AU Troops Begin Withdrawal From Somalia

Mogadishu — The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) has started to drawdown in compliance with the United Nations Security Council Resolutions (UNSCR) 2628(22) and 2670(22) which mandates ATMIS to drawdown 2000 soldiers by the end of June 2023. Supported by the United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS), ATMIS, has handed over the…

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UK govt to appeal judges’ block of Rwanda deportation plan

London – The UK government said it would challenge a court ruling issued Thursday that blocks its plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda, a set-back to its controversial bid to cut migrant numbers. Three Court of Appeal judges ruled that Rwanda could not be considered a safe third country, after a challenge to the…

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Uganda expects to start oil production from Tilenga project in 2025

SINGAPORE, Uganda National Oil Co (UNOC) expects to start oil production from the Tilenga project in the first half of 2025, the company’s CEO said on Wednesday. “The drill kits have been put up and the drilling has started,” Uganda National Oil Co CEO Proscovia Nabbanja told Reuters on the sidelines of an Energy Asia…

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Organ Trafficking – A Growing Problem with No Easy Solutions

ANALYSIS By Frederike Ambagtsheer Every now and then the trade in human organs makes national, even international, news. In March 2023, a Nigerian politician, his wife and a medical middleman were found guilty of an organ-trafficking plot after they brought a man to the UK from Lagos to sell his kidney. Several months later in Kenya, following…

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Debris, human remains from imploded Titanic sub return to port

Twisted wreckage has been brought ashore as part of an ongoing investigation into what happened to the doomed Titan sub. Debris and possible human remains from the submersible that implodedon a visit to the Titanic has been hauled back to shore, as authorities investigate what led to the deadly deep-sea disaster. Members of the United States…

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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…

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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…

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