Revelations of massive theft of salaries for Ugandan troops in Somalia poses a threat to containment of Al Shabaab terror group
The EU explains that Atmis funds flow from the European Commission to the AU Commission, which is responsible for channelling them to the troop-contributing countries. This means that the payment of the allowances to the soldiers is not responsibility of the EU, but of the EU’s African partners involved in Somalia, namely: Uganda, Kenya, Djibouti, Ethiopia and Burundi.
Covid lies: Majority of media workers ignore their colleagues and continue to blame failures in journalism on Tucker Carlson
Furthering this point, Thacker highlighted a potential conflict of interest between Twitter and one of the Covid-19 vaccine manufacturers, J&J. In Thacker’s previous “Twitter files” revelations, he found that Twitter partnered with J&J on a Covid-19 vaccine “marketing strategy.”
Revealed: Fox News TV reporter Tucker Carlson was sacked for laying bare how WHO and Twitter lied about Covid
These efforts appear to have begun on June 24, 2021, when Elizabeth Busby, a policy communications specialist with “Twitter Comms,” sent an email to colleagues inquiring if an op-ed Carlson had written the previous day should be flagged for Covid-19 “misinformation.”
Russia launches night attacks at Ukraine cities and kills 25 civilians as it commences airstrikes
The wave of Russian missile attacks was the first since early March. Russia had launched such attacks almost weekly for most of the winter, but they tapered off as spring arrived, with Western countries saying Moscow was running out of missiles.
Fighting rages between Sudanese army and paramilitary force despite 72-hour ceasefire mediated by US, Saudi Arabia
The latest ceasefire, brokered by foreign powers, is supposed to last until Sunday at midnight. The RSF accused the army of violating it with air strikes on its bases in Omdurman, Khartoum’s sister city at the confluence of the Blue and White Nile rivers, and Mount Awliya.
How President Museveni is moulding ambitious son into ‘Alternative Generator’ in Uganda’s power play
If he were Dr Kiiza-Besigye he would have been committed to prison many times and accused of sabotage, or even high treason. But Muhoozi Kainerugaba is the president’s son – the only publicly known son of the president. While opposition politicians continue to be caned and chained, Muhoozi Kainerugaba has over recent months continued to pronounce himself on issues such as the corruption of ministers and to traverse the breadth and width of the country like a president on a campaign trail just as his father does a parallel traversal.
Father and son: Uganda president rides hard luck as ruling NRA party veterans scorn ‘dynastic succession’
In a veiled attack on Muhoozi, Otafiire charged, “Tell those children of mine that the road they want to drive through at high speed has so many corners and they will knock. What has made this country reach this far is because we have been slow but sure.”
Trump vows to investigate prosecutors if he wins US presidency, says Biden represents anarchy
Trump faces at least four criminal investigations including a federal probe into his alleged role in the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol by his supporters and a recent New York indictment related to a hush money payment to a porn star. Trump has denied wrongdoing and called the investigations politically motivated.
Russia kills at least 12 in biggest Ukraine air strikes for nearly two months as Kyiv gets ready to hit back
In the central city of Uman, firefighters battled a raging blaze at a residential apartment building that had been struck on an upper floor. At least 10 people were killed, including two children, and nine were taken to hospital, regional governor Ihor Taburets said.
Humanitarian agencies in Sudan face massive reboot as warring factions of ruling junta dig in
A regional refugee emergency also appears underway as Sudanese flee in all directions – to Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia and South Sudan. As they cross borders, many are describing ill treatment and slow humanitarian responses.
