Trump gloats over capture of Venezuela’s Maduro, expected to be tried in US for drug trafficking
President Maduro was captured by a team that included elite US Special Forces, including the US Army’s Delta Force, a US official said. Republican US Senator Mike Lee said Secretary of State Marco Rubio had told him Maduro would stand trial on criminal charges in the US and that no further action was anticipated inside Venezuela.
Lost decade: Why Raila’s loss of AU chairmanship and death means Africa’s failure to recover from punitive IMF and World Bank economic policies
Africa’s heads of states have been emboldened in their transformative campaign by some astonishing turn of economic and political events. In 2023, the IMF forecast that in 2024, the world’s seven fastest growing economies, and 12 of the top 15, would be African. This is a result of many factors, but primarily because the continent’s vast natural and mineral resources have emerged as an indispensable engine of growth for the increasingly hi-tech orientation of industrialised economies.
Wealth: When Jeff Bezos moved from Seattle to Miami, he shook Washington’s entire budget
Washington’s capital gains tax is unusual by American standards. The state does not tax wage or salary income, but since 2022, it has imposed a 7 per cent tax on long-term capital gains above roughly $262,000 from assets such as stocks and bonds. Real estate sales are exempt.
Freedom of Expression: Sudan, Tanzania make macabre list of 128 journalists killed in the world as China named world’s top jailer
The updated list documents 17 additional cases confirmed after December 10, underscoring a particularly deadly year for journalism and the continued prevalence of impunity. The Federation had released a preliminary list on December 9, reporting 111 killings, including one accidental death.
County government in northern Kenya tells herders to sell livestock before drought devastates their stocks
National Drought Management Authority coordinator Josephat Lotwel observed that Samburu County will be at an alert stage of drought in January following poor short rains.
Media condemn unconfirmed plans to replicate Denmark’s childhood vaccine schedule in US
President Donald Trump on December 5 signed a presidential memorandum to launch the process of aligning US childhood vaccine recommendations with best practices from peer countries.
In Uganda the line between ‘riots and protests’ is burred: both are met with state brute force
The truth is that most governments are fearful of gatherings of any kind because their “captors” believe the gatherings can easily result in challenge, even change of power. The citizens are collectively perceived as enemy-number-one of the state, especially in Africa, where governments frequently arm themselves to the teeth against the citizens.
Buganda Kingdom holds key to democracy in Uganda: Electing Museveni translates to extension tyranny, family dynasty
Buganda has always had an advantage over other regions of Uganda in that it is physically centrally positioned. This is the reason why in the colonial times it was referred to as Central Province. Besides, the seat of power and capital of Uganda are in Buganda. Also, in Buganda is the main state house of the president of Uganda
US strikes Islamic State group positions in Nigeria after attacks on Christians, no details of damage
Nigeria’s government has previously said in response to Trump’s criticisms that people of many faiths, not just Christians, have suffered attacks at the hands of extremist groups.
Jirongo was an ‘archive’ of Kenya economic and political crimes that made him prime target of an assassin’s bullet
However, knowing his character and spirit, Cyrus Jirongo possessed credentials that qualified him for an assassin’s eye. This is partially illustrated in my few encounters and covert dealings with him as you will witness below. We met in 1993 but let us fast-forward to 1995.
