Faith Nyasuguta The United States has started withdrawing its troops from Niger, as confirmed in a joint statement from the defense ministries of both countries over the weekend. The statement detailed the initial phase of this transition, marked by the departure of a US Air Force C-17 Globemaster III from Air Base 101 in Niamey […]
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Faith Nyasuguta In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), more than 50 individuals, including three U.S. citizens and a Belgian, have gone on trial over what the army has labeled an attempted coup. The military court in Kinshasa, the DRC’s capital, commenced proceedings with severe accusations. Judge Freddy Ehume emphasized that the actions of the […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Last week, African leaders convened in Seoul and committed to ensuring a stable and organized supply of minerals to South Korea. This commitment, aimed at facilitating South Korea’s access to essential raw materials for energy transition, was formalized in a joint declaration between South Korean leaders and representatives from 48 African countries attending […]
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Faith Nyasuguta President Yoweri Museveni has firmly declared that foreign influences pose no threat to Uganda’s sovereignty or economic progress. This assertion follows sanctions imposed by the United Kingdom and the United States on Uganda’s Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, and ministers, including Goreti Kitutu, Agnes Nandutu, and Amos Lugolobi. Under Among’s leadership, Parliament enacted […]
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Faith Nyasuguta South Africa’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, announced that the African National Congress (ANC) intends to form a government of national unity with a broad coalition of opposition parties. “The purpose of the government of national unity must be, first and foremost, to tackle the pressing issues that South Africans want to be addressed,” Ramaphosa […]
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Faith Nyasuguta The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights has reiterated its longstanding order to Tanzania to revoke the death penalty in line with the continental charter on the right to life. Delivering judgment on two separate cases, the court sitting in Arusha emphasized again that mandatory capital punishment was a violation of the […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov(pictured above, left) has pledged increased support to Burkina Faso in combating militant groups, continuing his tour of West Africa. This visit aims to bolster Russian influence in a region traditionally allied with Western nations. Speaking at a news conference in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso’s capital, Lavrov emphasized Russia’s commitment […]
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Faith Nyasuguta The European Union (EU) plans to impose sanctions on six Sudanese military figures who are contributing to the conflict that has resulted in one of the world’s most severe humanitarian crises, according to European diplomats. Later this month, EU foreign ministers are expected to approve these sanctions against six individuals from the rival […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Amid escalating tensions with Washington over the Ukraine conflict, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has labeled the United States an “enemy” state. This declaration follows claims by former American intelligence officer Scott Ritter that he was prevented from visiting St. Petersburg and had his passport confiscated by border officials. In response to Ritter’s claims, […]
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Faith Nyasuguta In April, two men from Lagos, Nigeria, pleaded guilty in a case of international sextortion that led to the suicide of a Michigan teenager from the Upper Peninsula. Samuel Ogoshi, 22, and Samson Ogoshi, 20, admitted to conspiring to sexually exploit teenage boys in Michigan’s western district and across the United States, as […]
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