US wants new regime in Syria to uphold minority rights as refugees return, caretaker PM named
Rebuilding Syria will be a colossal task following a civil war that killed hundreds of thousands of people. Cities have been bombed to ruins, swathes of countryside depopulated, the economy gutted by international sanctions and millions of refugees still live in camps after one of the biggest displacements of modern times.
Three protesters arrested as Kenyan police lob teargas at rights activists marching against femicide
The police did not provide statistics for earlier periods, but according to figures compiled by the Africa Data Hub collective based on media reports, there were at least 75 femicides in 2022 and 46 the year before.
World Bank cuts Kenya’s 2024 growth estimate to 4.7 per cent on fiscal challenges
Although the growth estimate for this year is lower than last year’s rate of 5.6 per cent, it will still be higher than the sub-Saharan Africa average of 3.0 per cent, the bank said.
Mozambique’s deadly demos: Popular protests were condemned abroad, condoned in Africa
Since departing from Marxist-Leninist path, officially in 1989, the party has been following a hybrid governance model. It has in place ineffectual, formally democratic institutions, amid an authoritarian political culture. Simply put, the country’s political system falls somewhere between a genuine democracy and an authoritarian regime.
Syria’s rebels start forming government, restore order after Assad ouster as UN Security Council meets
With the mood in Damascus still celebratory, Assad’s prime minister, Mohammed Jalali, on Monday agreed to hand power to the rebel-led Salvation Government, an administration based in rebel-held territory in northwest Syria.
Elections body becomes flashpoint as Kenya teeters on brink of a constitutional crisis
The commission has not met as required by law since the August 9, 2022 elections, because among other things, it lacks a chair and assistant chair, and does not have mandatory quorum to make any decision legal and binding.
In what can pass as ‘home detention’ South Korean President Yoon is banned from travelling abroad
Prosecutors on Sunday arrested ex-defence minister Kim Yong-hyun over his alleged role in the declaration of martial law on December 3, Yonhap reported. Yoon gave the military sweeping emergency powers on December 3 to root out what he called “anti-state forces” and obstructionist political opponents. He rescinded the order six hours later, after parliament voted against the decree.
Africa makes step forward as continent seeks break from Big Parma on medical imports after Morocco produced first mpox tests
When mpox cases were found in some Western countries like the United States in 2022, some companies began developing rapid test kits that don’t require lab processing. But they shelved those efforts when the virus was largely contained.
How six months of planning, Assad’s falling out with Turkey and Israeli weakening of Hezbollah precipitated to regime change in Syria
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s government, which struck a deal with Russia in 2020 to de-escalate fighting in northwestern Syria, has long opposed such a major rebel offensive, fearing it would lead to a new wave of refugees crossing its border.
Trend that began in US of ex-presidents returning to office continued in Ghana as John Mahama ousts ruling party
Previously president of Ghana between July 2012 and January 2017, John Mahama, 65, acknowledged the call from the ruling party candidate in a post on the X platform, describing his victory as “emphatic.”
