South Korea police raid President Yoon office as defence minister attempts suicide at detention centre
National Police Commissioner Cho Ji-ho was arrested early on Wednesday on insurrection charges, Yonhap said. Cho is accused of deploying police to block lawmakers from entering parliament after Yoon declared martial law on December 3.
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.
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.
Nile perch: How world’s ‘smallest war’ is fought in Kenya on world’s most densely populated island in Lake Victoria
Since 1926 official maps have shown that the island is 510 metres east of the border, putting it firmly in Kenyan waters. But Lake Victoria is, of course, the colonial era monicker for the inland sea, which has many other names in local languages and dialects. And it may be that poor or thoughtless map drawing by the colonial powers in Africa has contributed to the dispute.
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 He rescinded the order six hours later, after parliament voted against the decree.
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.”
Uganda’s history of power grab and refugee-powered regimes stretches back to Tembezi dynasty and Kitara Kingdom
The Batembuzi are historically characterised as superhumans who were divine with creative powers and never died but merely disappeared in thin air or underground. The founder of the Batembuzi is said to have been Ruhanga considered to be a creator
How Uganda became a testament of military invasions, conquest, occupation and penetration in East Africa
The fact that the leadership of NRM and army is strongly in the hands of the people who belonged to FRONASA and PRA and the exacerbated ethnic nepotism now dominating Uganda have increasingly made many Ugandans accept that their country is politically and militarily occupied, with serious impacts on the environment, ecology, culture, economy, education, health, et cetera.
South Korean president survives ouster but his ex-defence minister arrested over martial law
Opposition lawmakers allege President Yoon mobilised military forces to block a vote by lawmakers seeking to nullify what they said was an unconstitutional martial law decree. The national police raided Kim’s office on Sunday as part of an investigation into claims of treason against Yoon and top ministers, Yonhap said.
