Libyan critic of militias killed

A UN delegation is in the Libyan capital Tripoli to try and help bring to an end the hostilities between rival militias.

A Zimbabwean opposition politician is among at least 80 people who died when a church hostel in the Nigerian city of Lagos collapsed a week ago.

Prominent Libyan human rights lawyer Salwa Bughaighis is assassinated by unknown men in her home in Benghazi.

An alleged critic of Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni on social media has been sent to prison.

Legendary newsman, media critic and human rights advocate Danny Schechter died Thursday in New York, after losing his battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 72.

Schechter started his media career in radio, as the “news dissector” at Boston’s WBCN-FM radio. Later he worked as a producer for ABC’s “20/20” and part of the start-up team of producers at CNN. He worked extensively in South Africa and was a friend of Nelson Mandela.

In recent years, Schechter was a frequent guest on RT, sharing his...

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Party Militias and Election-Related Violence in Tanzania
AllAfrica.com
Tanzanians will go into an election likely to be very competitive this October. One key concern is that the top political parties keep well-trained militias, despite the law prohibiting this. This has caused security fears around the election. All three major political ...