Some of nearly 300 abducted schoolchildren in Nigeria’s north are freed after weeks in captivity
The 137 children were rescued in Zamfara state, an enclave known for kidnappings more than 200 kilometres (124 miles) away from their school, Nigerian military spokesman Maj-Gen Edward Buba said in a statement.
Haiti in-depth 2: Haitian solution doesn’t mean we can’t get support, we know some of our limitations
Gang members sit together on the street after an address to the media in Port-au-Prince by former police officer turned gang leader Jimmy Chérizier, on March 11, 2024.
Haiti in-depth: A transition beset by challenges, uncertainty, agenda and tone set by gangs
Complicating matters is the fact that backing the deployment of thousands of foreign security forces to help quell the gangs is a prerequisite for membership on the council – a plan drawn up last week by the regional Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in conjunction with US officials, Haiti’s main political groups, and key members of Haitian civil society and the diaspora.
How stereotypes, undiplomatic profiling by ex-US envoy to Kenya landed President Ruto in warm embrace of America
This is rather interesting as over the years, the ODM leader has used American experts for branding and messaging, which in most cases is barely different from what his rivals propagate.
Run-up to India’s elections gets murkier as Delhi chief minister is arrested in liquor graft case
The arrest means the main leaders of the decade-old Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) are in jail, following the arrests last year of two of Kejriwal’s deputies in the same case, which the party has called “dirty politics”.
President Museveni appoints son commander of Uganda military fuelling talk of imminent ‘hereditary rule’
Kainerugaba has most recently been serving as a senior presidential advisor in charge of special operations, after his father removed him as infantry commander in 2022. At the time, Kainerugaba was responsible for a series of offensive tweets, including an unprovoked one in which he threatened to capture the capital of neighbouring Kenya. He has previously served as the commander of an elite group of special forces protecting the first family.
Red letter day: Trump races against time as deadline to pay $454 million fraud penalty nears
The presumptive Republican presidential nominee tried getting a bond for the full amount, which would have stopped the clock on collection during his appeal and ensured the state got its money if he were to lose.
Dry water taps in South Africa’s largest city spells danger to ruling ANC three months to polls
The public’s frustration is a danger sign for the ruling African National Congress, whose comfortable hold on power since the end of apartheid in the 1990s faces its most serious challenge in an election this year.
Nigerian court denies Biafra separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu, arrested in Kenya in 2017, bail
Kanu, a British citizen who leads the banned Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) movement, disappeared from Nigeria after skipping bail in 2017. He was arrested in Kenya in 2021 and charged in Nigeria with terrorism.
Why environment in Uganda is decaying, collapsing despite vast pool of knowledge and awareness
In Uganda the political leaders are pursuing development assisted by countries that prefer grass (oil palm and sugarcane) to natural forests. The 10,000 hectares of natural forests of Kalangala Island of Lake Victoria have been felled and sold as timber.
