Ugandan police deployed heavily around Kampala City on Monday to forestall planned protests by the youth against corruption in government. In what reflects methods used by their counterparts in Kenya, where the youth, popularly referred to as Gen-Z, pushed President […]
Kenyan police officers in Haiti and their Haitian counterparts have managed to take over a port that has been controlled by gangs for the past five months. The officers, who are part of the Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission, managed […]
Paul Kagameis set for a fourth term as electoral authorities declare him the winner of the Rwanda presidential election after garnering 99.15 per cent of the votes. Kagame has won more than 93% of the vote at each of the […]
A car bomb exploded outside a restaurant in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Sunday night, killing five and injuring 20 as patrons were watching the final of the Euro 2024 football tournament on TV, police said, blaming Islamist insurgents. The bomb […]
Kenya’s President William Ruto has fired all Cabinet Secretaries and Attorney General Justin Muturi in response to youth-led anti-government protests. Only Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi, who also doubles as Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary has been spared. “Upon reflection, listening […]
Kenyan President William Ruto on Friday proposed spending cuts and additional borrowing in roughly equal measure to fill a nearly $2.7 billion budget hole caused by his withdrawal of planned tax hikes in the face of nationwide protests. Ruto scrapped […]
Militia fighters have attacked a Chinese-linked mining site in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, killing six Chinese nationals and at least two Congolese soldiers, local officials said on Thursday. China condemned the attack, which took place on Wednesday in Djugu […]
Keir Starmer will be Britain’s next prime minister with his centre left Labour Party expected to win a huge majority in a parliamentary election, ending 14 years of often tumultuous Conservative government by trouncing Rishi Sunak’s party. With many results […]
A year after Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack in southern Israel, the Middle East is on the cusp of all-out war. Since Israel launched its military response in Gaza, the Biden administration has tried both to broker a ceasefire there […]
