Pirates arrested off Somali coast shipped to India for trial and sentencing, Indian official says
India has deployed at least a dozen warships in the Gulf of Aden and the northern Arabian Sea since December, which enables it to assist vessels east of the Red Sea, where the navies of several countries, including the United States, are trying to secure shipping routes under attack from Yemen’s Houthi militants.
Financially hamstrung Al Shabaab protect Somali pirates in Indian Ocean for a cut of the loot
The deal could provide al-Shabaab with critical funds after the Somali government clamped down on its other illegal money sources and froze its bank accounts. The terrorists also are suspected of negotiating with pirates and Houthi rebels to acquire weapons.
Why environment in Uganda is decaying, collapsing despite vast pool of knowledge and awareness
In Uganda the political leaders are pursuing development assisted by countries that prefer grass (oil palm and sugarcane) to natural forests. The 10,000 hectares of natural forests of Kalangala Island of Lake Victoria have been felled and sold as timber.
How intrigue is the currency that runs politics in Uganda, shoves party founders under the bus
What is clear is that there is political reincarnation of Ignatius Musaazi in Bobi Wine with the Baganda from Masaka organising to remove the latter from the epitome of power in NUP. The cause is, probably unsurprisingly, misuse of public money at parliament of Uganda by a former vice-president of NUP, Mathias Nsamba Mpuga, together with other top leaders at the Commission of Parliament. It is as if the Masaka politicians in NUP endorse misuse of public money.
UN reports a 35 per cent rise in people hit by violence in South Sudan ahead of December polls
The head of UNMISS, Nicholas Haysom, said it is “doing all it can to prevent violence and build peace in the affected areas” and urged the South Sudan government to intervene and “resolve underlying grievances and build peace.”
Eight SADC peacekeepers wounded by M23 rebels in DR Congo’s war theatre in the east
Neither MONUSCO Head Bintou Keita nor the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General’s spokesman gave details of the wounded soldiers apart from saying they were deployed as part of Operation Springbok to protect civilians in North Kivu.
South Sudan shuts down schools as it prepares for an extreme heatwave that’ll last two weeks
The World Food Programme in its latest country brief said South Sudan “continues to face a dire humanitarian crisis” due to violence, economic instability, climate change and an influx of people fleeing the conflict in neighbouring Sudan. It also stated that 818,000 vulnerable people were given food and cash-based transfers in January.
Red Sea crisis: British military reports a suspected piracy attack off the coast of Somalia
In December, at least two incidents were reported. One involved a trading vessel seized by heavily armed people near the town of Eyl off the coast of Somalia.
Kenya halts deployment of police to Haiti in the absence of legal authority in the Caribbean nation
Under the plan, the UN-backed multinational police led by Kenyan officers was to help quell gang violence that has long plagued Haiti. But violence escalated sharply since February 29, with gunmen burning police stations, closing the main international airports and raiding the country’s two biggest prisons, releasing more than 4,000 inmates.
Like for like: Just like Kenya, Haiti’s political elite depend on street gangs to grab and wield power
Haiti’s prime minister was last seen in Puerto Rico, negotiating his return to a homeland gripped by violence and controlled by heavily armed gangsters. With his fate in the air and the situation in Haiti deteriorating by the day, the world had been left to wonder whether the country will...
