In a twist of events in Kenyan politics, a new drama is unfolding after the Siaya County governor, James Orengo, announced himself as the “people’s party leader” of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM). This announcement James Orengo people’s party leader claim has not gone down well with many people since there are doubts about whether […]
Bamako, Mali, is under threat following the bombing and gunshots reported in the vicinity of one of the most vital military bases, namely the Kati Military Base, close to Bamako. Military officials revealed that a group of militants had attacked several places, Mali Kati base attack leading to a massive response from security forces throughout […]
The Tigray bloc of Ethiopia’s ruling coalition on Monday announced it would ‘legally separate’ and instead work with parties that share its ideologies. The resolution by Tigray Peoples Liberation Front (TPLF) was reached after a two-day emergency meeting held in the region’s capital Mekelle. TPLF said its relations with the federal government should be based […]
More than 3,000 additional U.S. troops were headed for the Middle East on Monday to bolster defenses in case Iran makes good on its threat to retaliate for the Trump administration’s targeted killing of a top general. U.S. military commanders had not been in favor of killing Soleimani, on the grounds that Iran would feel […]
Donald Trump warned his Turkish counterpart that “foreign interference is complicating the situation in Libya”, after Ankara voted to send troops to the oil-rich North African state. President Trump spoke to Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish president, on Thursday after Turkey’s parliament approved a year-long mandate to dispatch armed forces to prop up the ailing […]
The Nigerian military will be withdrawing troops from parts of the country to enable the Nigeria Police Force to assume full security control. Despite fresh threats by the Islamic State in collaboration with Boko Haram, President Muhammadu Buhari has clarified the government’s decision, saying the troops should be removed as the nation is not at […]
At least 2,500 people were arrested in 2019 in Rwanda for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, a senior police officer revealed Saturday in Kigali.According to the Commissioner of Police in charge of Traffic and Road Safety department, Rafiki Mujiji, the police has recorded 12,755 traffic violation tickets between Jauary and December last […]
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni, is currently on the 195-Km Great Trek that kicked off yesterday in memory of the National Resistance Army (NRA) Bush War that ushered in the National Resistance Movement (NRM)regime in 1986.The Great Trek slated to end on 10th January 2020 is intended to celebrate freedom fighters and war veterans for their […]
The al-Shabab extremist group attacked a military base used by U.S. and Kenyan troops in coastal Kenya early Sunday, with U.S. aircraft and vehicles destroyed, Kenyan authorities said. Kenya’s military said the pre-dawn breach was repulsed and at least four attackers were killed. A plume of black smoke rose above the base near the Somali […]
Zimbabwe was the only African country that voted against a United Nations General Assembly, UNGA, resolution on the Myanmar persecution of Rohingya Muslims. The resolution, “Situation of Rohingya Muslims and Other Minorities in Myanmar” was however passed overwhelmingly with 134 countries in favour as against nine in opposition and 28 abstentions. Others who voted against […]
Chad has withdrawn its 1,200-strong force who were on months-long mission fighting Boko Haram from Nigeria. Chadian Army’s spokesman also confirmed on Saturday that none of their personnel remain in Nigeria. “It’s our troops who went to aid Nigerian soldiers months ago returning home. They have finished their mission,” spokesman Colonel Azem Bermandoa said. “None […]
The US Navy has cancelled planned joint exercises with the Moroccan military amid raised tensions following the operation in Iraq that killed Qasem Soleimani, the head of Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) elite Quds Force, media reported on Saturday, Trend reports citing Sputnik . According to a US Navy statement seen by media outlet […]
Fourteen civilians, including many schoolchildren, died Saturday when a roadside bomb blew up their bus in northwestern Burkina Faso, a security source told AFP. Four people were seriously hurt in the blast in Sourou province near the Mali border, the source added, as children returned to school after holidays. “The vehicle hit a homemade bomb […]
Egypt’s Foreign Ministry on Friday said it was following developments in Iraq with great concern and appealed against any further escalation. The statement came after a U.S. air strike that killed the commander of Iran’s elite Quds Force, Qassem Soleimani. “The Foreign Ministry is following with great concern accelerating developments in Iraq, which augur an […]
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Saturday began a six-day walk in honor of the country’s fighters who won a five-year guerrilla war in 1986. Museveni flagged off the 195-km historic trek code-named “Africa Kwetu”, loosely translated “Our Africa”, The Great Sacrifice from Galamba in the central district of Wakiso. The president, dressed in full military […]
The commander of Libya’s east-based government, Khalifa Hafter said “men and women” would bear arms “to defend our land” after Turkey authorised the deployment of troops to support the UN-backed government in Tripoli, in the country’s west. On Friday, Khalifa Hafter said that his government, which is seeking to capture the capital Tripoli, would “declare […]
Gunmen on Thursday killed 19 people in a raid on a rural community in central Nigeria night, police said Friday. The assailants, yet unidentified, attacked the village of Tawari in Kogi State, 100 kilometres south of the federal capital Abuja, and then set fire to the houses. “They burned houses, a school, a church and […]
The Red Sea strait of Bab el Mandeb, located between Yemen and the African countries of Djibouti and Eritrea is one of the areas that might be on the receiving end of rising escalations between United States and Iran. In Yemen, the United States is backing its ally Saudi Arabia against the Iran-backed Houthi rebels. […]
Two protests, for and against the news of Turkish military deployments into Libya took place in different parts of the country. On Thursday n the eastern city of Benghazi, Libyans took to the streets to protest the move. Whiles the privately-run Libya Observer reported that hundreds marched in Tripoli and Misrata in support of the […]
Opposition parties in Ethiopia including Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC), Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) and Oromo Nationalist Party (ONP) have formed a coalition ahead of May’s national elections. The coalition comes hardly a week after OFC unveiled its latest member, prominent activist Mohammed Jawar, who said he joined because of a ‘shared federalist’ agenda. On Friday, […]