Politics and society

Somalia’s religious affairs ministry has banned the use of the name al-Shabab – “the youth” in Arabic – and asked the public to refer to the militant group as “Khawarij”, a derogatory term meaning a deviant sect. In a statement, the ministry also prohibited clerics from dealing with the al-Qaeda-allied …

Ugandan prison authorities announced the suspension of all visitations in their facilities due to the rising Ebola cases with the latest in Masaka District, Dailymonitor reported. In a press release on November 1, the prisons spokesperson, Mr Frank Baine, issued standard operating procedures aimed at curbing the spread of the …

South Africa’s financial watchdog has classified cryptocurrency assets as financial products, a notice in the government gazette said on Wednesday, enabling them to be regulated., Reuters reported In the brief notice, the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) said a crypto asset, which it referred to as “a digital representation of …

Russian deputies called on Monday to toughen the law condemning “homosexual propaganda”, a new sign of the hardening of the conservative line of the Kremlin in the midst of an offensive in Ukraine and falling out with Westerners. According to amendments being discussed in Russia’s lower house of parliament, the …

Ninety-two refugees were found naked after being forced, according to Athens, to cross the Evros river separating Turkey from Greece. The European border surveillance agency Frontex confirmed to AFP “the rescue of 92 migrants on Friday” with the help of the Greek authorities, according to a spokeswoman, Paulina Bakula. “The …

Internal and external factors had forced the Tunisian State to use its reserve stock of fuel, said the President and CEO of the Tunisian Company of Refining Industries (STIR), Fakhta Mahouachi on Thurday. According to Ms. Mahouachi, the next 24 hours will see an improvement in the supply of gas …

The head of the World Health Organization, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said on Wednesday that a clinical trial of vaccines against the Sudan strain of Ebola could begin within weeks in Uganda as the disease reaches the capital Kampala, causing concern. The East African country declared an Ebola outbreak on …

Donald Trump’s social network, Truth Social, can be downloaded from the Google Play Store since Wednesday, while the internet giant refused it this summer, deeming content moderation insufficient on the former US president’s platform. Google told AFP that Truth Social had finally agreed to enforce its own policy on removing …

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has directed traditional healers to stop treating people during the ongoing Ebola outbreak that has so far killed 19 people in the country. The president also directed security officials to arrest people suspected of having contracted the virus if they refuse to go into isolation. In …

Ghanaian authorities announced the repatriation of 21 victims of human trafficking, including children, to Nigeria after being rescued from a suspected gang in the capital, Accra. Authorities say the victims – aged between 15 and 20 – were sent home on Tuesday with the help of Nigerian authorities. Ghana’s Economic …