Ukraine warns Russia to ‘expect more drone attacks’ and ‘more war’ after it hit tower housing ministries
While the incidents have not caused casualties or major damage, they have provoked widespread unease and sit awkwardly with the Kremlin’s narrative that Russia’s “special military operation” in Ukraine is proceeding according to plan.
Ex-Nigerian president defuses political palpable tension in Kenya after persuading President Ruto and rival Raila to talk
Opposition leader Raila Odinga had called for a number of protests earlier this month, causing widespread disruption and in some cases violent confrontations with police in which more than two dozen people were killed and many others injured.
Kenyans listen to East Africans: Ruto and Raila have graduated into nuisance EAC should dump
President Ruto has been in office for barely a year. During this period, he has demonstrated strong signs of impudence that takes Kenya back to the eras of Jomo Kenyatta and Daneil arap Moi or Milton Obote and Idi Amin in Uganda. It may too soon to make any predictions, but there are indications that Kenya has brutal tyrant in the making and Raila Odinga is – through maandamano – egging on the tin-god-in-the-making to soar higher.
Trump tells Florida governor and ‘other clowns’ to stop ‘wasting dollars Republicans’ need to beat Biden
Trump, who was impeached twice while in office, said Saturday that, “The biggest complaint that I get is that the Republicans find out this information and then they do nothing about it.”
“Any Republican that doesn’t act on Democrat fraud should be kicked immediately out of primaries and get out — out!” he told the crowd to loud applause. “They have to play tough and … if they’re not willing to do it, we got a lot of good, tough Republicans around … and they’re going to get my endorsement every singe time.”
Niger coup, seventh in Sahel region, alarms West Africa economic bloc, which threatens sanctions
ECOWAS and the eight-member West African Economic and Monetary Union said that with immediate effect borders with Niger would be closed, commercial flights banned, financial transactions halted, national assets frozen and aid ended.
Beware! Ugandans now fear Museveni and Kagame are preparing the Great Lakes Region for Tutsi-Hima dynasty
FRONASA was, therefore, a deceptive coinage. The absolute majority of Ugandans never imagined that it referred to salvation of the Tutsi nation. They did not think about it critically. They were hoodwinked into thinking and believing that FRONASA was about salvation of Uganda. Like the nation of Israel that had become a refugee nation in Egypt, and needed God to organise its salvation through the hand of Moses, the Tutsi nation became a refugee nation in Uganda where many were in in dehumanising slavery. They needed Tibuhaburwa Museveni to salvage them. He performed, and has been performing, the task very effectively using his high military and political acumen, combined with capacity to use his tongue skilfully to convince the masses and the elite that he means well for Uganda.
How Tutsi cultic hegemony crept into Uganda power echelons and built a crime empire via militarisation
Both in 1926 and 1959 the Hutus revolted against the harsh, repressive Tutsi rule, forcing the Tutsis to flee to Uganda. In 1926, the British colonial rulers welcomed them in their evolving British Protectorate of Uganda, finding them useful in the emerging sugar industry. Even in 1959, the colonial rulers welcomed more Tutsi refugees following renewed social and political conflicts between Hutus and Tutsis. Many mixed freely with the population but a good number were put in refugee camps in Western Uganda.
ECOWAS official says West Africa recorded 1,800 terrorist attacks between January and June that resulted in 4,600 deaths
Touray, who is president of the ECOWAS Commission, singled out the following drivers of insecurity in the region: terrorism, armed rebellion, organised crime, unconstitutional changes of government, illegal maritime activities, environmental crises and fake news.
Time warp: Under Museveni life seems to stop in Uganda as he pursues modernisation mirage
It should, however, be echoed and re-echoed that long ago modernisation theory failed in Africa because it was promoted on the flawed assumption that that it was a Eurocentric or Western idea. The post-colonial leaders, under their pan-African political philosophy detested it. They particularly detested modernisation’s assumption that Western civilisation was technically and morally superior to the civilisation of traditional societies, and implied that traditional values were of little value, and should, therefore, be erased in favour of Eurocentric values.
Russia halts landmark UN-brokered deal, says no link after Crimea bridge attack by Ukraine
To convince Russia to agree to the Black Sea deal, a three-year deal was also struck in July 2022 under which UN officials agreed to help Russia get its food and fertiliser exports to foreign markets. While Russian exports of food and fertilizer are not subject to Western sanctions imposed after Russia’s invasion, Moscow has said restrictions on payments, logistics and insurance have amounted to a barrier to shipments.