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The West African nation’s navy is stopping refugee boats at record rates. But who does that help — other than Europe? In posts updated almost daily on social media, Senegal’s navy details how its patrol boat, Walo, reroutes vessels crammed with refugees trying to get to Europe. Photos show people disembarking from the boats, their…
The news of his safe return to his home was confirmed by his wife Barbie Kyagulanyi who, during a Facebook live broadcast, showed the NUP leader in his home compound. Bobi Wine is seen commanding police officers who had accessed his compound to leave as he warned them against trespassing. Bobi Wine had earlier been…
The stadium located in the center of Uganda’s capital city, Kampala, has excited several sports lovers and business enthusiasts who believe it will add something good to both fields. Rumors in recent weeks have been flying indicating that 32-year-old Nigerian singer Burna Boy would perform at the grand opening of the 3,400-seater. Hamis Kiggundu, however,…
In late August 2023, Uganda’s military leadership dropped charges against the former police chief, Gen Kale Kayihura, just a day before his retirement from the army. Kayihura had been on bail since 2020, two years after he was arrested (2018) and charged with failure to protect materials, failure to supervise police officers, and abetting the…
Legislation passed in May has been condemned by rights groups and described by UN experts as ‘an egregious violation of human rights’. A 20-year-old man has become the first Ugandan to be charged with “aggravated homosexuality” – an offence punishable by death under the country’s recently enacted anti-gay law. The defendant was charged on August…
Buthelezi, a veteran South African politician, who was once a rival to former President Nelson Mandela, has passed away. Mangosuthu Buthelezi, a veteran South African politician and Zulu prince, has died at the age of 95, the presidency said on Saturday. The founder of the Inkatha Freedom Party served two terms as minister of home…
In an event held at State House, Nairobi, Ruto commended them for a good job done in raising the country’s flag high. “Every time the National Anthem was played, I felt like a global leader in every aspect. It wasn’t me or CS Ababu Namwamba or anyone else who made it happen. It was you….
Gabon’s government announced on Saturday it was imposing a night-time curfew and cutting internet access in the wake of the general elections in the central African state. The overnight curfew will be imposed from Sunday, Communications Minister Rodrigue Mboumba Bissawou said on public television, to “counter the spread of calls for violence… and false information.”…
President Ali Bongo has won a third term in the presidential election with 64.27% of the vote, the Gabonese Election Centre (CGE) said on Wednesday August 30, 2023. Reuters reports that the opposition has denounced the poll as fraudulent. Announcing the result in the early hours, CGE head Michel Stephane Bonda said Bongo’s main challenger,…
Gabon’s deposed president, Ali Bongo Ondimba has called on his “friends all over the world to make noise” while under house arrest following a coup in the central African country. A video from an anonymous source shows Bongo distressed and making a plea for help. “I’m Ali Bongo Ondimba, President of Gabon and I’m…
