FILE PHOTO: Protesters march on a street in Khartoum, Sudan. Thousands of Sudanese protesters took to the streets on Thursday in the capital Khartoum and other cities in new and increasingly regular demonstrations to demand civilian rule in the country. Protesters gathered in Khartoum and tried to reach the presidential palace, eyewitnesses told Xinhua. The…
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Rwandans flee to DRC in order not to be vaccinated
By Faith Barbara Namagembe Updated at 2312 EAT on 12 January 2022. Around 100 Rwandans have arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in recent days claiming to be fleeing the Covid-19 vaccination, which is often mandatory in their country. They came in small groups by canoe to the south of the island of…
South African King arrested for growing marijuana.
By Faith Barbara Namagembe Updated at 2248 EAT on 12 January 2022. What you need to know: Their leader, wearing a traditional loincloth, clung to a shoulder-height plant as police dragged it across the presidential lawn in Pretoria before arresting him. South African police Wednesday uprooted cannabis plants grown by indigenous activists who have camped outside…
200 people dead in northwest Nigeria.
About 200 people were buried following killings of civilians by motorcycle-riding gunmen in Zamfara state with many still unaccounted for. By Faith Barbara Namagembe Updated at 2040 EAT On 9 Jan 2022. An estimated 200 people were killed and 10,000 displaced in attacks by armed bandits in the northwestern Nigerian state of Zamfara following military…
Ethiopia announces freedom of prisoners of war.
Gov’t says it will release several leading TPLF members and opposition leaders from the Oromo and Amhara ethnic groups. By Faith Barbara Namagembe Updated On 7 Jan 2022 at 0935 EAT The Ethiopian government has announced it would pardon and release some of the country’s most high-profile political detainees, including oppositon figure Jawar Mohamed and senior…
Death toll raises as several people are killed in Sudan.
By Faith Barbara Namagembe Updated at 2330 EAT on 6 Jan 2022. Security forces kill three protesters as thousands gather across Sudan in first rallies since Abdalla Hamdok’s resignation as prime minister. Sudanese security forces have killed at least three anti-coup protesters, medics and an activist have said, as thousands of people rallied across Sudan…
Kenyans barred from entering over 40 nations
Updated on January 05 2022 at 0820 EAT What you need to know: Kenya whose economy grew by 9.9 percent in the third quarter has been counting on easing of containment measures to support its growth and lift the economy from the Covid-19 slowdown. Kenyan passport holders cannot access 40 countries, a marginal drop from…
Fire reignited at South African parliament again moments after it was put under control
A devastating fire that swept through South Africa’s Houses of Parliament in Cape Town has reignited – hours after it was said to be under control. By Faith Barbara Namagembe Updated at 2330 EAT on 03 January 2022. Flames have been billowing from the building’s roof. Firefighters are at the scene, trying to douse the…
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