Israeli military says soldiers searching Gaza’s main hospital

Israeli forces have entered Gaza’s largest hospital in what the military says is a “targeted” operation searching for Hamas infrastructure and weaponsA journalist inside the hospital tells the BBC that soldiers are going room to room and interrogating people but there is no shooting taking place The Hamas-run health ministry says more than 11,000 people…

The Origin of ADF. What you didn't know

The Allied Democratic Force (ADF) is Uganda’s most active rebel group. Just few weeks back, it was allegedly said to have burnt a trailer & killed one. Yet so little is known about the ADF today. So, who are the ADF, how did it start, & why is it so powerful? The ADF started in…

Gabon: wife of deposed president Ali Bongo jailed

The Franco-Gabonese wife of Gabon’s ex-president Ali Bongo Ondimba, Sylvia Bongo Ondimba Valentin, under house arrest since a military coup at the end of August for alleged embezzlement of public funds, has been jailed, her lawyer said on Thursday. “I can confirm this,” replied her French lawyer, François Zimeray, when questioned by AFP about his…

Belarus leader welcomes Wagner boss Prigozhin into exile

The leader of Russia’s 24-hour mutiny, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has arrived in Belarus, three days after his Wagner mercenary group’s mutiny came to an end 200km (125 miles) south of Moscow. “Yes, indeed, he’s in Belarus today,” leader Alexander Lukashenko announced, claiming credit in arranging his exile. Mr Prigozhin’s whereabouts had been a mystery since he…

TotalEnergies faces second lawsuit over Uganda oil projects

PARIS, – Five activist groups have sued French oil major TotalEnergies (TTEF.PA) for a second time over its projects in Uganda and Tanzania in a Paris civil court, they said on Tuesday, after an earlier fast-track attempt was dismissed in February. The French and Ugandan groups, led by Friends of the Earth France, accuse the…