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UN challenges Guinea junta on rights
UN challenges Guinea junta on rights
by  AFP

The United Nations has warned Guinea's ruling junta about respect for human rights after it cracked down on protesters and dissolved an opposition coalition. Bachelet called on the authorities to investigate the deaths, free those arrested and reauthorise an opposition coalition, the National Front for the Defence of the Constitution (FNDC).

Sri Lanka faces international censure over arrests
Sri Lanka faces international censure over arrests
by  AFP

Sri Lanka's new government came under international censure Monday over the use of tough anti-terror laws to detain protesters who forced Gotabaya Rajapaksa to step down from the presidency last month.

Kenya's history of disputed elections
Kenya's history of disputed elections
by  AFP

Kenya's defeated presidential candidate Raila Odinga filed a court petition on Monday disputing the result of the August 9 election that handed victory to his rival William Ruto. On Monday he files an online petition to the country's top court challenging the result.

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