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VIDEO: Opposition MPs condemn arrest of colleagues Kampala, Uganda | NTV | The Leader of Opposition Winnie Kiiza has revealed that her colleagues plan to boycott Parliament until their colleagues are unconditionally released. She was addressing a news conference at Parliament shortly after a brawl broke out between opposition lawmakers and …

Harare, Zimbabwe | AFP |  Zimbabwean activist pastor Evan Mawarire was on Sunday arrested during a church service after he posted a video bemoaning the country’s worsening economic troubles, his lawyer said. The charismatic pastor who has been arrested several times for his dissenting views informed the congregation about his …

Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Twenty people have been arrested on Tanzania’s semi-autonomous archipelago Zanzibar for alleged homosexuality, a police official said Saturday, in the latest crackdown on the country’s gay community. “They are implicated in homosexuality. We arrested them and are busy interrogating them. The police cannot turn a blind …

The Hague, Netherlands | AFP | The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Wednesday renewed her call for the immediate arrest of a senior Libyan commander wanted for war crimes, amid allegations he has killed more people. Mahmoud Mustafa Busayf Al-Werfalli “stands accused of serious crimes. I therefore call again on …

VIDEO: Police arrest three suspects in Chinese woman’s murder Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | Three suspects have been arrested in connection with the recent murder of a Chinese national at a factory in Mukono. According to Police Spokesperson, Asan Kasingye, DNA extracted from the killer’s jacket, which the deceased managed …

London, United Kingdom | AFP |  Everton striker Wayne Rooney has been charged with drink-driving, British police said Friday. Rooney, England’s all-time record goalscorer and former captain, was stopped by police near his home in Cheshire, northwest England, in the early hours of Friday. “The man was arrested shortly after …

    Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Tanzanian opposition number two Tundu Lissu was arrested on Thursday, three days after having called President John Magufuli a “dictator”, party sources said. No reasons were given for the arrest of Lissu, a member of the main opposition party Chadema who serves as …

Kampala, Uganda | AFP | Police in Uganda announced the arrests of opposition activists this week amid speculation that longtime President Yoweri Museveni is planning to change the constitution so he can stand for re-election. No official move has been made to lift the bar on Museveni running due to …

Los Angeles, United States | AFP | Manchester United-bound striker Romelu Lukaku is likely to have to spend a fraction of his extravagant salary on settling a fine in Beverly Hills after being arrested during a noisy party at his rented mansion. A Beverly Hills Police Department statement on Saturday said …

Kampala, Uganda | AFP |  Three people carrying a coffin marked with President Yoweri Museveni’s name were arrested in western Uganda on Friday and will be charged with “illegal assembly”, police said. The three men were arrested in Mbarara, 300 kilometres (186 miles) west of the capital Kampala, after holding …