Russian President Putin flees Moscow as Wagner mercenaries advance to capital, reservists join insurrection
In Moscow, there was an increased security presence on the streets. Red Square was blocked off by metal barriers. In a series of hectic messages overnight, Prigozhin demanded that Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and the chief of the general staff Valery Gerasimov should come to see him in Rostov.
Wagner mercenary lord claims Russian Southern Military District capture as Putin vows to crush ‘mutiny’
In Russia’s first armed insurrection since the Chechen wars 20 years ago, heavily armed fighters from Prigozhin’s Wagner militia were in control of the streets of Rostov-on-Don, a city of more than a million people close to the border with Ukraine.
Russian Wagner mercenary chief warns President Putin: This is not a military coup, but a march of justice
Yeveny Prigozhin posted a video of himself in Rostov-on-Don at the Russian military headquarters that oversees the fighting in Ukraine. He claimed that his forces had military facilities in the city under their control, including the airfield. Other videos posted on social media showed military vehicles, including tanks, on the streets outside.
African peace mission: One step forward in geopolitics, one step back in laying bare its underbelly?
The presence of the outgoing and current African Union chairs, Macky Sall (Senegal) and Azali Assoumani (Comoros), added political weight and legitimacy. And while the regional spread of the African states involved is commendable, why was a broader constellation of African interests not pursued?
Bigmanity: How consumptive politics feed sterile love for money, stokes violence in Uganda and Africa
Often, where there is Bigmanity, money is pursued as a culture over and above traditional cultures. It is a sterile culture of money. The culture of money in Big Man-run countries is always dirty. Money is dirty when it is sterile. Money is sterile when it is unfairly appropriated. This could be during budgeting when excessively huge monies are appropriated in ways that end up satisfying the big man’s wishes and choices that may have little to do with the country and its people. This explains why big men tend to become stinkingly rich after they have stayed in power for a very long time.
Why Republicans are pushing to impeach US President Biden for ‘high crimes and misdemeanours’
During Thursday’s debate, Republicans were admonished multiple times by the presiding officer to tone down their remarks. Democrats argued that the case against Biden made a mockery of the seriousness of impeachment and was merely an attempt to distract from the twice-impeached Trump, the former Republican president now indicted for hording classified documents under the Espionage Act.
US President Biden’s son Hunter to plead guilty to tax offences and possession of firearm as a drug user
The gun charge states that Hunter Biden possessed a handgun, a Colt Cobra 38 special, for 11 days in October 2018 despite knowing he was a drug user. The count carries a maximum sentence of up to 10 years in prison, but the Justice Department said Hunter Biden had reached a pretrial agreement. This likely means as long as he adheres to the terms of the agreement, the case will be wiped from his record.
Re-ethnicisation of Uganda, suppression of opinion have rigged the Pearl of Africa into East Africa’s Museveni Inc
Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania – the founding members of the original East African Community – may have agreed to renew the spirit of East African regionalism but are so unlike especially in the way they pursue development, prioritise development and utilise their resources for development.
How Uganda President Museveni shot down Lifestyle Audit tool, promoted theft to an economic enabler
Corruption has become a political weapon since there is growing evidence that many people are using it to acquire financial might for elective politics. The political motive has indeed complicated the fight against the corrupt who easily dismiss the IGG’s onslaught on them as witch-hunt.
Probe into US President Biden and son Hunter’s criminal bribery schemes in Ukraine has energised Trump to hem in his successor
The secrecy the FBI says is necessary to protect sources can also obscure the credibility of the source. Still, top Republicans are now citing exactly the kind of evidence – a confidential human source relaying the unverified allegations of a Ukrainian business executive – that they dismissed as unreliable when it came to Trump and the dossier.
