Washington tells UN to respond to peacekeeper abuse in DRC as MONUSCO winds down
South Africa first provided peacekeepers to the United Nations in 1999 and by December 2022, over 1,100 peacekeepers served in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Somali bandits break decade of maritime piracy lull after hijacking an Iranian fishing vessel
Reports from the US Pentagon say that the men who boarded the tanker Central Park last week may have been Somalis, and not Houthis from Yemen.
Surge in piracy in Gulf of Aden prompts Somali maritime police to beef up patrols in Indian Ocean
Yemeni Houthi rebels have conducted recent attacks on commercial vessels on the Gulf of Eden, seen as part of a rise in violence in the region due to the Israel-Hamas war. But the Pentagon said this latest attempt was carried out by Somali nationals.
Ugandans who draw similarities between Museveni and Idi Amin want the fallen bloodhound memorialised
An Amin memorial lecture, the first of its kind, failed to happen as planned in September this year, because the event didn’t receive approval from the education ministry. Hassan Kaps Fungaroo, the former lawmaker leading the effort, later wrote to education officials asking for support in the creation of an Idi Amin Memorial Institute.
African Development Bank commits more than $110 million to boost Kenya’s access to electricity
The project entails strengthening the electricity network by constructing 13 substations of 33/11 kV, including the associated grid extensions and distribution network in 45 of the 47 administrative counties to connect a total of 139,480 households to the grid, meaning that some 543,972 Kenyans will gain access to electricity.
Kenya’s President Ruto and co-accused let off the hook after ICC 13-year criminal investigations
The International Criminal Court prosecutor’s office announced on Monday it is halting its long-running investigation into deadly violence that broke out in Kenya after the African nation’s 2007 presidential election. The decision was announced at a time when the prosecutor’s office is appealing for extra resources as it investigates ongoing...
US intelligence chief Avril Haines visits DRC and Rwanda as tensions push the two to conflict
This visit comes against a backdrop of heightened tensions in the region, with the UN Group of Experts previously uncovering evidence of direct interventions by the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) in DRC territory. These interventions were allegedly aimed at reinforcing M23 combatants or conducting military operations against the Forces Démocratiques de Libération du Rwanda (FDLR) and local armed groups. The Rwandan government has consistently denied these allegations.
Uganda to borrow $150 million from China’s Exim after World Bank halted funding
Uganda is also in negotiations with Chinese export credit agency SINOSURE and Exim Bank for a loan to finance the construction of a pipeline to help Uganda export its crude oil to international markets.
Team set up by Kenyan parliament wants reforms to electoral body, discard punitive tax policy
The report was published on Saturday, a parliamentary official said. The government, the committee said in the report, should also review its tax policy, rationalise public expenditure and expand the reach of social protection.
How Uganda Planning Authority plans ecosystems death with unbridled greed, ‘un-civilisation’
One may ask: if there is a planning authority doing planning, why has it chosen conspiracy of silence when nomadic pastoralists are on rampage almost unconstrained by the state to which the Uganda Planning Authority is integral?
