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.
Appellate judge declines to defer Trump’s $454 million fraud fine but allows him to borrow
Trump and his co-defendants owe more than $465 million to the state. They have until March 25 to secure a stay – a legal mechanism pausing collection while he appeals the underlying verdict – before they are forced to pay the penalty or risk having assets seized. Posting a bond in the full amount would trigger an automatic stay.
Judge disqualifies Trump from Illinois ballot but ruling won’t take effect pending appeal
Trump supporters on January 6, 2021, attacked police and swarmed the Capitol in a bid to prevent Congress from certifying Democrat Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory. Trump gave an incendiary speech to supporters beforehand, telling them to go to the Capitol and “fight like hell.” He then for hours did not act on requests that he urge the mob to stop.
Environmentalists push Nigeria to delay Shell’s $2.4 billion sale of assets in sorely polluted Niger Delta
Activists say Shell has a history of poor divestment in the region. They point to a wellhead blowout in the Santa Barbara River, which flows through the Niger Delta, in 2021. The wellhead wasn’t producing but wasn’t decommissioned by Shell or its new owners, Aiteo Eastern E & P. The facility spewed crude oil and associated gas for 38 days and caused planet-warming methane to be released into the atmosphere, killed fish and devastated riverside farms.
