Tag: Repression

African opposition leader dies in custody

Dec 2, 2025

Anicet Ekane’s party has labelled his death a “political assassination” and accu...

In Kyrgyzstan, early parliamentary elections without pa...

Nov 30, 2025

Tulip Siddiq’s aunt sentenced to death by Bangladesh

Nov 17, 2025

Ousted prime minister convicted for ordering crackdown on student protests, whic...

In digital silence and darkness, they massacred Tanzanians

Nov 14, 2025

The Tanzanian internet shutdown caused great suffering and serious injury throug...

Indonesia names Suharto a national hero despite protest...

Nov 10, 2025

Tanzania’s Hassan declared landslide winner in election...

Nov 3, 2025

The result hands Hassan, who took power in 2021, a five-year term following oppo...

Opponents and loyalists of Serbia’s autocratic presiden...

Nov 3, 2025

Thousands throw bottles and flares as tensions soar after huge rally to mark ann...

Mnangagwa’s third term bid sparks violence and deepens ...

Nov 2, 2025

The ruling party’s decision to extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s second term...

Hundreds feared dead in election riots after president ...

Nov 1, 2025

Tanzanian opposition party says 700 people have been killed since Samia Suluhu H...

Tanzania reels from election-day violence as lockdown e...

Oct 31, 2025

‘Best is yet to come,’ says Cameroon’s president, 92

Oct 28, 2025

Paul Biya is the latest elderly African leader to cling on to power with eighth ...

World’s oldest serving head of state declared winner in...

Oct 27, 2025

Winning an eighth term could keep Paul Biya in office until he is nearly 100

Unity at any cost? Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger jointly le...

Oct 25, 2025

Plan to postpone Zimbabwe elections to keep Mnangagwa i...

Oct 24, 2025

Plan to postpone Zimbabwe elections to keep Mnangagwa in power roils ruling Zanu...

Cameroon opposition leader declares victory in presiden...

Oct 15, 2025

Issa Tchiroma Bakary calls on 92-year-old president to accept end of reign, alth...