Kenyan secessionist leader charged

Over 30 police officers in Kenya have been charged with crimes, including murder, says the country's civilian police watchdog body.

Controversial Kenyan televangelist James Ng'ang'a denies charges of causing death by dangerous driving and an alleged cover-up of his involvement.

A Kenyan man is charged with 12 offences including rape, impersonating a gynaecologist and operating a clinic without a licence in Nairobi.

The general who led last month's short-lived coup in Burkina Faso is charged with crimes including threatening state security and murder.

Daily News
Tanzania's opposition leader charged with illegal assembly
Shanghai Daily (subscription)
DAR ES SALAAM, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Tanzania's leading opposition women leader, Halima Mdee, appeared in court on Tuesday charged with unlawful assembly. Mdee, chairperson of the women's wing of opposition Chama Cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo, ...
Mdee's case file in AG's handsDaily News
Tanzanian police detain women opposition members after protestSabahi Online

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Tanzanian Opposition Leader Charged With Holding Illegal Rally
AllAfrica.com
A Tanzanian court on Wednesday (January 28th) charged an opposition party leader with holding a political rally without a permit, AFP reported. Police arrested Civil United Front (CUF) national chairperson Ibrahim Lipumba, along with 30 other party ...
Home Affairs minister, Mathias ChikaweIPPmedia
Police defend use of force on CUF demonstratorsDaily News

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A vehicle belonging to the Kenyan president's security convoy, which was stolen last week in Nairobi, is found in Uganda, officials confirm.

Ledger Gazette
Kenyan leader in Tanzania for inauguration ceremony of Magufuli
Ledger Gazette
The Chama Cha Mapinduzi party has been in power since 1961 when Tanzania attained her political independence. Also to take oath office before Chief Justice Othman Chande yesterday was Dr Magufuli's running mate, Ms Samia Suluhu Hassan, who ...
Magufuli Sworn In As Tanzania's PresidentRapid News Network
Mugabe in Tanzania for Magufuli inaugurationwireless goodness
John Pombe Magufuli sworn in as Tanzania's...

Igbo secessionist agitator Nnamdi Kanu has agreed to write a letter of apology to Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari for using his pirate Radio Biafra to malign the Nigerian leader.