EU-funded Egyptian forces ‘rounding up and deporting Sudanese refugees’.

The Egyptian authorities have used EU-funded security forces in a campaign of mass arrests and forcible deportations against refugees from the Sudan war, according to a human rights group report. Amnesty International found Egypt “forcibly returned an estimated 800 Sudanese detainees between January and March 2024, who were all denied the possibility to claim asylum”….

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Mass arrests in Kenya as angry citizens protest against tax hikes.

Protests have erupted in parts of Kenya, with hundreds detained by police as citizens rejected planned tax hikes in the East African nation already grappling with escalating living costs. Civil society groups said that at least 283 people have been arrested since Tuesday as protests flared over the proposed hikes. The government faced backlash in…

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Putin and Kim sign historic pack, pledging mutual support and cooperation.

Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un have signed an agreement pledging that Russia and North Korea will help each other in the event of “aggression” against either country. The Russian president made the announcement following talks with Mr Kim during a lavish visit to Pyongyang, his first since 2000. Mr Kim said it took their…

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Bank of Uganda takes a decisive action on Mercantile Credit Bank.

Uganda’s central bank on Tuesday suspended the operations, Mercantile Credit Bank Limited (MCBL), one of the country’s biggest microfinance institutions, saying the bank was undercapitalised, posing a risk to customer deposits. The bank is one of five licensed microfinance credit institutions supervised by the central Bank of Uganda. The Bank of Uganda took action because…

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Zuma’s MK Pledges alliance with opposition.

South Africa’s political landscape is still in flux following the ANC’s effort to establish a government of national unity after not securing a parliamentary majority in last month’s election. Although the ANC’s leader, Cyril Ramaphosa, has been reelected as president, the party is still in the process of forming new partnerships. The coalition it has…

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Four mourners killed by a speeding Malawi VP’s funeral convoy.

Four people, including a pregnant woman, were killed after a vehicle tried to avoid the convoy carrying the body of the late Malawi Vice-President Saulos Chilima hit mourners, witnesses say. Twelve other people were injured in the incident on Sunday night and were being treated in hospital. It followed clashes between local people, the police…

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