Chaos at Pentagon as defence secretary Hegseth accidentally reveals start time of planned killing of Yemeni militant
US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth speaks to US service members at the Defence Personnel Accounting Agency on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii,US, on March 25, 2025. Credit: DOD/U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Madelyn Keech
Diplomacy: Kenya recognises Kosovo as independent state, first such move in five years
Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008, but is not a United Nations member due to opposition from Serbia and its allies, including UN-veto holders Russia and China.
Witness: Sudanese military takes control of capital Khartoum from RSF but wider war far from over
An army statement said his flight into the airport was the first to land there since the outbreak of war in April 2023. The army also said it had gained control of a major RSF base south of the capital that it said was the paramilitary group’s last major stronghold in Khartoum state.
Kenya unveils 2025 medium-term public debt management strategy that stands at $85 billion
Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi disclosed that as of March 2025, Kenya’s total public debt stood at Ksh11.02 trillion ($85.030 billion) from Ksh10.5 trillion ($81.018 billion) in June 2024.
Sudanese paramilitary force resorts to extortion, theft of relief as famine bites in IDP camps
About half of Sudan’s population of 50 million suffers from acute hunger, mostly in territory held or under threat from the RSF. More than 12.5 million people have been displaced. Aid agencies have failed to provide adequate relief and freezes on USAID funding are expected to add to the challenge.
Museveni’s military populism and Bobi Wine’s generational populism in robs Uganda of democracy
Uganda, community loyalty and ideological loyalty are being built through ideas such Saccos and programmes such as Bonna Baggagawale, Myooga, Operation Wealth Creation and Parish Development Model and also the so-called National Ideological School at Kyankwanzi.
Congo rebel leader says sanctions, any minerals deal with the US won’t stop fighting in the east
Nangaa dismissed Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi’s comments last week that his country — whose mineral resources are estimated to be worth $24 trillion and critical to much of the world’s technology — is looking for a minerals partnership with the US
UN official warns South Sudan s hurtling towards another civil war he fears will be bloodiest
Senior officials affiliated with the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO) – the main rival militia – have been removed, replaced, detained or forced into hiding.
Dire straits: Kenya returns to IMF for new loan, denies rift with lender over expenditure review
Kenya had failed to meet some targets during the combined seventh and eighth reviews of the programme. However, both were approved by the IMF board last October which triggered payout of the funding tranches linked to those reviews.
SADC’s failure in Congo: South African military’s strength – the backbone of the brigade – has significantly deteriorated
Tanzania’s shifting stance added to the confusion. Tanzania chose not to participate in the East African Community Regional Force deployed to eastern DRC before SAMIDRC. Although initially supportive of SAMIDRC, it gradually moved towards a neutral position.
