Somalia’s President Mohamud appoints first prime minister from Ogaden clan
Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud appointed lawmaker Hamza Abdi Barre the country’s prime minister on Wednesday, with the new premier facing a host of challenges including a looming famine and an Islamist insurgency. “The president wishes the new PM utmost success as he leads the government’s ambitious reform agenda and...
As diplomatic tensions Kinshasa and Kigali ratchet up EAC gets ready to deploy troops in DR Congo
East African nations will deploy a regional force to the conflict-ridden eastern part of Democratic Republic of Congo, where renewed fighting is threatening to engulf neighboring countries. Diplomatic tensions between Congo and Rwanda have ratcheted up in recent weeks, with the giant resource-rich nation accusing its tiny neighbor of backing...
Kenya faces threat of al Shabaab attacks after Facebook failed to track the terror group in East Africa
A new study has found that Facebook has failed to catch Islamic State group and al-Shabab extremist content in posts aimed at East Africa as the region remains under threat from violent attacks as Kenya prepares to vote in a closely contested national election. An Associated Press series last year,...
Social vulnerability: Don’t try to be everything to everyone or to catch every ball that is thrown at you
It’s not healthy or productive, for instance, to try to be everything to everyone – letting in every piece of input or criticism you receive, and believing it – and allowing it to pierce your heart. In other words, “You don’t have to catch every ball that is thrown at...
An expert’s view: Why vulnerability is essential to a healthy, nourishing and well-lived life and work
The concept of vulnerability has been explored in hundreds of different ways in the past years, relating to social and cultural learning, organisational growth, leadership, professional and personal success and connection with others. Brené Brown, with her ground-breaking TED talk, The Power of Vulnerability and her numerous books and programmes,...
Ask Richard: How do you overcome obstacles in your adventures, and what’s one thing they have in common?
“The brave may not live forever, but the cautious do not live at all…” This is a quote I have lived by. I’ve always gone in search of adventures because it’s where I feel most alive. From jumping off a building in Las Vegas to ballooning around the world to...
How theft of a ‘tuk tuk’ triggered tribal fighting between Arabs and Africans in Sudan’s Darfur, killing 125
The death toll from tribal clashes over the past week in Sudan’s Darfur region has reached at least 125, the United Nations said Tuesday. The violence, the latest in the war-ravaged region, erupted following a land dispute between Arab and African tribes in the town of Kulbus in West Darfur...
Ethiopia’s prime minister forms committee to negotiate peace settlement Tigrayan rebels in the north
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Tuesday the federal government had formed a committee to negotiate with forces from the rebellious northern region of Tigray, in the first public confirmation of a key step towards peace negotiations. The nearly two-year conflict in Ethiopia, Africa’s second-most populous nation, has displaced...
Britain starts relocating asylum-seekers in UK to Rwanda as early arrivals warn of difficult time ahead
As Britain planned to send its first group of asylum-seekers to Rwanda on Tuesday amid outcries and legal challenges, some who came to this East African country under earlier arrangements the new arrivals can expect a difficult time ahead. “Sometimes I play football and, in the evening, I drink because...
UN identifies five militia group it links to the worsening security in eastern DR Congo
The United Nations (UN) named five groups behind what it calls a deteriorating security situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), manifested by an increasing number of attacks on civilians, notwithstanding “impartial and robust” protection efforts by MONUSCO. Stéphane Dujarric, spokesman for Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, attributed attacks to...
