Congolese rumba music stalwart Koffi Olomide ordered to be ‘diplomatic’ after ‘there is no war, we are beaten, we are slapped’ criticism of army
Olomide, who last year sang praises of President Felix Tshisekedi, was being interviewed by journalist Jessy Kabasele on the “Le Panier, the Morning Show” aired by the state-controlled Congolese National Radio and Television (RTNC) on Wednesday.
Al Shaabab terror group blamed for car bomb that killed five, injured 20 in Mogadishu
Al Shabaab militants claimed responsibility for the attack on an affiliated radio station, saying the bombing targeted a place where security and government workers meet at night.
Kenyan police arrest 33-year old man suspected of killing 42 women, dumping bodies in quarry
Collins Jumaisi confessed that he lured and killed 42 women and dumped their remains at the quarry, Mohamed said. The murders stretch back to 2022, starting with Jumaisi’s wife, with the most recent on July 11, Mohamed said in the televised statement.
Rwandans vote in presidential election that’s expected to extend 30-year rule of Paul Kagame
Paul Kagame’s opponents are Frank Habineza of the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda and independent candidate Philippe Mpayimana, both of whom struggled to attract supporters during campaigns.
Conservationists resort to beekeeping to combat threat of logging along Kenyan coast
Mangroves are threatened by illegal logging, climate change and rising seas, pollution and urban development. According to a Kenya environment ministry report in 2018, about 40% of mangroves along the Indian Ocean coast are degraded.
While lies pave path to power Uganda’s President Museveni has turned it into the art and science that delivers Hell
President Tibuhaburwa Museveni is highly gifted in the art and science of deception. Although this is a requirement if one wants to be a successful politician, the president excels in its deliberate use to subdue detection that he deliberately uses untruth to rule. Nobody or institution has not tasted his deceptions or untruths. Individuals and institutions have been promised Heaven on Earth, and some have waited for decades for the President to honour his promises.
Why Kenya police chief was forced to resign by president in wake of fallout from deadly protests
President William Ruto has sought to respond to the social outcry with a series of steps. He withdrew the tax hike proposal and on Thursday he followed up by dismissing almost all of his Cabinet ministers. He vowed to form a new government that will be lean and efficient.
How Kenyan MPs’ lavish lifestyle set off a revolution by ‘social media tribe’ that consumed parliament, forced president to fire cabinet
In April and May during the build-up to the protests, ruling party MP Zaheer Jhanda posted videos of himself on TikTok admiring his gleaming Range Rover, a Mercedes G Wagon and a Lexus, triggering angry online commentary.
Protesters have since tried to storm his home, southwest of the capital Nairobi, in Kisii town. Jhanda did not respond to requests for comment.
‘You ain’t seen nothin’ yet, revolutionary Gen-Z are ready to storm State House and uproot Kenya’s corrupt president’
The opposition, meanwhile, has been surprised by its newfound irrelevance. Like the 19th century French politician Alexandre Ledru-Rollin, who during the French revolution is said to have declared, “There go the people. I must follow them, for I am their leader”, opposition leaders are belatedly rushing to hitch their wagon to the movement. How far their light has dimmed is illustrated by contrasting today’s movement with their attempt last year to capitalise on popular discontent over tax hikes, which failed to generate much lasting political pressure.
How Rwanda’s pluralist democracy pits ‘Kagame against Kagame’ in upcoming presidential poll
Paul Kagame, 66, took power as the leader of rebels who took control of Rwanda’s government and ended the genocide in 1994. Kagame was Rwanda’s vice president and de facto leader from 1994 to 2000, when he first became president. He has since ruled the East African country as an authoritarian who is intolerant of political dissent.
