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The Democratic Republic of Congo’s Senate on Thursday voted to lift the immunity of ex-president Joseph Kabila, whom the government accuses of supporting a Rwanda-backed militia in the mineral-rich east.By 88 ballots to five, the upper house backed exposing the 53-year-old to prosecution on charges of supporting the M23 armed group, which has seized swathes …

DR Congo ex-leader Kabila loses immunity to ‘treason’ probeThu, 22 May 2025 20:46:40 GMT Read More »

Kenya’s foreign minister told AFP on Thursday that Tanzanian authorities had released a prominent activist, who rights groups said had been “held incommunicado” since Monday in the east African country.Boniface Mwangi was among activists who travelled to Tanzania’s economic capital Dar es Salaam to show solidarity with opposition leader Tundu Lissu during his court appearance …

Kenya FM says Tanzania has released activistThu, 22 May 2025 18:56:39 GMT Read More »

Kenya’s foreign minister on Thursday said trade ties were the country’s priority as he responded to criticism about the kidnapping of a Ugandan opposition leader on its soil last year.Kizza Besigye, 69, was abducted by armed men in the heart of the Kenyan capital in November and re-emerged a few days later at a military …

Trade ‘at stake’: Kenya FM explains role in Uganda opposition kidnapThu, 22 May 2025 17:51:38 GMT Read More »

A video projected by US President Donald Trump to support false claims of “persecution” of white South Africans prominently featured Julius Malema, a firebrand politician known for his radical rhetoric.Trump ambushed President Cyril Ramaphosa with the 4:30-minute video shown in the Oval Office on Wednesday during talks at which South Africa wanted to salvage bilateral …

Malema, the radical politician in Trump’s S.Africa videoThu, 22 May 2025 17:07:54 GMT Read More »

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced Thursday he had signed a contentious deal to return the remote Chagos Islands to Mauritius after a judge overturned a last-minute legal challenge.Labour leader Starmer said the agreement, supported by Washington, was “the only way” to maintain British and American control of a key military base on the archipelago’s …

UK agrees deal over Chagos Islands despite court challengeThu, 22 May 2025 16:43:01 GMT Read More »

South Africans voiced anger Thursday at US President Donald Trump’s persistent false claim of a genocide against white farmers that were repeated in talks with President Cyril Ramaphosa. The talks between the two presidents Wednesday were aimed at repairing relations that have nosedived since Trump took office in January, later threatening high trade tariffs and expelling …

South Africans angered by Trump’s ‘genocide’ claimsThu, 22 May 2025 16:34:20 GMT Read More »

Britain separated the Chagos Islands from its colony Mauritius more than 50 years ago, expelling the entire population to make way for what has become one of the most important US military bases.Britain’s 1965 acquisition of the remote Indian Ocean archipelago has been disputed ever since, with the United Nations ruling in 2019 that the …

Chagos Islands: international dispute and human dramaThu, 22 May 2025 15:42:54 GMT Read More »

Former world number one golfer, Ernie Els, declared himself a “proud South African” as he was dragged into the ambush of his country’s leader Cyril Ramaphosa by US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office.Ramaphosa invited Els and another leading South African golfer, Retief Goosen, to accompany him to the White House meeting on Wednesday, …

Els and Goosen: Golfers dragged into Trump’s ambush of S.Africa leaderThu, 22 May 2025 12:55:32 GMT Read More »

A British court on Thursday paved the way for a government deal on returning the remote Chagos Islands to Mauritius, lifting a temporary ban which had forced an 11th-hour halt to an accord being signed.The agreement would see Britain hand back the Indian Ocean archipelago to its former colony and pay to lease a key …

UK court gives govt green light to reach Chagos Islands dealThu, 22 May 2025 12:41:19 GMT Read More »

When Joseph Kabila stepped aside for Felix Tshisekedi in 2019, it was hailed as the Democratic Republic of Congo’s first peaceful handover of power since independence from Belgium.But on Thursday Kabila faces a vote in the Senate potentially exposing him to prosecution on accusations he conspired with an armed militia to remove his successor from …

DR Congo ex-leader Kabila’s immunity on line over plot claimsThu, 22 May 2025 12:37:01 GMT Read More »