East Africa

Burundian President Évariste Ndayishimiye has dismissed Commerce Minister Capitoline Niyonizigiye, accused of “undermining government’s aspirations and orientations…and for tarnishing the image of Burundi”. Iwacu news website tweeted a photo of the minister: Capitoline Niyonizigiye, ministre du Commerce, destituée https://t.co/wWmLtBKysc pic.twitter.com/T5koPOswfD— IWACU Burundi (@iwacuinfo) November 18, 2021 Ms Niyonizigiye is the …

Sudanese authorities have restored the internet nearly a month since it was suspended after the military deposed the civilian-led transitional government. All telecommunications companies had their internet services restored on Thursday. A court had ordered the country’s three main telecom companies to restore the internet on 9 November, but the …

Outgoing prisons boss, Wycliffe Ogallo, Kamiti maximum prison warden Charles Mutembei and his deputy were arrested on Wednesday by officers from the Kenya Anti-Terrorism Police Unit (ATPU). The arrests came just hours after President Kenyatta sacked General Ogallo and replaced him with Brigadier (RTD) John Warioba, and just two days …

Doctors in Sudan have accused the security forces for shooting dead fourteen people who were demonstrating against the recent military takeover. Thousands of Sudanese were in the streets to denounce the military coup and call for civilian rule. Doctors in the capital Khartoum say tear gas has been fired inside …

Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni has said on Tuesday that the terrorists have exposed themselves at a time when Uganda’s security infrastructure has improved, compared to what it was in 2018 when he made the speech to Parliament. The president further said the terrorists who blew themselves up near the Central …

The US State Department has warned American citizens living in Ethiopia to immediately leave the country as the security situation is worsening. The State Department says Washington had no plans to organise a mass evacuation, as it did in Afghanistan. The US and the African Union have been pressuring the …

The Kenyan government has said its security officials are on high alert following the twin explosions in neighbouring Uganda on Tuesday. Government spokesperson Cyrus Oguna urged citizens to be vigilant and report any suspicious characters or movements. The alert comes days after three prisoners who were convicted for terrorism-related charges …

The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, said the continental institution is fully in solidarity with the Ugandan people and government. Moussa Faki tweeted that he condemned the attacks in “the strongest terms”. “Our sincere condolences to the families of the victims and wishes for a full …

Six people were killed, including three of those behind the attacks, in the explosions that hit Uganda’s capital, Kampala in the morning, BBC News reports. Police spokesperson Fred Enanga said intelligence gathered so far indicates that those behind the blasts were local militants the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF). He said …

At least four people including two police officers, have been killed and twenty-seven others injured in two separate explosions in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, local media have reported. The deputy head of Mulago hospital, Dr Rosemary Byanyima, told journalists that seven patients were in a critical condition and 20 were …