Public fetes for Uganda President Museveni’s son send clearest signal he’s preparing to succeed his father
Public fetes celebrating the son of Uganda’s leader are raising concern that he is aiming for the presidency after years of apparently being groomed to succeed his father, President Yoweri Museveni, who has held power since 1986. Three events marking Lt-Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba’s 48th birthday have been held in recent...
Climate change: A growing number of Africa countries turn to mangrove restoration to tackle carbon emissions
In a bid to protect coastal communities from climate change and encourage investment, African nations are increasingly turning to mangrove restoration projects, with Mozambique becoming the latest addition to the growing list of countries with large-scale mangrove initiatives. Mozambique follows efforts across the continent – including in Kenya, Madagascar, Gambia...
Organised crime: New report says West Africa now a major corridor for cocaine from South America to Europe
Cabo Verdean police intercepted a boat in early April suspected to be involved in international drug trafficking. The Brazilian boat contained more than 5 tons of cocaine. The operation, which included help from the United States Drug Enforcement Agency, US Navy, Brazilian Federal Police and the National Crime Agency of...
Resentment of Chinese citizens in Africa peaking as incidents of human rights abuses rise
An irate Chinese boss is screaming at his African workers as they take a lunch break, urging them to work harder or else the company would not make any money. While intended to be funny, the new Egyptian TV commercial – since pulled down for fear of offending Beijing –...
Ukrainian forces reportedly hit and destroy a second Russian naval ship in the Black Sea
Another Russian naval ship in the Black Sea was hit and left burning by the Ukrainian military, according to unconfirmed reports. The Admiral Makarov, a 409-foot Russian frigate, was sailing close to Snake Island in the Black Sea, off the coast of the Ukrainian port city of Odessa, when it...
Men’s health: Sexologists say after Covid, the joystick stops firing due to low blood flow, reduced hormones
For a respiratory disease, Covid-19 causes some peculiar symptoms. It can diminish the senses of smell and taste, leave patients with discoloured “Covid toes” or even cause a swollen, bumpy “Covid tongue.” Now scientists are examining a possible link to an altogether unexpected consequence of Covid-19: erectile dysfunction. A connection...
East African Community intervention in DRC raises fears over ‘legitimate and illicit’ interests of Congo’s neighbours to the east
Will the East African Community’s (EAC) gambit to try to bring peace to the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s chronically turbulent east succeed where others have failed? After a false start the week before, last week representatives of some 23 of the eastern DRC’s countless armed rebel groups concluded five...
From surveillance to search-and-rescue, consumer drones have given Ukraine the edge in its defence against Russia
In the snowy streets of the north Ukrainian town of Trostyanets, the Russian missile system fires rockets every second. Tanks and military vehicles are parked on either side of the blasting artillery system, positioned among houses and near the town’s railway system. The weapon is not working alone, though. Hovering...
Doubts persist about Somali MPs’ readiness to elect new government despite picking a presidential election office
Somalia is expected to have a new president on May 15 – ten days after 34 members of the upper and lower houses of Parliament met in the capital Mogadishu to set the date for the process that has been delayed for almost two years. The unorthodox method of choosing...
Odds stacked against Russia as Western countries ship heavy arms to beleaguered Ukraine
As Western countries ship increasingly heavy arms to a beleaguered Ukraine, one of the most important transfers so far is an arsenal’s worth of field howitzers. Unlike the Ukrainian army’s existing big guns, these artillery pieces come in Nato calibres and are the key to unlocking the West’s precision-guided artillery...
