By Faith Barbara Namagembe Updated at 1549 EAT on 14 December 2021.p Published On 14 Dec 202114 Dec 2021 Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine says security forces have surrounded his residence and put him under house arrest before a planned campaign rally. In a series of Twitter posts on Tuesday, the sjnger-turned politician, who has been arrested…
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Zimbabwe goes to the Covid Lockdown again.
By Faith Barbara Namagembe Updated at 0845 EAT on 1st December 2021. Zimbabwe has reimposed a lockdown and mandatory quarantines for all travellers amidst rising Covid cases and to prevent the spread of the Omicron variant. The country has recorded over 130,000 Covid cases and about 4,700 deaths since the pandemic began early last year….
World Health Organisation (WHO) has identified a new Corona various called Omicron.
By Faith Barbara Namagembe updated at 0848 EAT on 27 November 2021. It had a large number of mutations, and early evidence suggested an increased reinfection risk, the WHO said. It was first reported to the WHO from South Africa on 24 November, and has also been identified in Botswana, Belgium, Hong Kong and Israel….
Uganda Police kills several suspects after bombings in the Capital Kampala
By Faith Barbara Namagembe Updated at 0910 EAT on 23 November 2021. Police say security forces have killed seven suspects and detained 106 people during operations linked to bombings in Kampala. Uganda Police have said that seven suspects were killed and 106 people detained during operations by the security services linked to three suicide bombings…
Kenya Suffering prolonged drought.
Absence of rainfall pushes pastoralists and their livestock to the brink of disaster, with 2.4 million people predicted to struggle to find food. By http://www.twitter.com/FaithNamagembe/ Published On 17 Nov 2021 at 0707 EAT. Wajir county, Kenya – As if in a macabre parade, cattle carcasses line the two sides of the dusty road leading into Biyamadow, a sleepy…
Ethiopia’s Internal War. How TPLF has over taken the Army.
By Faith Barbara Namagembe Updated at 0630 EAT on 18 November 2021. Once a formidable force that commanded the respect of the US, the Ethiopian army has suffered such heavy losses on the front lines that the government has taken the extraordinary step of calling on ordinary citizens to join the war against the Tigrayan…
Anti-Coup protester killed in Sudan, Medics Say.
By Faith Barbara Namagembe published On 13 Nov 2021 Updated at 1753 EAT Protests come two days after coup leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan reappointed himself head of the Sovereign Council. Sudanese security forces have killed one anti-coup protester and wounded others during a crackdown on renewed pro-democracy protests, according to an independent union of medics. “One…
UN staff detained in Ethiopia’s capital.
By Faith Barbara Namagembe Updated at 0836 EAT on 10 November 2021. The United Nations has said 16 of its Ethiopian staff have been detained in the country’s capital, Addis Ababa, with six others having been released. Speaking to reporters in New York on Tuesday, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said the world body was “actively…
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