Updated by Faith Barbara N Ruhinda at 1526 EAT on Thursday 18 December 2025 Ecuadorian police said Mario Pineida, a 33-year-old defender for Barcelona de Guayaquil and a former national team player, was shot dead in an apparent attack as violence continues to escalate in the Andean nation. A second person, whom police did not…
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False Spring in Tunisia: The Decline of Revolutionary Hopes
Updated by Faith Barbara N Ruhinda and Eric Kikomeko at 1548 EAT on Wednseday 17 Decemeber 2025 Fifteen years ago, a Tunisian fruit seller, Mohamed Bouazizi, despairing over official corruption and police harassment, set himself on fire in the center of his hometown, Sidi Bouzid—an act that ignited a wave of uprisings across the region….
Israel Advances Plans to Build 9,000 Homes in Occupied East Jerusalem
Updated by Eric Kikomeko at 1424 EAT on Wednesday 17 December 2025 Israeli authorities are expected to advance plans this week to build about 9,000 new housing units in a settlement on the site of the abandoned Qalandiya airport in occupied East Jerusalem, a move critics say would further fragment Palestinian territory and undermine prospects…
Trump Appeals to China’s Xi Over Detention of Hong Kong Media Tycoon Jimmy Lai
Updated by Faith Barbara N Ruhinda at 0926 EAT on Tuesday 16 December 2025. US President Donald Trump has said he has personally appealed to Chinese President Xi Jinping to release imprisoned Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai, citing deep concern over the 78-year-old’s health following his conviction. On Monday, Hong Kong’s High Court…
US Military Launches New Vessel Attacks in Eastern Pacific, Killing Eight
Updated by Eric Kikomeko at 0905 EAT on Tuesday 16 December 2025 The United States says it has killed eight people in new attacks on vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean, just days after US forces seized a Venezuelan oil tanker amid Washington’s expanding military presence in Latin America. In a statement posted on social…
Ukraine Lawmakers Restore Anti-Corruption Agencies Following Public Protests
Updated by Faith Barbara N Ruhinda at 1755 EAT on Monday 15 December 2025 Ukraine’s parliament on Thursday voted to restore the independence of two key anti-corruption agencies, seeking to defuse the country’s biggest political crisis since Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022. Lawmakers approved the bill unanimously, 331–0, after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy submitted the…
Fertility Clinics Used Sperm From Donor With Cancer-Risk Mutation for Nearly 200 Births
Updated by Eric Kikomeko at 1415 EAT on Wednesday 10 December 2025 A sperm donor who unknowingly carried a genetic mutation that significantly increases the risk of cancer has fathered at least 197 children across Europe, according to a major investigation. Several of the children have already died, and experts warn that only a small…
Hamas Leader Offers to Reduce Gaza Rocket Fire but Stands Firm Against Disarmament
Updated by Faith Barbara N Ruhinda at 1336 EAT on Wednesday 10 December 2025 Hamas’s political leader outside Gaza, Khaled Meshaal, said the group is prepared to take steps to curb future attacks on Israel from the besieged enclave, but insisted that giving up its weapons would be tantamount to “removing the soul” of the…
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