By BOB KARASHANI Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame is scheduled to arrive in Tanzania on Thursday for a two-day working visit during which he will meet with the country’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan. Kagame and his delegation will be welcomed at the Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar es Salaam by Tanzania’s Foreign Affairs and East…
Summary DRC has called for a “truthful discussion” to clarify the actual role of the EAC mission. In the village of Kishishe, M23 rebels are accused of massacring 171 civilians in November. Last week, the EAC force organised a press trip to areas that have been declared liberated. By AFP Goma An East African force…
Latest recommendation suggests president is trying to tone down proposed anti-homosexuality law which would be one of the harshest in the world. Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has asked legislators to make clear in proposed anti-homosexuality law that it is not criminal to merely identify as gay, as part of an attempt to tone down a…
By Africanews SUDAN Taking advantage of relative calm, many residents in Khartoum and the neighbouring city of Omdurman emerged from their homes to seek food and water, lining up at bakeries or grocery stores, after days of being trapped inside by the fighting between the army and a rival paramilitary group. Some inspected shops or…
Summary Yet the country is no stranger to larger-than-life pastors preaching fire and brimstone sermons and predicting the end of the world. Attempts by Kenyan authorities to regulate religion have run into fierce opposition in the largely Christian nation. There are more than 4,000 churches registered in the East African country of around 50 million…
Text by : FRANCE 24 | Video by : Vedika BAHL A US-brokered ceasefire between Sudan’s warring generals entered its second day Wednesday but remained fragile after witnesses reported fresh air strikes and paramilitaries claimed to have seized a major oil refinery. As combat eased, foreign governments organised civilian evacuations. Around 245 French and foreign nationals…
By KB Mpofu Reporter, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe “Everyone finds selling on the streets the easiest way to survive, but you have to be creative.” Noel Ngwenya, 44, from Chivi District of Masvingo Province spends his working days in downtown Bulawayo, the country’s second largest city, with a loudhailer advertising a unique service. He collects torn or…
By Caroline Hawley, Kathy Long & Andre Rhoden-Paulin Larnaca and London A second evacuation flight rescuing UK nationals from war-torn Sudan has landed in Cyprus. The passengers and a further 39 from an earlier rescue flight on Tuesday are expected to be given the chance to fly to the UK from Larnaca Airport later. A…
By Kathryn Armstrong BBC News A former Sudanese politician wanted for alleged crimes against humanity has said that he and other former officials are no longer in jail – following reports of a break-out. Ahmad Harun was among those being held in Kober prison in the capital Khartoum who are facing charges by the International…
By Africanews SUDAN At least 20 people were injured on Tuesday after two shells fell on a medical centre in Sudan’s most populous city, Omdurman, according to hospital officials. Blood stains covered the floor of Al-Roomy medical centre after it was hit by the projectile shells at noon local time. “All patients who were sitting…