News briefs
Regular digests of news on the countries SALO follows, compiled by SALO researchers.
Swaziland - 20 October 2015
Committee Tells Swazi Speaker to Quit The Swaziland House of Assembly Speaker Themba Msibi has been told to resign by a Parliamentary Select Committee. The five-member committee found him guilty of a series of offences, including nepotism …
Western Sahara - 20 October 2015
Moroccan Authorities Arrest Two Former Saharawi Political Prisoners The Moroccan occupation authorities arrested the former two Saharawi political prisoners Mohamed Biza and Abdessalam Loumadi in the Moroccan city of Agadir, reported a …
South Sudan - 20 October 2015
South Sudanese president orders dismissal of Luka Biong from Juba University South Sudanese president Salva Kiir has given orders to the administration of Juba University to dismiss Luka Biong Deng from his lecturing post at the higher …
Sudan - 20 October 2015
Sudan govt accepts invitation to talks with rebels The Sudanese government said Wednesday it had accepted an invitation from the African Union to attend peace talks with the rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North in Addis Ababa next …
Somalia - 20 October 2015
Somalia Clan Clashes Kill 14 At least 14 people were killed and 20 others injured on Monday in deadly clashes in central Somalia, witnesses and officials said. Rival clan militias engaged in street battles in the town of Beledweyne …
CAR - 20 October 2015
Central African Republic: New Spate of Senseless Deaths Five days of sectarian violence that gripped Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, between September 25 and October 1, 2015, led to at least 31 targeted killings of …
DRC - 20 October 2015
Burundian Journalist Arrested in Democratic Republic of Congo The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the detention of Egide Mwemero, a Burundian journalist who, according to the managing director of his radio station and local …
Africa - 13 October 2015
African spending challenged by debt cost rise High quality global journalism requires investment. Please share this article with others using the link below, do not cut & paste the article. Sub-Saharan African countries are being forced to …
Zimbabwe - 13 October 2015
UN appeals for $86M in food aid for Zimbabwe The UN has issued an urgent appeal for $86m in food aid for Zimbabwe. The country’s debilitating economic downturn has made food supplies unstable. The government earlier this year began …
Swaziland - 13 October 2015
Textile Protest - Police Fire Guns Police in Swaziland fired guns and teargas at workers engaged in a legitimate protest against employment conditions. According to different local newspaper reports between 2,000 and 3,000 workers at the …
Western Sahara - 13 October 2015
Moroccan anger over Western Sahara baffles Sweden The Moroccan government announced a decision Oct. 1 to boycott Swedish companies, crowning a week of diplomatic tensions driven by Moroccan accusations of a change in Sweden’s stance on the …
South Sudan - 13 October 2015
Ugandan troops withdraw from South Sudan Ugandan troops have started withdrawing from South Sudan to comply with a peace deal between South Sudan’s warring factions, Uganda’s military chief said on Monday. All Ugandan forces - between 2 000 …
Sudan - 13 October 2015
Egypt and Chad support launch of Sudan’s National Dialogue The governments of Egypt and Chad have announced their unqualified support for the ‘National Dialogue’ launched on Saturday in Sudan’s capital Khartoum by the ruling party together …
Somalia - 13 October 2015
Senior al-Shabaab commander captured in Somalia A top al-Shabaab commander and two other senior members of the Islamist group have been captured by Somali and African Union troops in the Horn of Africa country, intelligence sources said on …
CAR - 13 October 2015
Clashes as UN peacekeepers halt rebel advance on CAR capital UN peacekeepers in the Central African Republic clashed with rebels who were attempting to march on the capital, a military source said today, adding that the offensive ended with …
DRC - 13 October 2015
Democratic Republic of the Congo hangs on President Kabila’s next move President Joseph Kabila’s options for the 2016 presidential elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are narrowing quickly. A failed attempt at amending the …
Africa - 30 September 2015
African Leaders Call for Reinstatement of President of Burkina Faso West African leaders called on Tuesday evening for the reinstatement of Burkina Faso’s interim president, who was overthrown in a coup last week. Leaders of several nations …
Madagascar - 30 September 2015
17,000 Back Religious Freedom at Huge Rally in Madagascar More than 17,000 people rallied at a Seventh-day Adventist-organized event in Madagascar to pledge their support for religious liberty. The daylong “Festival of Religious Freedom,” …
Zimbabwe - 30 September 2015
Zimbabwe launches solar policy Zimbabwe’s government launched a solar energy policy on Wednesday as it attempts to reduce a major power shortage in the country. A drought affecting the country’s hydro plant at the Kariba Dam and the …
Swaziland - 30 September 2015
Call to End Swazi Media Censorship Lawyers in Swaziland and an international human rights group have jointly called for media freedom in the kingdom to be respected. In a submission to the United Nations they also call for an end to media …