PM Ariel Henry visits Nairobi in attempt to firm up deployment of Kenyan police to Haiti
In Haiti, gangs have grown more powerful and political instability has increased since the assassination of President Moïse, who had faced protests calling for his resignation over corruption charges and claims that his five-year term had expired.
Kenya new car sales plunge 15 per cent in 2023 as new taxes and weaker currency bite
Individuals and businesses bought 11,370 units last year, the Kenya Motor Industry Association said in data released on Friday, down from 13,352 units sold in 2022.
It’s not Makerere University that’s sending its retired staff to early grave, it’s Uganda’s deathly benefits structure
Today, the sociocultural and socioeconomic environment of Uganda is not friendly to the old and the young. Many retirees have entered the wider society when the extended family system, which used to provide social and economic security to the old and elderly is collapsed, and government’s preferred economic models do not favour the old and elderly
Biden ‘continues to be fit for duty,’ his doctor says after president undergoes annual physical
After he returned to the White House on Wednesday, Biden attended an event on combating crime and suggested that when it came to his health “everything is squared away” and “there is nothing different than last year.” He also joked about his age and people thinking “I look too young.”
Ghana’s anti-gay law draws United Nations condemnation after it is passed by parliament
The United States said it was deeply troubled by the bill, saying it threatens Ghanaians’ freedom of speech and is urging for its constitutionality to be reviewed, said State Department spokesman Matthew Miller on Wednesday.
US President Biden concedes Israeli army killing of 100 Palestinians will jolt Gaza ceasefire talks
Medics in Gaza said they could not cope with the flood of serious injuries, which came as the death toll in nearly five months of war passed 30,000, according to Palestinian health authorities.
Museveni, the chameleon: Multiple colours of Ugandan president ensure he’s the turning point in a still wheel
One school of thought is that the president does not need to rely on NRM as his powerbase, since he still takes UPDF as his personal army. According to the school he has conquered DP and UPC, which boast of many old people, but has not conquered Ssentamu Kyagulanyi’s National Unity Platform (NUP), which boasts of numerous youths and a few oldies,
UN hands over first military base in DRC to begin its drawdown after decades in the country
Last year, the UN Security Council extended the peacekeeping mandate until December 20 and decided that its troop ceiling until June 30 should be 13,500 military personnel, 660 military observers and staff officers and 2,001 international police. It ordered a reduction from July to 11,500 military personnel, 600 military observers and staff officers and 1,713 international police.
ICC awards $56m in reparations to 50,000 victims of convicted Ugandan rebel commander
the court ruled victims would each receive €750 ($812) as a “symbolic award” while other reparations would come in the form of community-based rehabilitation programmes.
Court in US sentences Florida resident for money laundering and smuggling guns to Haiti gang
Kenya has offered to lead a UN-ratified force requested by Haiti’s unelected government in 2022 to help under-resourced Haitian police fight gangs, which are now estimated to control most of the capital Port-au-Prince.
