GOV’T CUTS INTERNET IN GABON, IMPOSES CURFEW AFTER ELECTIONS

Gabon’s government announced on Saturday it was imposing a night-time curfew and cutting internet access in the wake of the general elections in the central African state. The overnight curfew will be imposed from Sunday, Communications Minister Rodrigue Mboumba Bissawou said on public television, to “counter the spread of calls for violence… and false information.”…

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Uganda: 20-YEAR-OLD CHARGED WITH ‘AGGRAVATED HOMOSEXUALITY’, FACES DEATH PENALTY

  For the first time in Uganda, a 20-year-old man was charged with “aggravated homosexuality”, a crime punishable by death under the country’s implemented anti-gay law. Uganda passed one of the most severe anti-LGBTI+ laws in the world in May 2023, defying criticism from Western governments and human rights organizations. The punishment for having same-sex…

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Gabon coup: PRESIDENT ALI BONGO CALLS FOR HELP IN VIDEO, says “I don’t know what is going on”

Gabon’s deposed president, Ali Bongo Ondimba has called on his “friends all over the world to make noise” while under house arrest following a coup in the central African country. A video from an anonymous source shows Bongo distressed and making a plea for help.   “I’m Ali Bongo Ondimba, President of Gabon and I’m…

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