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As Uganda counts down days to its general election, attacks against members of the press by security forces are on the rise. Journalists especially those covering opposition candidates and anti-government protests have been arrested, beaten or had their equipment confiscated or destroyed by the Police. One press freedom watchdog says it has documented over 100 attacks since November when presidential… Read More

Sudan on Wednesday signed a short-term loan with the United States of $1.2bn and signed another pact to normalise relations with Israel. Justice Minister Nasredeen Abdulbari signed the deal with visiting US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, according to the prime minister’s office. It is the first visit to Sudan by Munchin after the US removed the country from its list… Read More

President Donald Trump’s supporters broke into the US Capitol building and forced a lockdown as they sought to force Congress to undo President Donald Trump’s election loss. Trump supporters clashed with police as lawmakers gathered on Wednesday to confirm the election of Democratic President-elect Joe Biden. “We want Trump,” they chanted in the Capitol corridors. The ongoing special House and… Read More

Members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) and their partners finally reached a compromise on Tuesday, allowing Russia and Kazakhstan to slightly increase their production of Petrol in the first quarter. But Saudi Arabia, wary of the spread of Covid-19, chose to make a significant cut in a surprise announcement. OPEC oil output rose for a sixth… Read More

The question remains.- What happened on Sunday near Douentza, in central Mali in the midst of security turmoil? The French army says its planes wiped out dozens of jihadists while villagers report the death of several civilians in a strike by an unidentified helicopter. Messages have proliferated on social networks since Sunday about the events in the village of Bounti,… Read More

South Africa’s police minister said on Wednesday foreign nationals from Europe are defying the country’s lockdown measures by going to the beach in Western Cape. Bheki Cele also urged South Africans to comply with coronavirus regulations while visiting the famous Garden Route. South Africa closed many beaches, banned alcohol sales, made face mask wearing mandatory and imposed a curfew in… Read More

For thousands of Ethiopians who have fled fighting in the Tigray region to Sudan, this year’s Coptic Christmas on January 7 is a sombre celebration. There will be little feasting for those living hand-to-mouth in the crowded Um Raquba refugee camp. Wednesday January 6th is the Christmas Eve for Ethiopian Orthodox Christians. Prices of basic goods soared in the dusty… Read More

At least 21 people have been killed in a village in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, in an area that usually sees Islamist rebel attacks, local authorities said on Tuesday. The militants launched the attack late on Monday and killed residents in the Mwenda village with machetes and guns. “The enemy would have come towards the Kabembeu river, the… Read More

Same President New Parliament Ghanaian President and also recent President Re-elect as of December 7, 2020, Nana Akufo-Addo on Tuesday addressed the Members of the bi-partisan Parliament, in a delivery on the State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Tuesday, in Accra. “The good people of Ghana have spoken and given Parliament an almost equal strength on both sides of… Read More

Electoral Discord in the Central African Republic Tuesday in the Central African Republic saw ten candidates in the presidential race call for the “outright cancellation and resumption” of the December 27 presidential and legislative elections in light of perceived electoral fraud. This comes after the re-election of the incumbent Faustin Archange Touadéra in the first round with 53.92% of the… Read More