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The consequences of the brutal crimes allegedly committed by Uganda rebel chief Joseph Kony are still reverberating in the country more than 20 years later, an International Criminal Court prosecutor said on Tuesday.Kony faces 39 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including murder, rape, torture, enslavement and sexual slavery, allegedly committed between July …

Kony crimes still felt in Uganda, 20 years on, ICC hearsTue, 09 Sep 2025 09:39:38 GMT Read More »

Indicted Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony, who has been on the run for decades, is down to just 20 or so fighters and is likely in Sudan’s Darfur region, an expert on his insurgency told AFP.Kony once held sway over the borderlands that connect Uganda, Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Central African Republic — …

Where is Uganda’s wanted warlord Joseph Kony?Tue, 09 Sep 2025 09:08:30 GMT Read More »

Ethiopia prepared to inaugurate Africa’s largest hydroelectric project on Tuesday that has promised to revolutionise the country’s energy sector but that has sparked diplomatic rows with downstream neighbours. For Ethiopia, the Grand Renaissance Dam (GERD) is a national project of historic scale and a rare unifying symbol in a country torn apart by ongoing internal conflicts.Towering …

Ethiopia to inaugurate Africa’s biggest damTue, 09 Sep 2025 07:20:03 GMT Read More »

Leaders of the 11-member BRICS bloc railed against economic protectionism and “tariff blackmail” during a virtual meeting Monday held amid a damaging trade war with US President Donald Trump.The group of emerging economies met via videoconference at the initiative of Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, whose office said it was necessary to address …

BRICS leaders denounce protectionism, tariff ‘blackmail’Mon, 08 Sep 2025 17:50:16 GMT Read More »

Umar Bulama lay among the corpses, hoping that Boko Haram fighters would mistake him for one of the dead after a brutal weekend attack on a northern Nigerian town. Pressing his face “into the blood-soaked sand”, Bulama, 34, was lucky: he survived Friday’s assault on the northeastern town of Darul Jamal near the Cameroonian border.The town …

Nigerians play dead, run through flames to survive Boko Haram attackMon, 08 Sep 2025 17:16:35 GMT Read More »

Ivory Coast on Monday barred two top opposition leaders, ex-president Laurent Gbagbo and former Credit Suisse CEO Tidjane Thiam, from next month’s presidential election in which President Alassane Ouattara is seeking a controversial fourth term.The constitutional council, tasked with drawing up the final list of candidates, retained five bids to contest the October 25 ballot …

I.Coast bars two top opposition leaders from presidential voteMon, 08 Sep 2025 16:56:47 GMT Read More »

Africa, which emits only four percent of greenhouse gases but suffers disproportionately from the impact of global warming, called Monday for more funding for adaptation in the name of “climate justice”. The African Union (AU), headquartered in Addis Ababa, is hosting its second continental climate summit from Monday to Wednesday. At the first summit in Kenya two …

African Union chief calls for more ‘climate justice’ fundsMon, 08 Sep 2025 14:49:45 GMT Read More »

Every evening, Everlyn Ayo left her village in northern Uganda, trekking with thousands of other children known as “night commuters” hoping to escape the horrors of Joseph Kony and his Lord’s Resistance Army. The messianic Kony, whose case is finally being heard by the International Crime Court (ICC) from Tuesday, led one of the world’s most …

‘All I see is blood’: Kony survivors recall horrors ahead of trialMon, 08 Sep 2025 03:41:08 GMT Read More »

The International Criminal Court will from Tuesday hear war crimes charges against fugitive Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony, accused of spearheading a brutal reign of terror that killed tens of thousands. Judges will hear 39 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity against Kony, including murder, torture, rape, sexual slavery and pillaging at the ICC’s first-ever …

ICC to hear war crimes charges against fugitive warlord KonyMon, 08 Sep 2025 03:29:21 GMT Read More »

Under the Kenyan stars tourists and tribal dancers looked up at the rust red “blood moon” as the east African country launched a new tourism initiative promoting the country’s night skies.When the Sun, Earth and Moon line up, the shadow cast by the planet on its satellite makes it appear an eerie, deep red colour …

‘Blood Moon’ rises as Kenya looks to the stars for tourismSun, 07 Sep 2025 21:42:26 GMT Read More »