Cameroonian journalist jailed over Boko Haram links to be freed

A Cameroonian journalist jailed for over two years for contact with Islamist militant group Boko Haram is set to be freed after a court on Thursday shortened his sentence, his lawyer said.

Radio France Internationale reporter Ahmed Abba was arrested in July 2015 and sentenced in April this year to 10 years on terrorism charges that rights groups denounced as a sham.

Togo only African nation to back Trump on Jerusalem vote despite A.U. stance

Togo on Thursday voted with the United States in Washington’s resolution to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

But at the end of the day, it was Togo, the United States and seven others against the motion whiles 128 other countries voted in favour of the motion rejecting the U.S. move.

Ethiopia's university chaos 'lack sound reason,' students asked to respect curfew

Negeri Lencho, Ethiopia’s Minister of Information has disclosed that relative calm had returned to university campuses rocked by deadly violence weeks back and that teaching and learning had started.

In an interview with the state-owned ENA, the Minister said the clashes that occured in some universities ‘lack sound reason.’ He added that persons who sought to exploit the situation had spread the effects of the clashes to other areas.

Trump sanctions Jammeh over corruption and human rights abuse

Former Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh is on the latest list of U.S. sanctions under a regime that targets human rights abusers and corrupt actors across the globe.

President Donald Trump on Thursday (December 21, 2017) signed an Executive Order declaring a national emergency with respect to global human rights abuse and corruption.

2017 'Twee-treat': How Africans fought western media misreporting via Twitter

That the media is a powerful tool anywhere in the world is without doubt. That an occasional case of misreporting could hit even the biggest media entity is true. That the media must air rejoinders is fair.

But long before the advent of social media, Africans could only complain about misrepresentations carried by most western media. Even the days of sending rejoinders meant that media entities decided when and how to publish them – even if they did.