Haiti’s police union demands protection after gangs kill a Kenyan police officer
More than 5,600 people were reported killed in Haiti last year, with gang violence leaving more than one million homeless in recent years, according to the UN.
Witchcraft case that implicates Zambian president shines light on colonial-era law, exposes how politicians invest in black magic
Police say the men in the current case were arrested in a hotel room in the capital, Lusaka, in December after a cleaner reported hearing strange noises. They were found in possession of a bottled chameleon and other items including a mysterious white powder, a red cloth and an unidentified animal’s tail. The men also face charges of cruelty to animals.
Kenya’s marathon runner Kipkorir is provisionally suspended by Athletics Integrity Unit for doping
Kenya’s Diana Kipyokei was stripped of her 2021 Boston Marathon title for doping in 2022 and handed a six-year ban.
Africa governments must invest more in agroecology to advance food sovereignty, ESAFF forum in Kenya told
Executive Director Institute for Research and Promotion of Alternatives in Development (IRPAD) Mamadou Goita said agroecology is essential for safeguarding African biodiversity, enhancing soil quality, improving nutrition and health and increasing resilience to climate and other crises to strengthen local food systems.
Nairobi gear up for National Basket Association Africa elite camp with big wins in Safaricom tournament
In the final, Olympic Junior Secondary won gold in the girls’ competition after thrashing St John Junior Secondary team 25-03 in a one-sided affair. However, the tables turned in the boys’ final as St. John Junior Secondary team edged out Olympic Junior Secondary team 17-14 in the tightly contested match.
Over 4,000 civilians killed in Goma in 48 hours during the M23 takeover of eastern Congo cities
Congo River Alliance (CRA) is termed a political/military coalition comprising 17 political parties, two political groupings and “several armed groups”. Named are M23, PARECO (Coalition of Congolese Patriotic Resistance in English), Kyahanda, FPDC (People’s Front for Democracy in Congo), Twirwaneho, FRPI (Patriotic Resistance Force of Ituri), Chini ya Kilima and Zaire-FPAC (Ituri Self-defence Popular Front in English).
22 fishermen feared killed in fighting between Ethiopian, Kenyan fishermen near Omo River
Kenya’s Interior Minister Kipchumba Murkomen wrote on X on Sunday that the government had deployed additional security to the border and that he was engaging with Addis Ababa to “broker peace between the two communities.”
Sudan’s military wrests Obeid city from paramilitary group RSF’s control, restores access to the area
Finance Minister Jibril Ibrahim hailed the military’s advances in Obeid as a “massive step” to lift the RSF siege on el-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur province, as well as delivering humanitarian aid to the Kordofan area.
Kenyan police officer killed in action in Haiti as violent gangs unleash terror on island anation’s capital
The police officer was airlifted out of the area and died from his injuries, Godfrey Otunge, the commander of the Kenyan forces in Haiti, said in a statement.
Why Uganda is Pearl of Africa: It’s the only country on Earth where serving soldiers are reserved seats in parliament, martial courts try civilians
Army representation in parliament continues to this day. Uganda is the only country on the globe with a parliamentary system where serving soldiers are in parliament. Army representation in Uganda’s parliament began in 1994. As things stand now, 10 seats are set aside for ‘serving officers’ of the Uganda People’s Defence Force. The 10 are chosen by the Army Council, chaired by President Yoweri Tibuhaburwa Museveni, and they tend to vote with the ruling party, the National Resistance Movement (NRM),
