South Korea on Tuesday staged its first military parade in a decade, showcasing its advanced arsenal in the face of plummeting ties with nuclear-armed North Korea. Pyongyang regularly puts on huge military parades but such events in Seoul are traditionally […]
Kenya’s fight against the terrorist group Al Shabaab received a major boost on Monday with the signing of a cooperation agreement with the United States that will see Kenya Defence Forces (KDF soldiers trained and provided with financial and technical […]
The Democratic Republic of Congo may yet be headed for another war between its armed forces – FARDC and the M23 rebel group – going by the speech of President Felix Tshisekedi at the UN General Assembly. The two sides […]
African leaders could bank on the young people to win elections and stay in office. But this group of the population, mainly aged below 30, could also be the biggest spoilers of democracy on the continent, allowing the leaders to […]
The findings of a less-publicised survey released earlier this week ranked the United Democratic Alliance (UDA, the principal partner in President William Ruto’s ruling Kenya Kwanza Alliance coalition, as the most popular political party in Kenya. With 34 percent of […]
The battle for the heart and soul of Uganda’s opposition parties, the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC, is on after a chaotic two months of accusations of betrayal and infiltration by President Yoweri Museveni. The bitter power struggle is pitting […]
Basketball, public transport reforms, food and medicine were among the key discussions and deals reached by East African leaders attending the UN General Assembly this week. But those did not mask the continual beef between African leaders and the United […]
The Somali federal government has changed its mind on security plan after realisation that the departure of African Union Transition Mission (Atmis troops could worsen Mogadishu’s ability to guard itself. According to a formal request placed before the United Nations […]
Kenya and South Africa may play a major part in the establishment of a “grain hub” on the continent after the politics of Russia-Ukraine war took centre stage during the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA in […]
Gabon’s military-installed prime minister on Friday defended the takeover before the United Nations as a “lesser evil,” saying the intervention prevented bloodshed. Military leaders on August 30 overthrew Ali Bongo Ondimba, whose family has ruled the oil-rich Central African state […]
Niger’s coup leaders accused the head of the United Nations on Friday of obstructing their participation in the body’s General Assembly, saying it was “likely to undermine any effort to end the crisis in our country”. Rebel elite soldiers overthrew […]
Rwandan President Paul Kagame’s declaration this week that he will run for a fourth term in next presidential election slated for next year was not unexpected, but it has fuelled concerns about the future of democracy in Rwanda. President Kagame, […]
South Sudan President Salva Kiir says the country’s elections will run on schedule, potentially providing certainty around the timelines of the country’s transition but raising a new storm with his rivals. President Kiir expressed frustrations that he is tired of […]
In the sandy courtyard of a school turned shelter in northern Sudan, two children idly pass a football back and forth. Around them, dozens of adults wait, trapped between a war and a border. There is little else to do […]
Exiled former Central African Republic presidentFrançois Bozize, who now leads a rebel coalition, has been sentenced to forced labour for life for conspiracy, rebellion and murder in the chronically unstable nation. Bozize, who seized power in the CAR in 2003 […]
Tens of armed assailants on motorcycles on Friday invaded hostels of the Federal UniversityGusau in Nigeria’s Northwest Zamfara state and abducted more than 35 students, mostly females. Zamfara State Police Command spokespersonYazid Abubakar confirmed the abduction as the authorities mobilised […]
Federal Government of Somalia hasasked the United Nations Security Council (UNSC to delay the ongoing troops drawdown from the country, signaling the reality that such a move could leave security gaps. Under the drawdown schedule, some 3,000 African Union Transition […]
Nigeria’s startling data on wife beating is causing government officials to heat up under their collars, signalling a new crisis they must nip in the bud before it becomes a national embarrassment. And now, the state thinks some therapy can […]
Venezuela said Wednesday it had seized control of a prison from the hands of a powerful gang with international reach, in a major operation involving 11,000 members of its security forces. The Tocoron prison had served as the Tren de […]
The US government announced Wednesday that it will allow 472,000 Venezuelans to remain in the United States and work legally for 18 months due to growing instability and unsafe conditions in the South American nation. “President Joe Biden’s administration extended […]
Reparations must be paid for the slave trade to address the historical injustices that have shaped the world structure, Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo said on Wednesday. “It is time to acknowledge openly that much of Europe and the […]
The president of the Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday called for a speedy withdrawal of a key UN peacekeeping mission that has been in the nation for nearly 25 years. “It is time for our country to take full […]
The United States on Wednesday announced $225 million in investments to support emerging democracies in the face of a rise in autocracies around the world. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Samantha Power, administrator of the US Agency for International […]
An alliance of armed groups in northern Mali said it has taken several soldiers prisoner and killed a dozen others, while losing eight of its own fighters in a recent operation. The alliance — which includes the Coordination of Azawad […]
Rwanda’sPresident Paul Kagame has confirmed that he will seek a fourth term in officenext year, following his recent re-election as the chairman of the country’s dominant ruling party, Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF. “I am happy with the confidence that the […]
