M23 Rebels Close In on Key DRC Town as Government Offers $5M Bounty for Leaders

Updated by Anastasios Gordon Sekandi at 04:02 EAT Monday 10 March 2025 Rebel fighters are pushing toward the critical town of Walikale, intensifying the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) ongoing conflict as government forces face internal defections and escalating violence. The M23 armed group has advanced further into the country’s mineral-rich east after capturing Goma…

Benni McCarthy Appointed as Head Coach of Kenya’s Harambee Stars

Updated at 21:05 EAT Tuesday 04 March 2025 Coach Benni McCarthy has officially been named the new head coach of the Kenya national football team, also known as the Harambee Stars. This announcement was made by the Football Kenya Federation (FKF) during a formal media launch at the Serena Hotel in Nairobi. McCarthy, a South…

EAC – SADC Leaders Meet to Solve DRC Crisis.

African Heads of State are attending the East Africa Commission -EAC Southern African Development Community- SADC joint summit in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. The Summit is focusing on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo- DRC. Uganda’s President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni earlier proposed to the summit that DRC’s President Felix Tshisekedi should speak…

Kenya’s high court Covid Vaccination requirement

By Faith Barbara Namagembe Updated at 1610 EAT published On 14 Dec 2021. Judge suspends government directive pending case hearing filed by a businessman who termed it a gross violation of the constitution. Kenya’s High Court has suspended a government order to prevent those who are not fully vaccinated against COVID-19 from accessing services and…