Lawyers seek contempt ruling over Kenya’s plan to deploy 200 police officers to Haiti next week
Lawyers Ekuru Aukot, Miruru Waweru and their Thirdway Alliance Kenya party first challenged the deployment in High Court in October.
Ethiopia protests US ambassador’s speech that called for release of political prisoners
Mr Ervin Massinga had said in his speech that detaining critics would not resolve Ethiopia’s outstanding issues and that “the political dialogue the Ethiopians need could be helped by releasing key political figures.”
President Kiir administration and rebel groups commit to peace to end conflict in South Sudan
South Sudan is due to hold elections in December but remains politically fragile, in part because the 2018 Comprehensive Peace Agreement is yet to be fully implemented and because conflict and violence continues in different parts of the country over ethnic and political differences.
Mourners in eastern Congo blame Rwanda-backed rebels for attack, accuse Kigali of complicity
Rwanda has denied having any part in the attack, said it is being used as a scapegoat and suggested that militias loyal to Congo were involved. Rwanda’s government spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Thursday. Congo and the United States have said the attacks were launched from territory held by Rwandan troops and M23.
Kenya Red Cross responds to landslide, 50km from area where floods killed 61 people last week
Heavy rains and floods in the East African nation since late March have killed about 300 people and displaced 285,600, latest government statistics show.
Four people rescued alive from rubble of collapsed building in Kenya’s capital
Mathare was inundated with floodwater this month when the Mathare River, which runs through it, burst its banks after heavy rains, killing dozens and forcing thousands of people to leave their homes.
Somalia’s letter to Security Council calls for termination of UN political mission in Mogadishu
The current mandate of the mission, known as UNSOM, expires October 31 and Fiqi asked for “the swift conclusion of the necessary procedures for the termination of the mission by the end of the mandate.”
How a patient in rural Ugandan village known to be a hot spot for sickle cell disease gives hope to others
Sickle cell disease is a group of inherited disorders in which red blood cells – normally round – become hard, sticky and crescent shaped. The misshapen cells clog the flow of blood, which can lead to infections, excruciating pain, organ damage and other complications.
Swept away by floods and brutalised by cruel civil service bureaucrats, poor Kenyans feel harsh impact of weather swings
In order to save lives in the future, the government last week ordered evacuations and the demolition of structures and buildings that had been built illegally within 30 metres of river banks. Officials say at least 181,000 people have been moved since last week and that measures have been taken to provide temporary shelter, food and other essentials.
Death toll in bombings at displacement camps in eastern Congo rises to at least 35
The decades-long conflict in eastern Congo has produced one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, with over 200 armed groups fighting in the region, most for land and control of mines with valuable minerals. Some are fighting to try to protect their communities.
