Senegal’s Minister of the Interior has denied reports that female Spanish tourists traveling in the southern Casamance region of the country were sexually assaulted by the gunmen who robbed their group. Aly Ngouille Ndiaye said Saturday that a medical examination of one of the alleged victims showed no signs of…
More than 15 journalists were among those arrested or detained while covering protests in Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday, drawing the condemnation of both MONUSCO and media advocacy organization Reporters Without Borders. The arrests were among more than 120 documented by the United Nations in Kinshasa and other cities…
A former presidential candidate in Gabon was arrested Friday after leading a group of armed opposition members who took over television broadcast stations in Libreville, demanding that they broadcast a message calling for President Ali Bongo to step down within 72 hours and make way for opposition coalition leader Jean…