South Sudan President Kiir axes wife of detained First Vice President Machar from interior ministry
Forces loyal to Machar, alongside allied White Army fighters, have made gains against government forces in Jonglei state. They recently captured Pajut, a strategic town in Duk County on the main road to Bor, the state capital, heightening fears of a broader offensive. The government has deployed reinforcements in an attempt to secure Bor.
Kiambu County put on high alert as traffickers resort to lacing candies with drugs to sell to youth
A multi-agency meeting on alcohol and drug abuse chaired by Deputy County Commissioner for Kiambu Sub-County Titus Macharia at the Kiambu County Commissioner’s office. Present were key officials tasked with safeguarding public health, including Kiambu County Police Commander Doris Kemei, Director for Liquor Licensing Michael Kangethe, and NACADA Kiambu County Coordinator Caroline Arimi among others
Catholic cardinals worried US foreign policy is driven by polarisation, partisanship, narrow economic and social interests
In a joint statement, Cardinals Blase Cupich of Chicago, Robert McElroy of Washington and Joseph Tobin of Newark, New Jersey, warned that without a moral vision, the current debate over Washington’s foreign policy was mired in “polarisation, partisanship and narrow economic and social interests.”
Human-wildlife conflict takes dangerous turn as communities on Kenya-Tanzania border resort to poisoning
Authorities said the poisoning was deliberate and illegal, noting that it also posed risks to livestock, people and the wider environment. Barely a week later on January 7, four lionesses strayed into residential areas in Oloosirkon-Sholinke Ward within the Athi-Kapiti Conservancy near Nairobi National Park.
Authoritarianism: Uganda’s quasi-democracy paints a picture of the East Africa nation’s status as a colossal military barrack stilted on steroids
A closed society is where, by design, law and policy people and institutions may or may not intercommunicate and selectively communicate with the outside world. In a closed society, human rights abuses by the State are common, and accountability and transparency are undermined in favour of a deep state run by Mafioso.
Prospects of bloody post-election violence high after police shoot dead 10 at a house in central Uganda
It was not immediately possible to independently confirm the circumstances of the violence. The election has been widely seen as a test of the 81-year-old Museveni’s political strength and ability to avoid the kind of unrest that has rocked neighbours Tanzania and Kenya.
Uganda decides: Africa’s third-longest serving president’s dream of extending his reign into a fifth decade looks possible
Wine wrote on Thursday on X that a senior official in his party in charge of Uganda’s western region had been arrested. He charged that there was “massive ballot stuffing everywhere.”
Kenya leads Africa’s scramble for expanding Chinese market as Beijing cuts tariffs on imports
Kenya has reaffirmed its resolve to work with the private sector and development partners to maximise the gains from bilateral and multilateral trade arrangements, positioning Kenya as a regional hub for trade and investment in Africa.
Uganda President Museveni confident of fifth decade in power as opposition alleges massive ballot stuffing
During the campaign, security forces repeatedly opened fire at Wine’s events, killing at least one person and arresting hundreds of his supporters. Museveni’s government has said those actions were a justified response to what it called lawless conduct by opposition supporters.
No longer super: ‘Nigeria have to bring in foreign-born players because their league is not producing enough talent’
Multiple sources interviewed for this article, who asked to remain anonymous to protect relationships, have suggested that some players are reluctant to represent them because of repeated off-field issues and a lack of professionalism.