Former Putin political strategist calls for an end to mercenary groups in Russia in wake of mutiny
As first deputy chief of the Kremlin administration from 1999 to 2011, Vladislav Surkov helped Putin forge his tightly controlled political system. He then worked in the government and later returned to the Kremlin as an adviser to Putin.
President Biden distances US, Nato from Wagner mutiny, calls it ‘struggle within the Russian system’
A feud between Prigozhin and Russia’s military brass that has festered throughout the war erupted into the mutiny that saw the mercenaries leave Ukraine to seize a military headquarters in a southern Russian city. They rolled for hundreds of kilometres toward Moscow, before turning around on Saturday, in a deal whose terms remain uncertain. Biden’s national security team briefed him hourly as Prigozhin’s forces were on the move, the president said. He had directed them to “prepare for a range of scenarios” as Russia’s crisis unfolded, he said.
Press freedom: It’s 11 years since American journalist Julian Assange began was taken in as a political prisoner
This weekend marks 11 years since Julian Assange entered the Ecuadorian Embassy in London and began his confinement as a political prisoner. The torture that he has endured is not just an attack on his rights to free expression and journalism; it is an assault on your right to be an informed citizen.
Somali terrorist cell Al Shabaab is on the rebound in Kenya and killed 30 people, including police and army officers
Kenya is among countries in the region that have contributed troops to the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS).
Uganda needs to match ‘environmentality’ with ‘governmentality’ for conservation to make sense
One writer has said that governmentality represents the tactics of government that allow it to define and redefine what its own competences are. Or else it refers to a complex set of processes through which human behaviour is systematically controlled, individually or in groups, to enhance the capacity of the political regime to govern.
After short-lived insurrection in Russia oil prices are firming up as stocks market remains wobbly
Analysts at RBC Capital Markets said one concern was the possibility of martial law in Russia and its effect on the workforce at ports and production facilities. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the turmoil in Russia could take months to play out, while Italy’s foreign minister said it had shattered the “myth” of Russian unity.
Revolt exposes Russian President Putin fickleness as his friend-turned-foe agrees to go into exile in Belarus
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken described the weekend’s events as “extraordinary,” recalling that 16 months ago Putin appeared poised to seize the capital of Ukraine and now he has had to defend Moscow from forces led by his onetime protege.
Arsenal manager reveals how he rescued Gunners’ lost soul, kicked off a revolution at Emirates
Nevertheless, there is huge optimism growing at the Emirates after a season that they can look back on with a lot of pride. Arteta has top, young and hungry players putting on some breathtaking football. And the Spaniard has revealed how he helped change the culture at Arsenal after arriving in 2019.
Pope prays for family of ‘Vatican girl’ who vanished 40 years ago, a gangster alleged was brought into the Vatican to be molested
Theories about Orlandi’s disappearance have run the gamut from speculation it was linked to a plot to kill Pope John Paul II, to suggestions that she was kidnapped by the Rome underworld, to accusations she was the victim of a priestly paedophile group.
Uganda’s greatest threat to environmental democracy will be state’s vow to arresting sterile money culture
Renewability of the environment is not inbuilt in the programmes and projects. Those supervising or implementing them are environmentally illiterate. We have seen in our lifetime the political power that be undemocratically deciding to erase whole ecosystem and habitats to replace them with extensive plantations of oil palm and sugarcane grasses.
