The High Court has placed a temporary hold on the implementation of the recently signed Health Cooperation Framework between Kenya and the United States. The action marks the first major legal challenge to the multi-billion dollar deal that was signed on December 4. The court order specifically suspended any further steps to consummate the agreement, […]
Rwanda has accused the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Burundi of deliberately violating a ceasefire in eastern DRC, just days after a peace agreement was signed in Washington. The Rwandan-backed M23 rebel group captured the strategic city of Uvira near the Burundian border late Tuesday, the latest major settlement to fall in the mineral-rich […]
Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), yesterday, declared support for President Bola Tinubu’s intervention in Sunday’s attempted coup in the Republic of Benin, saying his timely role prevented a major security threat to Nigeria. Chairman of NGF and governor of Kwara State, Alhaji AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, disclosed this while reacting to the development. That was as Senate granted […]
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has sentenced former Janjaweed commander Ali Muhammad Ali Abdelrahman, known as ‘Ali Kushayb’ and feared in Darfur as the “Colonel of Colonels” to 20 years in prison for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in 2003-2004. The sentence, handed down on today in The Hague, follows his October conviction […]
After 30 years of bloodshed, proxy wars, and political theatre, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda have signed a peace agreement that many are calling historic. But in the Great Lakes region, where hope and disappointment walk side by side, it is fair to ask: Is this the beginning of peace—or another carefully choreographed […]
Around a dozen soldiers have been arrested in Benin following an attempted coup, including the ringleaders of the foiled operation, military and security sources told AFP on Sunday. One source said 13 arrests had been made, with another adding that all the detainees are serving soldiers except one, who is a former member of the […]
US President Donald Trump has said that he did not want Somali immigrants in the United States, telling reporters they should “go back to where they came from.” He described Somalia as a country “with no structure.” These remarks coincided with reports of a planned immigration enforcement operation targeting Minnesota’s large Somali community, including Congresswoman […]
Deportations of Sudanese refugees escaping the world’s largest humanitarian crisis for safety in neighbouring Egypt have accelerated over the past 12 months, escalating a campaign of repression that was exposed in a joint investigation by The New Humanitarian and the Refugees Platform in Egypt last year. Critics say the UN’s refugee agency (UNHCR) – the […]
The country’s National Electoral Commission has stated they were “unable to conclude the electoral process” days after the African Union (AU) issued a strong condemnation of the November 26 military coup hours before the results were supposed to be declared. In a statement, the AU Commission Chairperson, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, reiterated the body’s “zero tolerance […]
