African Court agrees to decriminalise 'vagrancy laws'

The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights' ruling obliges AU members to repeal or amend so-called "vagrancy laws", some of which were put in place during British colonisation. We speak with the president of the Pan-African Lawyers Union, Don Deya, who has been fighting for other countries to do the same.

Ethiopia TPLF party's spokesperson Getachew Reda tells Focus on Africa that his party has "no problem with negotiating the cessation of hostilities" with central government forces fighting in the Tigray region led by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.

We hear from our correspondent in Accra as Ghanaians are preparing to cast their vote in the general election on Monday. This time with the added challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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