AU is to ensure there is no security vacuum in Somalia as preparations begin for Phase Three drawdown of 4,000 troops by June. The African Union (AU) delegation on Friday wrapped up a five-day working visit to Somalia, reaffirming the AU’s commitment to completing the security transition in the country by the end of 2024….
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Kenya to arbitrat peace talks in South Sudan
Kenya this week took over the mediation role in talks between the government of South Sudan and the holdout groups that did not sign the 2018 peace agreement. After being rejected as the mediator in the Sudan conflict, Kenya’s President William Ruto could use this one to re-market himself as a peace envoy in the region. President…
3 dead and others sustained serious injures due to gas explosion in Kenya .
A lorry loaded with liquid petroleum gas cylinders exploded and set off a late-night inferno that burned homes and warehouses in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, killing at least three people and injuring more than 270, with the death toll expected to increase. At least 24 people were critically injured, the Kenya Red Cross said. The lorry…
20 killed due to a genocide in Western DR Congo
Fighting between ethnic communities left 11 people dead in Western Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Tuesday, a local authority and civil society leader said after their bodies were elected on Wednesday. The conflict between Teke and Yaka communities that started in 2022 over a land dispute caused a deterioration in the humanitarian and security…
Controversial Auction of Nelson Mandela’s Personal Items Suspended Amid Outcry
In a significant turn of events, the controversial auction of approximately 70 personal items belonging to South Africa’s anti-apartheid icon, Nelson Mandela, has been suspended by New York-based Guernsey’s auction house. The decision to halt the auction comes in the wake of strong objections and public outcry in South Africa. Guernsey’s auction house made the…
Oil facilities in kenya face huge losses after Ugandas shifts to Dar port
Kenya has lost $200 million worth of exports to Uganda, its largest regional market, since October 2023, new data shows. And experts warn that it will lose more going forward, as the fight over petroleum products imports escalates, with major oil infrastructure at the risk of underuse. Last week, Uganda announced that it was moving…
Uhuru former president of kenya makes u turn into East African politics .
A week ago, a jovial Uhuru Kenyatta, Kenya’s former president, emerged from a Uganda Airlines plane at the N’Djili International Airport, Kinshasa, where he was travelling to attend the inauguration of DR Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi, who had won a second term in the December presidential election. When his media team shared the pictures on social…
Kenya court blocks police deployment to Haiti
The judge argued that the deployment would be illegal as the National Security Council lacks the legal authority to send police outside Kenya. He added that the council can only deploy military, not police, for peacekeeping missions such as Haiti. Last year, Kenya had volunteered to lead a multinational security force in Haiti to quell…
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