‘Abducted’ opposition leader’s wife tells Ugandan president ‘to reflect on solution of criminalising and eliminating opposition’
Uganda’s government spokesperson, Chris Baryomunsi, said last week his country does not carry out abductions, and that arrests abroad were done in collaboration with host countries, but did not comment on the specific case.
HRW report says Mozambican police, army killed 10 children during election protests
The leftist party, known as Frelimo, has often been accused of rigging elections to remain in power. There were violent protests after last year’s local elections, but these demonstrations have been the biggest challenge to Frelimo’s long rule.
Vice President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah on the cusp of becoming Namibia’s first-ever female president
Political analyst Henning Melber, a professor at the University of Pretoria and the University of the Free State, believes SWAPO and Nandi-Ndaitwah must take the 2019 election results as a warning even though they appear favoured to win the elections.
In the eye of a storm: Republicans defend Trump intelligence pick Gabbard
Tulsi Gabbard, who said last month she is joining the Republican Party, has served in the Army National Guard for more than two decades. She was deployed to Iraq and Kuwait and, according to the Hawaii National Guard, received a Combat Medical Badge in 2005 for “participation in combat operations under enemy hostile fire in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom III.”
Donald Trump leans on son to pick controversial cabinet of modern times
Don Jr is due to join conservative venture capital fund 1789 Capital, although one of the sources said he will continue to host his politics-focused podcast and support candidates that espouse Trump’s brand of politics. He will provide advice to his father in the White House.
Kenyan police contingent in Haiti are on their own as gang violence surges, UN peacekeeping mission flops
In a recent statement, the Kenyan-led mission said it was “cognizant of the road ahead that is fraught with challenges.” But it noted that ongoing joint patrols and operations have secured certain communities and forced gangs to change the way they operate.
Moscow fires warning shot US and Britain with Russian hypersonic missile strike on Ukraine
Moscow has said it regards Ukraine’s firing of ATACMS and Storm Shadow missiles into Russia as proof of direct US and British involvement in the war. It says satellite targeting data and the actual programming of the missiles’ flight paths must be done by NATO military personnel because Kyiv does not have the capabilities itself.
35 opposition activists in Zimbabwe face up to 5 years in prison for ‘barbecue’ meeting at their leader’s house
Amnesty International described the detention as “part of a disturbing pattern of repression against people exercising their rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and expression.” The rights group called for an investigation into allegations that some of the activists were tortured while in police detention.
Shoot-out at home of former intelligence boss highlight growing unease in South Sudan
South Sudan remains fragile despite a 2018 peace agreement that ended a five-year civil war in which more than 400,000 people died.
Frying pan into fire: Sudanese and Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia’s Amhara region face daily attacks
Some refugees at the site have been shot, while others have been stabbed by armed men who steal mobile phones, cash and other items. At least nine refugees have been killed at Alemwach in the past year, according to a tally by the camp’s leadership committee.
