Rwanda’s all-powerful President Paul Kagame has been re-elected to a fourth term in office with 99.18 percent of the vote, according to full provisional results published Thursday.The outcome of Monday’s poll was never in doubt, with Kagame ruling the small African nation with an iron fist as de facto leader then president for three decades. Garnering …

Rwanda’s Kagame re-elected with 99.18 percent of votesThu, 18 Jul 2024 11:56:37 GMT Read More »

President Cyril Ramaphosa will lay out the new government’s vision for South Africa on Thursday, opening parliament after elections in May forced his long-ruling ANC into an uncomfortable coalition. Ramaphosa, 71, will address a joint sitting of the two Houses in Cape Town at around 7:00 pm (1700 GMT) after a ceremony including a display of …

South Africa’s president to lay out new government plansThu, 18 Jul 2024 09:58:43 GMT Read More »

Kenyan President William Ruto named Wednesday his foreign minister as “acting cabinet secretary” for all ministries, nearly a week after dismissing almost his entire cabinet in an attempt to defuse deadly anti-government rallies.The East African nation was left reeling after peaceful rallies last month over steep tax increases spiralled into violence that left dozens killed, …

Kenyan president names ally ‘acting’ stand-in for sacked ministersWed, 17 Jul 2024 17:40:21 GMT Read More »

As Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame prepares for a fourth term, the iron-fisted leader faces several challenges.Rwanda’s de facto leader since the end of the 1994 genocide, Kagame will need to sustain the country’s economic growth, calm Kigali’s stormy relationship with the Democratic Republic of Congo, and possibly even designate his successor, experts say.- The Congolese …

The challenges confronting Rwanda’s leader Paul KagameWed, 17 Jul 2024 13:23:55 GMT Read More »

As the rainclouds descend on Sierra Leone’s tropical Kambui forest, a handful of khaki-clad rangers assemble for their daily patrol in the fight to preserve the West African country’s dwindling wilderness.The team are from the National Protected Area Authority (NPAA) and are tasked with guarding the rainforest from encroaching illegal miners and loggers.But with just …

Sierra Leone rangers fight uphill battle against deforestationWed, 17 Jul 2024 05:49:54 GMT Read More »

Another 200 Kenyan police officers arrived in Haiti Tuesday under a UN-backed mission to try to quell rampant gang violence in the troubled Caribbean nation, where they were welcomed by senior Haitian and Kenyan police officials.Haitian sources say the new batch brings the total to 400 Kenyan boots on the ground in violence-ravaged Port-au-Prince, part …

200 more Kenyan police deploy to tackle Haiti violenceTue, 16 Jul 2024 21:05:53 GMT Read More »

United Nations agencies and international aid groups must “come back and do more for the people of Sudan”, the head of medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said on Tuesday.MSF international president Christos Christou told AFP that after 15 months of brutal conflict in the northeast African country, nearly one in three wounded have been …

MSF calls on UN, aid groups to ‘come back to Sudan’Tue, 16 Jul 2024 19:35:37 GMT Read More »

Police fired tear gas and water cannon against dozens of demonstrators in Kenya’s capital Nairobi on Tuesday, as scattered rallies across the country called for embattled President William Ruto to step down.Activists led by young Gen-Z Kenyans launched peaceful rallies a month ago against deeply unpopular tax hikes but they descended into deadly violence, prompting …

Kenyan police fire tear gas in Nairobi during anti-govt ralliesTue, 16 Jul 2024 16:41:52 GMT Read More »

A Kenyan court on Tuesday ordered a man who police said has confessed to murdering and dismembering 42 women to be detained for 30 days as they pursue their investigations.Collins Jumaisi Khalusha, 33, described by police as a “vampire, a psychopath”, was arrested in the early hours of Monday following the horrific discovery of mutilated …

Kenyan court orders suspected serial killer to be held for 30 daysTue, 16 Jul 2024 15:55:01 GMT Read More »

The body of Burundi’s former president Pierre Buyoya was repatriated to his home country on Tuesday, more than three years after he was buried thousands of kilometres (miles) away in Mali.Buyoya, who was credited with helping push democracy in the small African nation but accused of involvement in his successor’s assassination, died in Paris in …

Body of former Burundian president Buyoya repatriated from MaliTue, 16 Jul 2024 14:43:42 GMT Read More »