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Trade Movement Logistics Planning With the launch of the African Continental Free Trade Area, the 3 regional blocs are accelerating the process of regional integration The council of ministers of the economic blocs Southern African Development Community (SADC), Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and the East African Community (EAC) discussed — among other topics, the draft guidelines… Read More

The Ugandan military court has for the second time denied bail to 36 members of the opposition party, the National Unity Party. The 36 members of the opposition party were arrested last December during the campaign rally of the musician-turned-politician Bobi Wine in central Kampala. Among those arrested include Wines music partner Ali Bukeniare and bodyguard Edward Ssebufu who are… Read More

Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi appointed Monday Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde as Prime Minister. Mr. Sama Lukonde Kyenge, 43, was until Monday the General Director of the state mining company Gécamines (General Quarries and Mines), the country’s mining flagship project, a position to which he was appointed by Tshisekedi in June 2019. Lukonde was also once a sports minister and a former… Read More

The lead defence lawyer to the convicted former Lord’s Resistance Army commander Dominic Ongwen has said his client will appeal the February 4 ruling of the International Criminal Court (ICC), which found him guilty of 61 war crimes and crimes against humanity. Ongwen’s defence lawyer, Krispus Ayena Odongo argued that he (Ongwen) was a victim who was abducted when he… Read More

The lead defence lawyer to the convicted former Lord’s Resistance Army commander Dominic Ongwen has said his client will appeal the February 4 ruling of the International Criminal Court (ICC), which found him guilty of 61 war crimes and crimes against humanity. Ongwen’s defence lawyer, Krispus Ayena Odongo argued that he (Ongwen) was a victim who was abducted when he… Read More

A UK company, Camellia Group, agreed to settle legal claims from a number of Kenyan and Malawian women over gross human rights abuses and rape allegations. The firm’s guards have been accused of committing atrocities ranging from killings, rape and other forms of sexual and gender-based violence. The Macadamia, tea and avocado company paid a total of over $9.7 million… Read More

A UK company, Camellia Group, agreed to settle legal claims from a number of Kenyan and Malawian women over gross human rights abuses and rape allegations. The firm’s guards have been accused of committing atrocities ranging from killings, rape and other forms of sexual and gender-based violence. The Macadamia, tea and avocado company paid a total of over $9.7 million… Read More

Schools in South Africa started reopening Monday for the beginning of the 2021 academic year, after a delay by weeks due to the second wave of the coronavirus. Masked Parents and students had to sanitize their hands and have their temperature checked before entering school premises. “I’m happy for him, even though I have concerns because we are in this… Read More

An ambulance stops just outside the Djellaz cemetery in Tunis, Tunisia’s capital. It deposits a corpse and the officials at the cemetery take it out to prepare it for burial. The corpse is yet another victim of Covid 19 in the north African country. Few relatives and mourners are gathered near the cemetery to pay their last respects. But it… Read More

Coronavirus Cases on the Decline The Algerian government decided on Sunday to reopen all mosques across the country in strict compliance with health measures and protocols. This comes as part of the moves to ease coronavirus-prevention restrictions in light of a national drop in infections. In addition, the government has authorised the resumption of all public and private hotel activities… Read More