Politics

Efforts to meet the one-third quota for female representation in all institutional bodies in Kenya are stalled as female parliamentarians face online abuse. Rights activists are warning that the process of advancing women’s representation in Kenya could slow down as a result of online abuse and harassment faced by women …

The Togolese armed forces on Thursday said they were responsible for a recent explosion that killed seven civilians and injured two others, after mistaking them for jihadists. The explosion occurred in the prefecture of Tône, near the border with Burkina Faso, where a Sahelian jihadist insurgency threatens to spread to …

Southern African Development Community (SADC) agreed on Thursday to extend their troop deployment in Mozambique for another month to help it fight an Islamic State-linked insurgency, Reuters reported. The countries, linked in the Southern African Development Community (SADC), agreed last year to send troops to Mozambique. The mission’s mandate was …

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called for the creation of a “special court” to try “the crimes of Russian aggression against Ukraine”. It comes as Russian strikes killed at least 20 people in a town in central Ukraine. This request took place during a videoconference intervention during an organized by the …

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Wednesday dismissed the recent World Bank report which classified Uganda as still a low-income country. In a July 1 economic update, the World Bank maintained that Uganda’s per capita gross national income stood at $840 (Shs3.1 million) per annum, according to its data for the …

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appointed Maxim Sobh as the country’s special representative for the Middle East and Africa. The information was published on Tuesday on the Ukrainian Presidency website. “Appointment of Maxim Sobh as special representative of Ukraine for the Middle East and Africa,” the document reads. A great state …

A Gambian court sentenced Yankuba Badjie, the country’s former intelligence chief, to death for the murder of a political activist in 2016 under former President Yahya Jammeh. Four other security agents face the same penalties. The activist, Ebrima Solo Sandeng – a leading figure in the opposition United Democratic Party …

Mozambican authorities decided to pay tribute to former Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos, declaring five days of national mourning, a week after his death. The decision was taken on Wednesday night by the Council of Ministers which met in an extraordinary session. The mourning period started at midnight on …

Police in Ethiopia arrested the head of the Disaster Risk Management Commission, Mitiku Kassa, on suspicion of corruption, state-run television reported. The arrest follows a major investigation on a corruption case involving Mitiku and a non-governmental organization called Elshadai. Mr Kassa is accused of conspiring with the non-governmental organization, which …

Sri Lanka, in the grip of a serious economic and political crisis, declared a state of emergency on Wednesday, hours after president Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country, the PM’s office announced. “As the president left the country, an emergency has been declared to deal with the situation in the country,” …