Judge likens Biden regime to dystopian ‘Ministry of Truth’ that spreads lies, orders White House to stop censoring social media
Judge Terry Doughty: “During the Covid-19 pandemic, a period perhaps best characterised by widespread doubt and uncertainty, the United States government seems to have assumed a role similar to an Orwellian ‘Ministry of Truth.’”
ADF school attack: A ‘suicidal’ sense of economic exclusion makes Uganda amenable to terrorism
Kaduyu says the ADF’s recent attacks have increased discrimination against Muslim communities, leading to a decline in interfaith and community relations. Uganda’s Internal Affairs Minister, Major General Kahinda Otafiire, visited a Kampala primary school for Eid al-Adha in June to raise awareness around Islamist extremism and dissuade communities from supporting violent extremist ideologies. He urged the police to stop profiling Muslim citizens as terrorists.
Fall out between Putin and Prigozhin presents Moscow chance to retune its foreign policy in Africa – ISS
The deal in Central African Republic, as elsewhere in Africa, has been a barter arrangement where Wagner supplied the muscle and Touadéra gave it carte blanche to take whatever gold, diamonds and other minerals it wanted. In both cases Wagner has committed widespread atrocities, the report said, indiscriminately massacring men, women and children of the ethnic communities that are the strongholds of its political opponents, and eliminating artisanal miners so Wagner can seize the mines.
Wagner in Africa: Its fighters can be deployed quickly, have sophisticated arms and are ruthless
Overall, Wagner has done nearly nothing to make life better for Africans: its activities have served to entrench dictators and undermine democracies; to extend and deepen civil conflicts; to murder innocent civilians; to exploit natural resources for Russia’s gain; and to vilify the only alternative that Africans have to China for investment.
Press freedom: It’s 11 years since American journalist Julian Assange began was taken in as a political prisoner
This weekend marks 11 years since Julian Assange entered the Ecuadorian Embassy in London and began his confinement as a political prisoner. The torture that he has endured is not just an attack on his rights to free expression and journalism; it is an assault on your right to be an informed citizen.
Revolt exposes Russian President Putin fickleness as his friend-turned-foe agrees to go into exile in Belarus
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken described the weekend’s events as “extraordinary,” recalling that 16 months ago Putin appeared poised to seize the capital of Ukraine and now he has had to defend Moscow from forces led by his onetime protege.
Prigozhin: Onetime felon, hot-dog vendor and ally of Putin turns guns on him in his ‘march to justice’
Prigozhin and Putin go way back, with both born in Leningrad, what is now known as St Petersburg. During the final years of the Soviet Union, Prigozhin served time in prison – 10 years by his own admission – although he does not say what it was for. Afterward, he owned a hot dog stand and then fancy restaurants that drew interest from Putin. In his first term, the Russian leader took then-French President Jacques Chirac to dine at one of them.
Trump’s war on truth confronts another test with voters as US faces another campaign riddled with lies
As a candidate, Trump made misinformation a major campaign tactic, routinely using falsehoods to demean his rivals, as he did when he bizarrely asserted that Ted Cruz’s father may have played a role in the Kennedy assassination. Cruz is now an unapologetic Trump supporter.
Kenya’s President Ruto tightens screw on media as says his minister trades vulgarity with ‘his freedom of expression’
In 2012 when Ruto and President Kenyatta were indicted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for crimes against humanity committed during the 2007 General Election, there were fears that he had retained hitmen who hunted down and eliminated journalists he believed had incriminating evidence the international court would have used to nail them. These claims, however, have never been proved although a number of journalists disappeared without trace during those heady days.
It’s unlikely bloodthirsty generals will lay down arms, Sudan needs African Union boots on the ground
The African Union (AU) established the Expanded Mechanism to connect disparate peace processes and drew up a roadmap for resolving the conflict. East Africa’s Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) adopted a similar roadmap and added Ethiopia to the delegation led by Kenyan President William Ruto.
