Twenty-nine soldiers were killed in western Niger in an attack by suspected militias, the Defence Ministry said on Monday night, declaring a three-day national mourning period. “The soldiers were targeted using improvised explosive devices and kamikaze vehicles by more than […]

A former Rwandan military official who is suspected of having played a key role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide was arrested in the Netherlands on Tuesday, Dutch prosecutors said. Pierre-Claver Karangwa, 67, was detained in a Dutch investigation into his […]

Popular Democratic Republic of Congo (DRCgynaecologist Denis Mukwege on Monday declared himself a candidate in the presidential election scheduled for December 20, 2023, potentially ending speculation about whether he would enter politics. But the famous doctorwho won the Nobel Peace […]

The UN Security Council on Monday night endorsed the deployment of the Multinational Security Support (MSS Mission to Haiti, paving the way for countries such as Kenya to send their pledged armed personnel to the Caribbean country. The resolution, 2699/23, […]

The Democratic Republic of Congo’s regional peace bid could begin tapping into a UN peacekeeping fund as early as January next year if the UN Security Council gives the nod, boosting chances of an alternative conflict resolution for the troubled […]

Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi has officially been named candidate for the presidential elections scheduled for December 20 this year, ruling out any contests within his ruling coalition, but not necessarily ending competition. The Coalition known in French as L’Union Sacree […]

Kenya’s National Assembly has waded into the matter of its nationals jailed in Kampala for killing Ugandan soldiers during a cattle rustling incident. This week, Protus Akuja, Member of Parliament for Loima in Turkana County, petitioned Parliament seeking the intervention […]

A draft law meant to tighten rules on election candidacy in the Democratic Republic of Congo is being seen as a tool to ring-fence President Felix Tshisekedi’s second term ahead of scheduled elections in December. The proposed law is among […]

Kenya’s move to contribute its police officers to a mooted security mission to Haiti is facing legal challenges, including from some the country’s top legal minds. Former Defence Cabinet Secretary Eugene Wamalwa and former Chief Justice Willy Mutunga have labelled […]

Sudan Sovereign Council leader Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan might have scored a diplomatic victory by addressing the UN General Assembly (UNGA) as the internationally recognised leader of Sudan, but now the pressure will be on him to show the way in […]

A negotiations committee set up to recommend reforms to Kenya’s elections management and governance systems faced its greatest test yet this week after four former electoral commissioners appearing before it questioned the legitimacy of last year’s presidential poll. The quartet, […]

The United States is heading toward a government shutdown this weekend with no foreseeable way out of a deadlock in Congress over hardline Republican calls for deep spending cuts. The new US fiscal year begins on October 1, but sharp […]

The Southern African Development Community (SADC has condemned attacks by Zimbabwe targeted at Zambian leader Hakainde Hichilema after the regional body’s elections observer mission said Harare failed to organise polls that meet international standards last month. President Hichilema as chairperson […]

Uganda’s cabinet last week passed a resolution to conduct the national housing and population census starting on May 10, 2024. Speaking to journalists in Kampala on Wednesday, the Minister for ICT and National GuidanceDr Chris Baryomunsi said by May next […]

Eswatini, Africa’s last absolute monarchy, holds legislative elections on Friday that despite recent — and deadly — pro-democracy protests are unlikely to change the political scenery in the tightly controlled kingdom. More than 500,000 people are registered to vote in […]

In 2011, pirates carried out212 attacksin a vast area spanning Somalia waters, the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, actions that the World Bank said cost the world economy$18 billion a year. Armed pirates hijacked ships […]

Military strongman Khalifa Haftar, whose forces dominate eastern Libya, held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Thursday, his forces and the Kremlin said. Haftar, who sponsors a rival administration to Libya’s UN-backed government in Tripoli, has long […]

Rights groups on Thursday said that there has been torrent of abuse against LGBTQ people in Uganda, mostly committed by private individuals, following the passage of one of the world’s harshest anti-gay laws. The Anti-Homosexuality Act (Aha, which was enacted […]

Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame on Wednesday made key changes in his government dropping long-serving Ms Clare Akamanzi as the head of the country’s influential investment and tourism promotion agency – Rwanda Development Board (RDB and namedformer Defence minister Gen James […]

China is seeking to surpass the United States as the top power in the world, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday, as he again warned on Taiwan. Successive US presidents have called China the top long-term challenge to […]

The United Nations Security Council has formally agreed to a proposal to fund the East African Community Regional Force (EACRF in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC. Speaking during a press interview after a meeting with the Security Council during […]

At least 100 people were killed when a fire ripped through a crowded Iraqi wedding hall, officials said Wednesday, pointing to indoor fireworks as the likely cause for the blaze that sparked a panicked stampede for the exits. More than […]

France’s ambassador in Niger has left the country, the French presidency said on Wednesday, around one month after the military junta ordered his expulsion and days after President Emmanuel Macron said the diplomat and French troops would be withdrawn. A […]

Eight people, including four children, died by electrocution in two slums after torrential rains lashed Cape Town, South African authorities said Tuesday. The deaths occurred on the outskirts of the southern port city, its disaster risk management unit said Tuesday. […]