Tanzanian President Suluhu Hassan meets President Macron of France to discuss trade relations
President Emmanuel Macron met with his Tanzanian counterpart Samia Suluhu Hassan on Monday to discuss trade and business deals ahead of the European Union-African Union summit in Brussels at the end of the week. The meeting is part of Suluhu’s extended visit to Europe, which included the One Ocean summit...
Trial of Kenya lawyer accused of witness tampering starts at the International Criminal Court
A Kenyan lawyer went on trial on Tuesday at the International Criminal Court charged with bribing and threatening prosecution witnesses so that they would withdraw their statements in a case that ultimately collapsed amid widespread witness interference. As his trial opened, Paul Gicheru pleaded not guilty to all eight counts...
Reclaiming legitimacy: South African presidency and judiciary plan special court rolls for state capture and corruption
President Cyril Ramaphosa says discussions are underway with the Judiciary for the creation of special court rolls for state capture and corruption cases unearthed in the first two parts of the report of the Commission of Inquiry into State Capture. The President revealed this in his State of the Nation...
Tanzania President Suluhu Hassan revokes predecessor’s ban on four newspapers, but censorship remains key concern
Tanzanian media have welcomed the government’s decision to lift a ban on four newspapers that was imposed by the late President John Magufuli. The government of President Samia Hassan issued new publishing licenses this week to newspapers Mwanahalisi, Mawio, Mseto, and Tanzania Daima. The latter is owned by opposition leader...
New findings show heart failure and stroke incidence is markedly higher in people who’d recovered from Covid
Even a mildest case of Covid-19 can increase a person’s risk of cardiovascular problems for at least a year after diagnosis, a new study shows. Researchers found that rates of many conditions, such as heart failure and stroke, were substantially higher in people who had recovered from Covid-19 than in...
How unprepared British foreign secretary Truss flew to Moscow with ‘just language’ to stop looming Russia-Ukraine war
Oh, how I envy Liz Truss her opportunity! Oh, how I regret her utter failure to make use of it! For those who have never heard of her, Truss is the lightweight British foreign secretary who went to Moscow this week to tell her Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, that his...
Uganda describes as ‘unfair and wrong’ ICJ ruling compelling Kampala to pay DRC $325 in reparations
Uganda said on Thursday it considered as “unfair and wrong” an International Court of Justice ruling asking it to pay $325 million in reparations to the Democratic Republic of Congo for its role in conflicts in Congo’s resource-rich Ituri province. In Wednesday’s ruling, the court said Uganda must pay the...
South Africa records drop in crime incidence in years, Covid lockdown may in part explain the reason
The annual crime statistics for 2020-21, released by Police Minister Bheki Cele in December, shows drops in virtually all types of violent crime in south Africa. Crimes related to property ownership have also decreased. For reasons probably related to the Covid-19 lockdown, murders recorded by the South African Police Service...
A $25-million African radio telescope to be built in Namibia is Africa’s first millimetre-range radio facility
Astronomers across Africa and Europe have reacted with delight to news that Africa’s first millimetre-range radio telescope is to be built. The Africa Millimetre Telescope will fill a gap in the coverage of the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), a global network of telescopes that can receive and analyse radio waves...
Did DRC President Tshisekedi hatch own ‘aborted coup’ before flying out to African Union meeting in Ethiopia?
There are conflicting reports that a second coup attempt in as many months to oust the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) President Felix Tshisekedi was on Sunday foiled after a senior military officer tipped off the president before he flew out to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to chair the African Union...
