South Africa may find itself in the spotlight again after the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin, accusing him of war crimes in Ukraine. But that may bring bad memory for South Africa’ […]
As Rwandan President Paul Kagame prepares to run for the fourth term next year, he faces the daunting task of ensuring his party, the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), continues to deliver on its key promises, including maintaining unity and reconciliation […]
South Africa’s leftwing opposition launched strikes and rallies under heavy security on Monday in a bid to force out President Cyril Ramaphosa over his handling of the country’s sickly economy and crippling energy crisis. Several thousand protesters gathered at a […]
Kenyan riot police fired tear gas Monday to disperse demonstrators gathered in Nairobi for a day of action called by the opposition to protest the country’s punishing cost of living crisis, AFP correspondents said. The government of President William Ruto […]
The posture of the East African Community Regional Force (EACRF is likely to change in the coming days after entry of troops from Angola, and later, the Southern African bloc Sadc, to support peace efforts, even though under a separate […]
Just two weeks after hosting Ugandan leader Yoweri Museveni on a state visit, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa this week met with Tanzania’s Samia Suluhu Hassan, on an almost identical state visit, with both leaders promising growing mutual ties, increased […]
Moscow is now sub-Saharan Africa’s leading supplier of firearms, beating China in exports to the region over the last five years, an indication of its growing influence on the continent. Data by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI, a […]
Building tensions between Kenya’s President William Ruto and opposition leader Raila Odinga is likely to lead to disruptions in its capital city Nairobi on Monday after the latter declared a planned protest march by his supporters “the mother of all […]
Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, President Yoweri Museveni’s adviser on special operations, went to Twitter once again to make announcement: This time round Gen Muhoozi said he will be contesting the presidency in 2026, but later on deleted it. For the son […]
Egypt and Ethiopia have once again locked horns in a fresh row over the latter’s massive dam project, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Blue Nile. The new development comes after Cairo issued a fresh warning saying that […]
The International Criminal Court on Friday announced an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin on the war crime accusation of unlawfully deporting Ukrainian children. The Hague-based ICC said it had also issued a warrant against Maria Lvova-Belova, Russia’s presidential […]
Health officials in Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC have detected cases of vaccine-derived poliovirus, the World Health Organisation and Global Polio Eradication Initiative said. The WHO said the Burundian government had declared the detection of the virus […]
Kenya’s President William Ruto Thursday completed the creation of what is the most bloated Executive in the country’s recent history, which is expected to gobble up Ksh13.2 billion ($101 million) in five years, even as intrigues surrounding the appointment of […]
Four countries in Africa are preparing responses against planned protests fronted by opposition politicians in what could test the line between civil liberties and security. South Africa, Kenya, Tunisia and Nigeria may all experience running battles with the police, or […]
Tanzania is investigating a yet-to-be-known disease in the northern Kagera region which has so far killed five people and left two others in critical condition. Symptoms of the illness which broke out in two villages in Bukoba, Kagera include fever, […]
Amsterdam The International Criminal Court (ICC has Friday issued an arrest warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin, accusing him of being responsible for war crimes committed in Ukraine. Moscow has repeatedly denied accusations that its forces have committed atrocities during […]
On a night in early March, arsonists attacked a brewery owned by the French drinks giant Castel in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic. Hurling petrol bombs, they set fire to beer crates stacked inside the MOCAF brewery’s […]
The United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday will make a rare trip to Niger, as an outpost of Western support and democratic successes in West Africa as Russia makes inroads. Blinken will be the first top US […]
Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera on Wednesday directed that his country would observe 14 days of mourning of victims of tropical Cyclone Freddy which has claimed 225 lives so far. The cyclone which has affected 13 districts in the southern region […]
Cyclone Freddy, which has twice smashed into the African coast after traversing the Indian Ocean, may be enshrined in the history books as the longest ever documented, meteorologists say. A factfile: Deadly track The storm began to brew in early […]
Faced with a raging moral crisis in Cabinet and a limping economy, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni heads to Parliament today (Thursday to lay out plans for economic recovery. This as the country awaits action on ministers and other leaders mentioned […]
The Moroccan government says it is strengthening ties with African countries that have a “clear position” on the Sahrawi issue, raising the ante of soft power by Rabat to endorse its autonomy plan. Moroccan Ambassador to Kenya Abderrazzak Laasel told […]
Two South Sudanese journalists detained over a video reportedly showing President Salva Kiir urinating on himself have been freed, a media lobby group said Wednesday as it demanded the release of two other colleagues. Two of the seven journalists arrested […]
Djibouti authorities have deported the vice-president of the International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH, citing “security violations”, in a move condemned by watchdogs. Mr Alexis Deswaef had arrived in the country two days earlier before officials from the Djibouti Security […]
Analysts say China and Russia are bolstering their presence in Africa to tap its rich natural resources, amid grave warnings from UN agencies the world’s poorest countries face accumulating crippling debts. “One out of every three major infrastructure projects in […]
