South Africa repatriates remains of 42 ANC freedom fighters who died in exile in Zimbabwe, Zambia
Speaking during a Heritage Day event in South Africa on Tuesday, South Africa’s Deputy President Paul Mashatile said the repatriation was part of efforts to teach future generations about the role played by many in the struggle against apartheid.
New Amnesty report details how Kenyan police in plainclothes fired at Nairobi unarmed protesters
More than 50 people were killed in months-long protests over a controversial finance bill, creating President William Ruto’s biggest crisis since taking office in 2022. Ruto abandoned the legislation in June and sacked almost his entire cabinet.
Haiti PM tells UN General Assembly the island nation is far from winning gang war as deadline looms
A shipping official said this week that ships were being shot at, preventing them from docking and unloading containers, while authorities have reported the kidnapping of two Filipino crew members from a cargo vessel in the port.
Jailed former Sudan tyrant Omar al-Bashir transferred to hospital 330kms north of the capital Khartoum
Sudan’s military rulers – now themselves fighting to stay in power in a bitter conflict with the rival RSF – declined ICC requests that al-Bashir and others wanted by the world court be handed over for trial.
Kenya is on the verge of sealing $1.5 billion loan from UAE to bridge financing gap
Nairobi has had to pay a high price for the financial support it has received. In February Kenya issued a $1.5 billion Eurobond to help it manage maturities, but it paid a steep 10.375 per cent yield for the seven-year bond.
Catholic Holy See expels bishop, priests and laypeople from Peru movement over ‘sadistic’ abuses
According to the statement, the Vatican investigators uncovered physical abuses “including with sadism and violence,” sect-like abuses of conscience, spiritual abuse, abuses of authority, economic abuses in administering church money and the “abuse in the exercise of the apostolate of journalism.”
US and allies call for 21-day ceasefire along Israel-Lebanon border after UN talks
Israel’s military chief said a ground assault was possible, raising fears the conflict could spark a wider Middle East war. Over the last several months, Washington has been engaging with officials in Israel and Lebanon to reduce hostilities, the senior White House official said.
Ugandan electorate pay price for voting in MPs bereft of decorum and revel in intellectual vacuum
When the good brains turn into merchandise for political ‘business’, what remains of the bad? When the good ceases to speak reason, what happens to the bad? When the good brains out their brains on market stoles, what happens to the bad? When the hunter turns into the hunted, what happens to the non-hunted? When educated elites turn into big time thieves, what happens to the petty street thieves? When the intelligent opposition assimilated by the ruling clique, what happens to the tenet of checks and balances? Is there still parliamentary democracy? Isn’t Uganda back to one party rule?
Outgoing US President Biden to make long-awaited visit to Africa, but he will only to Angola
The president will visit Luanda, the capital of Angola, in southwestern Africa, from October 13-15 to discuss collaboration on a number of issues with President João Lourenço, economic partnerships and infrastructure, including a rail project that would start in Lobito, Angola, and ultimately connect the Atlantic Ocean to the Indian Ocean, among other issues, Jean-Pierre said.
Battleground states: What’s changed in seven states likely to determine US next president
The battlegrounds have changed over time as the country’s economic and demographic trends have shifted populations around. Floria and Ohio, for example, had been tightly contested in past elections, but now lean Republican in presidential votes. On the other hand shifting demographics have put southern states like North Carolina and Georgia into play for Democrats.
