Kenya’s government has defended the cost of President William Ruto’s trip to the US. The price of hiring the luxury private jet in which he and his delegation travelled is estimated to be $1.5m (£1.2m), according to Kenya’s private KTN TV station. “The benefits from this visit far outweigh such a million times,” government spokesman…
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Who was behind the DRC’s attempted coup, and were Americans involved?
The attackers were led by Christian Malanga, a politician and former military officer based in the US. The army of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) thwarted a coup against the government of President Felix Tshisekedi in the early hours of Sunday, the country’s officials have said. At least three people were killed in the…
South Africa’s top court bars Zuma from standing in election.
South Africa’s highest court has barred former President Jacob Zuma from running for parliament in next week’s general election. The Constitutional Court ruled that his 15-month prison sentence for contempt of court disqualified him. Mr Zuma was convicted in 2021 for refusing to testify at an inquiry investigating corruption during his presidency which ended in…
World Leaders React to Death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi.
Much of the world was caught by surprise when Ebrahim Raisi, the President of Iran and anticipated successor to the country’s Supreme Leader, was killed in a helicopter crash along with the country’s Foreign Minister over the weekend. Iran’s role on the world stage had become increasingly complex under Raisi’s leadership, as the regime navigated…
Religion and Politics Bittersweet Marriage in Uganda.
By Robert Kigongo. Tale as old as the sun rising from the East to setting the West is the marriage between religion and politics. Scarring as truly it can be, this is bittersweet marriage of convenience not based on pure love as that of the blue lagoon that Adam and Eve shared in Genesis. Constantly, what sparks this debate in public domain particularly in Uganda are the new reformation Pentecostal pastors…
Congo Coup Attempt Stopped as Politician attacked, Army Says.
The Democratic Republic of Congo army says it has quashed an attempted coup against President Felix Tshisekedi in the capital Kinshasa involving Congolese and foreign fighters. DR Congo army spokesperson Brig Gen Sylavin Ekenge said on the state-run broadcaster RTNC TV that several suspects have been detained and the “situation is now under control”. His…
Iran President Ebrahim Raisi still missing after helicopter accident in mountains.
A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country’s foreign minister and other officials apparently crashed in the mountainous northwest reaches of Iran on Sunday, sparking a massive rescue operation in a fog-shrouded forest. Raisi was traveling in Iran’s East Azerbaijan province. State TV said what it called a “hard landing” happened near Jolfa, a…
The Russians simply walked in, Ukrainian troops in Kharkiv .
As the Commander of a Ukrainian Special Reconnaissance Unit, he fought in Ukraine’s surprise offensive in Kharkiv in the autumn of 2022, which pushed back an initial Russian invasion all the way back to the border. But now Denys and his men are facing the prospect of doing the same all over again. Russian forces…
