Semi-autonomous Jubbaland military claims victory over Somalia National Army, which pulled out of region
The national government in Mogadishu, led by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, had tried to stop the November vote from taking place, saying it was being held without federal involvement.
Horn of Africa neighbours Ethiopia and Somalia prepare for ‘technical talks’ over breakaway Somaliland region
The declaration also says the sides would work to “finalise mutually advantageous commercial arrangements” to allow Ethiopia “to enjoy reliable, secure and sustainable access to and from the sea,” under Somalia sovereignty.
Museveni’s intellectual pygmies: Talking politics in Uganda often feels like health hazard wrought by ideological bankruptcy
Our brains are oval and therefore multi dimensional. The number of dimensions is infinite, but we can mention the cultural, ethical, moral, social, economic, political, emotional, psychological, financial, intellectual, technical, scientific, environmental and ecological dimensions. When we say we have to develop as individuals, then development must be experienced along...
Supremacy feud: Fighting flares between Somalia’s Jubbaland and federal government
Fighting has erupted between Somalia’s semi-autonomous Jubbaland region and the federal government, officials said on Wednesday, in an escalation of tensions after Jubbaland held an election against the Mogadishu government’s advice. “This morning, federal forces from Mogadishu in Ras Kamboni, using drones, attacked Jubbaland forces,” Adan Ahmed Haji, assistant security...
Punitive, unpredictable school levies in Africa sometimes force students to ask fees from dying parents
More than anything, it’s the unpredictable tuition hikes – for sometimes questionable reasons – that haunt parents across the country of more than 45 million people. Some critics, including Uganda’s parliament speaker, have called for regulation to protect parents from exploitation.
Three protesters arrested as Kenyan police lob teargas at rights activists marching against femicide
The police did not provide statistics for earlier periods, but according to figures compiled by the Africa Data Hub collective based on media reports, there were at least 75 femicides in 2022 and 46 the year before.
World Bank cuts Kenya’s 2024 growth estimate to 4.7 per cent on fiscal challenges
Although the growth estimate for this year is lower than last year’s rate of 5.6 per cent, it will still be higher than the sub-Saharan Africa average of 3.0 per cent, the bank said.
Elections body becomes flashpoint as Kenya teeters on brink of a constitutional crisis
The commission has not met as required by law since the August 9, 2022 elections, because among other things, it lacks a chair and assistant chair, and does not have mandatory quorum to make any decision legal and binding.
Nile perch: How world’s ‘smallest war’ is fought in Kenya on world’s most densely populated island in Lake Victoria
Since 1926 official maps have shown that the island is 510 metres east of the border, putting it firmly in Kenyan waters. But Lake Victoria is, of course, the colonial era monicker for the inland sea, which has many other names in local languages and dialects. And it may be that poor or thoughtless map drawing by the colonial powers in Africa has contributed to the dispute.
Uganda’s history of power grab and refugee-powered regimes stretches back to Tembezi dynasty and Kitara Kingdom
The Batembuzi are historically characterised as superhumans who were divine with creative powers and never died but merely disappeared in thin air or underground. The founder of the Batembuzi is said to have been Ruhanga considered to be a creator
