A Ugandan court charged a government minister and her brother with fraud and detained them in a rare corruption case against the country’s top official. The minister, Mary Goretti Kitutu, and her brother appeared before an anti-corruption court on charges of stealing roofing sheets for housing in the country’s poorest …
Read More »Brazilian leader Lula suggests Kyiv give up Crimea to end war in Ukraine
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva suggested this Thursday in Kiev to cede the Crimean peninsula to Russia, to end the war in Ukraine, believing that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky “cannot want everything”. “Russian President Vladimir Putin cannot seize the territory of Ukraine. Perhaps Crimea will be discussed. But …
Read More »Woman accused of homewrecking spared by governor
A provincial governor in north-east Burundi has dissolved the decision of a mayor to force a female resident out of the area after others “accused her of taking their husbands”, local media reported. A letter giving the woman 24 hours to leave signed by Butihinda district mayor Gilbert Ndikumasabo made …
Read More »Falling bridge killed student at Gomoa
A 17-year-old boy has met his untimely death after a dilapidated abandoned bridge fell on him and killed him at Gomoa Nyanyano in the Central region, Ghana. The deceased was returning from school when the bridge broke and trapped him. “He got hit by a huge slab killing him instantly,” …
Read More »Ugandan president calls on Africa to “save the world from homosexuality”
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has called on African leaders to reject “the promotion of homosexuality”, hinting that he would sign the controversial anti-LGBTQ+ bill, passed by parliament last month. This bill, which provides for the death penalty for aggravated homosexuality and life imprisonment for recruitment, promotion and financing of homosexual …
Read More »Tunisian President Saied rejects speculation about his health
Tunisian President Kais Saied has appeared in a video posted on his official Facebook page, dismissing “mad” reports over his health following almost two weeks with no public engagements. The North African country’s main opposition coalition had pressed the government earlier to explain Saied’s public “absence”, saying it had information …
Read More »Paul Kagame re-elected as head of his party
The Rwandan president, Paul Kagame has done well as he was re-elected as head of his party, the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), at the 35th International Congress. It is by an overwhelming majority of 99.8% that President Paul Kagame was re-elected for a five-year term at the head of the …
Read More »Kenya: the opposition abandons its demonstrations
Raila Ondinga announced on Sunday, April 2, 2023 the suspension of the major opposition demonstration scheduled for Monday, April 3, 2023 in Kenya. The decision was justified by the call for dialogue launched by William Ruto, the Kenyan president. This comes after two weeks of crisis in which three people …
Read More »Kenyan religious leaders call for peace in the country
Religious leaders in Kenya have urged rival politicians to pursue peace following a day of violence that ended with a church and buildings attached to a mosque being attacked in Nairobi, local media reported. On Monday protests called by opposition leader Raila Odinga led to clashes with police. A farm …
Read More »At least 29 migrants found dead after several shipwrecks in Tunisia
At least 29 migrants from sub-Saharan African countries have drowned in the sinking of three boats off Tunisia, the coast guard announced on Sunday. Twenty-nine bodies were found and the coast guard “rescued eleven illegal migrants of several African nationalities after the sinking of their boats” off the coast of …
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