority of South Africans to turn away from the ANC in the election. It received 40 per cent of the vote to lose its parliamentary majority for the first time and now needs to form a coalition or agreement with others.
