By MARY WAMBUI Kenya has refuted claims of being hacked by the Chinese following a Reuters expose that claimed the attacks targeted Kenyan government departments for a period of three years. In a statement released on Thursday evening by Interior Principle Secretary Raymond Omollo, the government said the allegations presented in the article were not subjected to authoritative…
By NATION AFRICA The Ugandan military says it is investigating an attack on an African union military base manned by the Uganda Peoples Defense Forces (UPDF) in Bulo Marer town in Somalia on Friday morning. UPDF spokesperson Felix Kulayigye told The Nation Africa that the attack was carried out by “foreign insurgents” without giving further details. He…
Sherwin Bryce-Pease | @SABCNews Rwandan fugitive wanted in connection with the 1994 Rwanda genocide, Fulgence Kayishema will appear at the Bellville Magistrate’s Court in Cape Town, on Friday. Kayishema is accused of ordering the killing of some 2 000 Tutsis who had sought refuge in a church during the 1994 genocide. He has been on the run since…
By BBC News Arabic Investigations team An 85-year-old British citizen in Sudan was shot and injured by snipers and his wife then died of starvation after they did not get help from the British embassy in Sudan, their family has told BBC News Arabic. Abdalla Sholgami lived with his 80-year-old disabled wife, Alaweya Rishwan, just…
By Rédaction Africanews Last updated: 2 hours ago SOMALIA Voters joined long queues on Thursday to cast their ballots in landmark local elections in Somalia’s semi-autonomous state of Puntland, the first direct ballot in more than half a century. The troubled Horn of African country’s international partners voiced hope that the “historic” polls would lead to increased…
By Ndea Yoka Last updated: 1 hour ago BUSINESS AFRICA African cinema has revolutionised the world’s view of Africa and Africans as a whole. In recent years, the African film industry has gained in popularity, with works produced on the continent making their mark at international festivals. African film production has grown rapidly in recent years. The…
By Rédaction Africanews DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Police in Kinshasa lobbed teargas to disperse a group of opposition leaders and their followers from accessing the offices of the electoral commission in a protest against what they term the electoral chaos that they believe is looming in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The opposition further lamented…
By MARY WAMBUI The UN Contact Group on Piracy along the Western Indian Ocean has been urged to focus its attention to the rising cases of migrant smuggling and illegal fishing as it ventures into new areas of focus following a decline in piracy activities in the region. The Western Indian Ocean stretches along the…
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has called for certain African nations to end their “neutrality” over Russia’s invasion of his country. In February, 22 of the African Union’s 54 member states abstained or did not vote on a UN General Assembly resolution. The minister pledged that breadbasket Ukraine was on Africa’s side when it came…
Sophie Mokoena | @SABCNews On this day, the African continent celebrates the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), now known as the African Union (AU), on May 25, 1963, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The AU celebrates the Day under the slogan: “Our Africa Our Future” using the hashtag #OurAfricaOurFuture. Activities to…