Ugandan musician Bebe Cool has decided to stop performing publicly until further notice after he was “pelted with bottles and stones” at a festival.

  Lagos state police in Nigeria arrested 57 men, including a dancer preparing to perform at a party, for alleged homosexual activities on 26 August 2018, reported News Agency of Nigeria. Imohimi Edgal, the state police commissioner, said officers stormed the Kelly Ann Event Centre in Egbeda at 2am after …

The trial for Zambian musician Pilato has been adjourned until 24 September 2018.

A Nigerian radio station has been fined by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) for playing “vulgar and indecent” music.

Tanzanian musician Diamond Platnumz was blocked from leaving the country for not having an overseas performance permit from the national arts council.

Equatorial Guinean artist Ramón Esono Ebalé left the country on 28 May after 6 months in prison and then waiting 3 months for travel documents.

Kenya Film Classification Board banned Wanuri Kahiu's film Rafiki over its LGBT content depicting a love story between two women.

Poet Naema Ahmed Ibrahim was released from prison and remains in Hargeisa. She was not pardoned of the charges against her.

An Equatorial Guinean court on 7 March 2018 released an artist imprisoned on dubious charges for nearly six months, 18 human rights groups said today. The prosecution dropped all charges against Ramón Esono Ebalé, a cartoonist whose work is often critical of the government.

Zimbabwean musician Jeys Marabini and his band were attacked by audience members for singing in their native IsiNdebele language during their performance at the inauguration of President Emmerson Mnangagwa.