East Africa

Three Nigerians, a South African and a local on suspicion of belonging to an international network of traffickers of cocaine, were arrested by the Mozambican police. According to the spokesperson for the Maputo City Police Command, Leonel Muchina, the five alleged drug traffickers were detained in the in the neighbourhood …

The US has imposed visa restrictions on Tanzanian officials it says were responsible for undermining the general elections last October. The outgoing Secretary of State, Michael Pompeo, said those targeted subverted the electoral process and violated human rights. He said the intimidation and arrest of opposition candidates, widespread voting irregularities …

Uganda’s defeated presidential candidate Bobi Wine has tweeted that he and his family are “under house arrest and stuck with an 18-month-old baby”. Soldiers have surrounded the politician’s home claiming that he could incite his supporters if he leaves the compound. Bobi Wine who became famous as a musician tweeted …

Tanzanian President John Magufuli has rallied farmers in the country to increase food production, predicting global food scarcity later in the year caused by the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. He urged farmers to take advantage of the reduced production by the largest food-producing countries in the wake of health …

Rwanda has imposed a 15-day lockdown on its capital, Kigali, as the country battles a second wave of coronavirus cases that has resulted in “unprecedented deaths and transmission rates”. This is the capital’s second lockdown since the outbreak of the pandemic. The government had in March enacted a countrywide lockdown …

As reported by the Reuters News agency, Uganda’s government spokesman, Ofwono Opondo, has accused the US of trying to “subvert elections”. US ambassador to Uganda Natalie E. Brown was on Monday stopped from visiting opposition leader, Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, at his home in the capital, Kampala. …

Schools in Malawi will close for at least 15 days from Monday under new restrictions to combat a surge in coronavirus cases. In a televised address, President Lazarus Chakwera also announced a night-time curfew from 21:00 local time. All gatherings will be restricted to no more than 50 people. Malawi …

Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine urged the international community on Sunday to call for the lifting of his “house arrest” the day after the announcement of the disputed results of the presidential election that reappointed President Yoweri Museveni for a sixth term in office. He also called for international sanctions …

The cases take place in the constituency of Ndia, located in the county of Kirinyaga in Kenya. According to sources, Reverend Pastor John Gichira, 51 years old would have impregnated his two daughters aged respectively 14 and 16. The same sources indicate that this religious leader abused his young daughters. …

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has been re-elected for a sixth term with 58.64% of the vote, the electoral commission said on Saturday, as rival opponent Bobi Wine alleged widespread fraud a day earlier and said citizens should reject the result. Bobi Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, won 34.83% …