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A court in Burundi has denied bail to the country’s powerful former prime minister Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni, who is on trial accused of undermining national security and insulting the president, sources close to the case told AFP on Thursday.  Bunyoni was prime minister from mid-2020 but was fired in a high-level political purge in September 2022, days …

Sacked former Burundi PM denied bailThu, 05 Oct 2023 14:04:58 GMT Read More »

Kenyan President William Ruto has made the first changes to his cabinet in a reshuffle that moved allies from key positions amid growing disenchantment over broken promises and economic hardship. Foreign Minister Alfred Mutua, who has been a vocal supporter of Kenya sending police on a peacekeeping mission to violence-plagued Haiti, was moved to tourism. In his …

Kenya’s foreign minister moved in cabinet reshuffleThu, 05 Oct 2023 13:05:48 GMT Read More »

Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine said Thursday he was under house arrest after being seized by security officials on his return home from a trip abroad.Wine, a popstar-turned-politician who ran against veteran President Yoweri Museveni in Uganda’s last election in 2021, has been arrested numerous times.”They picked me illegally like you saw and as we …

Uganda opposition leader Bobi Wine says under house arrrestThu, 05 Oct 2023 11:16:01 GMT Read More »

Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine was arrested Thursday on his return home from a trip abroad, a top party official said.”Our President (Bobi Wine) picked up by regime operatives as soon as he landed at the airport,” David Lewis Rubongoya, the general secretary of Wine’s National Unity Platform (NUP) said on X, formerly Twitter.The post …

Uganda opposition leader Bobi Wine arrested: partyThu, 05 Oct 2023 09:17:19 GMT Read More »

The world’s largest climate fund was seeking fresh cash at a donor conference on Thursday, with all eyes on what the United States will provide for vulnerable nations impacted by climate change.  The Green Climate Fund (GCF) was set up as part of the landmark 2015 Paris Agreement to funnel grants and loans to developing …

Largest climate fund seeks cash for developing nationsThu, 05 Oct 2023 09:03:03 GMT Read More »

The world’s largest multilateral climate fund will aim to boost cash flow in a donor conference on Thursday, with all eyes on what the United States will provide for vulnerable nations.The Green Climate Fund (GCF) was set up as part of the landmark 2015 Paris Agreement to funnel grants and loans to developing countries for …

Largest climate fund seeks new funding for vulnerableThu, 05 Oct 2023 03:49:24 GMT Read More »

The United Nations’ probe into human rights atrocities in Ethiopia will end next week despite investigators warning of an “overwhelming risk” of further abuses being committed in the war-ravaged country.Countries had until Wednesday to put forward a draft resolution to extend their mandate, or seek a further 24 hours in which to do so at …

UN’s Ethiopia rights atrocities probe ditchedWed, 04 Oct 2023 17:42:03 GMT Read More »

The Comoros said on Wednesday it will hold presidential elections on January 14, where its controversial head of state, Azali Assoumani, will seek to cement his rule.Voters in the Indian Ocean archipelago nation of some 900,000 people will also be called to elect local governors, according to a presidential decree. “The election of the president of …

Comoros to hold presidential vote on January 14Wed, 04 Oct 2023 14:58:14 GMT Read More »

Kenya says it is ready to lead a UN-backed mission to Haiti, but at home faces growing pressure to justify the risky intervention and the wisdom of sending its police to the violence-ravaged nation.The United Nations Security Council on Monday approved a Kenyan-led security operation to the Caribbean nation, where the economy has collapsed and violent …

‘Unusually risky’: Kenya faces scrutiny over Haiti missionWed, 04 Oct 2023 13:05:11 GMT Read More »

Mali’s army is deploying towards a northern separatist rebel stronghold in a high-risk operation which could foreshadow a widescale confrontation and prove a turning point after a decade of conflict.- What’s happening on the ground? – A large Malian army convoy left the city of Gao on Monday headed towards the northern Kidal region.It is reportedly …

Mali army, rebels edging towards crunch confrontationWed, 04 Oct 2023 12:48:49 GMT Read More »