Bloomberg China has sentenced a former lawyer to four years in prison over her posts about the coronavirus response in Wuhan, media reports said, the first known conviction of someone who chronicled authorities’ early struggle to manage the outbreak. Zhang Zhan, 37, was convicted at the Shanghai Pudong New Area People’s Court on Monday of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble,” ...

Bloomberg A ban on political campaign rallies in some parts of Uganda ahead of the January 14 elections is meant to stymie President Yoweri Museveni’s rivals, according to the opposition. The Electoral Commission’s suspension of campaign meetings in at least 12 of Uganda’s 146 districts is expected to hamper Museveni’s main challenger, pop star Bobi Wine, who’s yet to hold ...

Bloomberg Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, facing the biggest protests of his 26-year rule, will gather a convention of his supporters in February in an effort to break the gridlock that has paralysed his country’s political life since August. A two-day Belarusian People’s Congress will start on February 11, state-owned news agency Belta reported on Monday, citing Lukashenko at a meeting ...