By Nontobeko Mlambo Ugandan Army General who is President Yoweri Museveni’s son Muhoozi Kainerugaba has said his country is prepared to send troops to defend Moscow if it becomes necessary. He said this on March 30 via his Twitter account. “Call me a ‘Putinist’ if you will, but we, Uganda shall send soldiers to defend Moscow…
Category: African News
Two DR Congo Officials On Trial for Crimes Against Humanity
An important trial in the “Mulombodi” case has been opened in Kinshasa. A religious site near Kananga airport was the scene of atrocities in September 2016; two top Congolese police and army officers are on trial for their alleged role in the violence. On the nights of September 23 and 24, 2016, members of the…
‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero Paul Rusesabagina freed from prison
In this file photo taken on October 02, 2020 “Hotel Rwanda” hero Paul Rusesabagina (C) in the pink inmate’s uniform arriving at Nyarugenge Court of Justice in Kigali, Rwanda, surrounded by guards of Rwanda Correctional Service.
Polio emergency declared in Burundi.
By Faith Barbara Namagembe at 2331 EAT on Tuesday 21st March 2023. Burundi has declared a national public health emergency after polio was detected in a 4-year-old and two other children who had been in contact with the child. The polio outbreak is Burundi’s first in more than 30 years. The landlocked African country is…
Ethiopia, Eritrea say US allegations ‘inflammatory’, ‘defamatory’.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 2134 EAT on Tuesday 21st March 2023. Ethiopia’s government has accused the United States of taking a “partisan” approach by alleging that its forces, and Eritrean troops, had committed war crimes during the two-year conflict in Tigray. “The US statement is inflammatory,” the foreign ministry said in a statement…
South African police, soldiers deploy over opposition-led protests.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0913 EAT on Tuesday 21st March 2023. Police and soldiers deployed across South Africa today Monday as the country braced for protests after a left-wing party called for a “national shutdown”, sparking fears of a repeat of the unrest that turned deadly two years ago. There was a heavy…
Cyclone Freddy death toll in southeast Africa surpasses 500.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1810 EAT on Sunday 19th March 2023. The death toll in southeast Africa due to the exceptionally long -lasting Tropical Cyclone Freddy has risen to 522, according to authorities in Malawi, Mozambique and Madagascar. Disaster management authorities in Malawi, which has been hit the hardest by the cyclone, reported on Saturday…
Corruption probe clears S.African president of theft.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1050 EAT on Thursday 16th March 2023. A corruption watchdog group said in a preliminary report that South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was not involved in a cover-up concerning the theft of a large amount of cash he had stuffed into a sofa at his farmhouse. Allegations of a…
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