Report: Islamic States insurgents in Mozambique are no longer interested in killing, they only attack to get food
Bernardino Rafael is not prone to hyperbole, but his recent comments about the war on terrorism in northern Mozambique were optimistic. The general commander of the Mozambican police force was speaking to Rwandan troops at their post near the town of Chai when he extolled their coordinated efforts with state...
‘Be it from our taxpayers or from anyone, I have never stolen,’ embattled South African president theft allegations
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has hit back at allegations of improper conduct over large amounts of cash stolen from his wildlife farm in 2020. “Some are casting aspersions about me and money. I want to assure you that all this was money from proceeds from selling animals. I have...
How romantic romp with ex-Gabon president Bongo landed his love – former French beauty queen in hot soup
Nearly 13 years after the death of former Gabon President Omar Bongo, an investigation into the circumstances under which the strongman gifted a former French beauty queen of Rwandan origin, Sonia Rolland, has commenced in Paris. According to CNN, President Bongo and the former Miss France, had a romantic relationship...
Dubai police arrest Gupta brothers linked to former South African President Zuma looting case
Dubai police announced on Tuesday they arrested two brothers from the Gupta family, wanted over allegedly looting state money with former South African President Jacob Zuma. The arrest of Atul and Rajesh Gupta, who had lived for years in the sheikhdom, was the latest major extradition arrest by authorities in...
In Nigeria’s disappearing forests where loggers outnumber trees, a million hectares were rendered barren in 20 years
Deep in a forest in Nigeria’s Ebute Ipare village, Egbontoluwa Marigi sized up a tall mahogany tree, methodically cut it down with his axe and machete and as it fell with a crackling sound, he surveyed the forest for the next tree. Around him, the stumps dotting the swampy forest...
Kenya elections: Azimio manifesto is rich on rhetoric, bereft of substance and is a continuation of failed presidency
Kenya’s former Prime Minister Raila Odinga – a leading candidate in the 2022 presidential election – unveiled his manifesto he says has the ingredients to revamp an economy battered by a decade of brazen theft by members of the outgoing government. Outgoing President Uhuru Kenyatta’s government is synonymous with public...
Abandoned by own government, stigmatised by their communities: the horror tale of India’s Kashmiri counterinsurgents
Faisal Fayaz was just 10 months old when his father was killed by a landmine in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district in the winter of 2000. Like several thousand other Kashmiri men, Fayaz Ahmad Mir had spent years as a counterinsurgent – working alongside Indian authorities to fight Kashmiri militants battling...
