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The Southern African Development Community (SADC) delegation, led by a former South African minister, is due to meet with King Mswati III there, after violent protests in recent days in Eswatini. According to civil society, at least seven people were killed this Wednesday, October 20, 2021 during a demonstration against …

A Ugandan special presidential assistant for underprivileged youth, Resty Kiguli Nakayenga has been arraigned in court and charged with abuse of office. Nakayenga, 68, a resident of Kyaliwajala -Namugongo, appeared before the Kololo based Anti-Corruption Court and denied the accusations. She is jointly charged with 32-year-old James Batenda, a resident …

More than 700,000 people have been displaced by the worst floods to hit South Sudan in decades, according to figures by the United Nations. At least 40 people have died across the country as heavy rains and flash floods destroy livestock, farmlands and homes. Some of those who have fled …

A nurses union in ESwatini accused security forces of shooting and injuring at least 30 of its members who were in the streets protesting for democracy on Wednesday. The Swaziland Democratic Nurses Union said nurses and other workers demonstrating in the main city, Mbabane, were met with what it called …

Former US president, Donald Trump, on Wednesday announced the launch of his own social network, “Truth Social”, after being banned in January from Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. The former president wants to “resist the tyranny of the giants of technology”, who “used their unilateral power to silence dissenting voices in …

British parliamentarians have tabled amendments to a bill on health, currently under consideration, with the aim of combating smoking. Among them, writing “Smoking kills” directly on cigarettes, inside packages, reports The Guardian. “Smoking is the leading cause of premature death in England, killing 74,600 people in 2019,” wrote on Twitter …

According to data from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Uganda is the only country on the African continent where schools remain completely closed for almost two years despite a low rate of infections and deaths from Covid- 19. Data from the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) tracks the impact …

Libyan oil minister Mohamed Aoun sacked Mustafa Sanallah, chairman of the national oil company NOC, and appointed a new acting director. The board of directors of the company will meet to elect a new chairman, a decree from the ministry said. Recall that in September, Mr Aoun had suspended Mr …

Senegal seized more than two tonnes of pure cocaine from a ship off its Atlantic coast, the navy said on Tuesday, in the West African country’s largest ever cocaine bust, Reuters agency reports. In a statement, the Senegalese navy said the 2,026 kg of cocaine was found on a ship …

Armed robbers on Tuesday evening raided an electronic shop in Rukungiri municipality, Rukungiri District and shot a teen dead before injuring an unarmed guard as they fled with Shs50 million and unspecified number of mobile phones, Ugandan DailyMonitor reports. The police spokesman for Kigezi region, Mr Elly Maate said the raid …