Climate rage: Weather wreaks havoc across East Africa with Burundi particularly hit hard
Between September and April 7, some 203,944 people were affected by flooding, with 19,250 homes and 209 classrooms destroyed. The number of people internally displaced by flooding rose by 25 per cent, reaching over 98,000, according to Violet Kenyana Kakyomya, the UN resident coordinator in Burundi.
New law: UK Parliament finally gives PM Sunak nod to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda
The government plans to deport to Rwanda some of those who enter the United Kingdom illegally as a deterrent to migrants who risk their lives in leaky, inflatable boats in hopes that they will be able to claim asylum once they reach Britain.
London Marathon pays tribute to last year’s winner Kelvin Kiptum, who died in car crash
Kenenisa Bekele, the Ethiopian former Olympic 10,000 and 5,000-meter champion who is still competing in the elite marathon field at the age of 41, said this week that Kiptum had already created “an amazing history” in the sport.
Uganda needs a new political dispensation to experience liberation from the criminal elite
Liberation is primarily intellectual. It is in the mind and the heart.There was a time during the struggle when we thought that all we wanted was to rule ourselves”. Thus, political independence is not political liberation. In Uganda, we have more or less remained where we were when we got political independence from the British colonialists.
Why Ethiopia looks to France for naval development as diplomatic tensions with Somalia peak
A letter of intent has also been signed for the establishment of an Ethiopian naval component with French support. So far, France has supported the reconstruction of an Ethiopian navy, with a French cooperation officer seconded to work with the naval chief of staff
Politics or banditry: Speculation rife as Kenya’s military chief dies in suspect helicopter crash
Gen Ogolla, 61, was on a tour of the country’s troubled western region that has seen frequent attacks by local bandits. He was appointed Kenya’s Chief of Defence Forces in April last year after Gen Robert Kibochi retired.
Kenyan military helicopter crashes, 10 soldiers killed but fate of military chief unknown
However, three other soldiers on the helicopter were injured and taken to hospital, the police source said, asking not to be named.
PM Rishi Sunak’s plan to deport migrants to Rwanda hits a hurdle in British Parliament
The Rwanda plan is key to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak ’s pledge to “stop the boats” bringing unauthorised migrants to the UK across the English Channel, and Sunak has repeatedly said the first flights will take off in the spring.
Why Tutsis are at the centre of DR Congo’s conflict 30 years after Rwanda genocide
The M23 and the FDLR are fewer in numbers than other armed groups in the east. However, their outsized representation in public discourse and regional negotiations shows the long-term impact of the Rwandan genocide in the region.
Hellen Obiri destroys strong field to lead Kenyan sweep in Boston Marathon as Ethiopia’s Lemma takes men’s race
The start line was painted to say “100 years in Hopkinton,” commemorating the 1924 move from Ashland to Hopkinton to conform to the official Olympic Marathon distance. The announcer welcomed the gathering crowds to the “sleepy little town of Hopkinton, 364 days of the year.”
