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Ugandan authorities on Tuesday ordered telecoms to shut down social media and messaging services, just two days before a tense presidential election. In a letter seen by AFP, Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) Executive Director Irene Sewankambo ordered telecommunications companies to ‘immediately suspend any access and use’ of social media and online messaging platforms. An industry insider who spoke to AFP… Read More

The postponed Great Ethiopian Run on Sunday crowned Abe Gashaw for the men and Tsige Gebrselama for the women. Gashaw, 22, won the 10-kilometer race with 28:19, his second victory after his 2016 win. For a large part of the race, he ran behind training partner and friend, Tadesse Worku but overtook in the final stretch. Gashaw, a member of… Read More

South Africa Mobilises In Response to Case Resurgence In light of a spike in COVID-19 cases in South Africa which authorities attribute to widespread holiday trips, the country will close the twenty remaining open land border posts with neighbouring countries for general entries and departures until February 15. In addition, coronavirus vaccines will soon be made available to the South… Read More

A Spiritual Celebration Transcends the Pandemic Benin’s annual Voodoo Festival! A cultural event celebrating the traditional religion that attracts followers and even tourists the world over. However, Sunday’s festivities paled in comparison to the usual grandeur. Christophe Kanankin Gbedohoui, a Beninese voodoo priest, shared the differences felt this year. “We used to gather and celebrate with pomp and circumstance on… Read More

Algeria’s President Tebboune announced on Sunday he is returning to Germany to receive treatment for post-Covid-19 complications in his foot. It comes less than two weeks after he came back to Algiers following two months of medical care. Aged 75 and a heavy smoker, Tebboune was hospitalised in Germany on October 28, and Algerian authorities later announced he had the… Read More

Many films have documented Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. But a new film MLK/FBI takes a new angle and explores how he was spied on by the FBI and the complexities of his personal life. Oscar-nominated director Sam Pollard said his responsibility with this new documentary was to create an accurate, respectful film taking a look at what King was… Read More

David Maraga’s tenure as Kenya’s Chief Justice came to an end on Monday. He turns 70 on January 12. Maraga has been at the helm of the east African nation’s judiciary for four years. He replaced Dr Willy Mutunga who resigned in June 2016. Special proceedings were held at the Supreme Court in Nairobi in Maraga’s honour. He later handed… Read More

Jihadist fighters have killed 13 soldiers in northeastern Nigeria, two army sources told AFP on Monday. Heavy gunfire and rocket-propelled grenades hit a military convoy in Gazagana village, in Yobe state on Saturday. “We lost 13 soldiers in this ambush and several were injured,” an officer said. But The Nigerian army, which tends to give far lower official figures for… Read More

A Uganda army serviceman on Monday fatally shot 4 people and injured several others before he was killed by security forces. The dead included two paramilitary police personnel, a police constable and a civilian. The civilian was a mother driving to work. The incident happened in Nansana on the outskirts of the capital Kampala. An army statement identified the shooter… Read More

Municipal Election “Rehearsal” in Libya Thursday’s municipal elections in several regions of western Libya served as a test of the authorities ability to organise general elections in anticipation of the national vote scheduled for December in the hopes of bringing Libya out of chaos. Temperature checks, mask-wearing and other coronavirus-prevention measures were required of citizens whose vote counts are yet… Read More