Renson Mwakandana On Thursday, Ethiopia called gasoline shortages in the war-torn Tigray area a “myth” and said that rebels there were about to launch a fresh onslaught. The gasoline Addis Ababa is letting them ship to the area, according to humanitarian organizations, is insufficient, and they have warned that the shortages will make it difficult […]
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Renson Mwakandana As regional politicians and military look for answers to the rising war endangering the security of Democratic Republic of Congo area, the Church has joined hands in a bid to bring peace to the turbulent eastern Congo. The East African Community (EAC) current’s head, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, issued an order to end hostilities […]
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Renson Mwakandana The idea to send out a regional peacekeeping force has been opposed by certain locals in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. As reported earlier, the East African Community (EAC) authorities approved the dispatch of a regional force to aid in the stabilization of eastern DRC on Monday in Nairobi, Kenya. This action had also […]
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Renson Mwakandana Police have announced that 16 people belonging to the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) have been apprehended in Mityana District in Central Uganda. The ADF is a rebel organization founded in Uganda that has spread to the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The group, which has been labeled a terrorist organization, has been […]
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Renson Mwakandana On Monday, the East African Community heads of state of agreed to deploy a regional force to the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. “The deployed EAC regional force should, in cooperation with the military and administrative forces of the DRC, seek to stabilize and secure the peace in the DRC,” read part of the communique […]
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Renson Mwakandana Belgian officials have returned a tooth to the children of assassinated Congolese independence hero Patrice Lumumba, in a further step toward acknowledging the country’s cruel exploitation of the former colony. Lumumba, the first prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) 🇨🇩, then known as the Republic of Congo, and an […]
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Renson Mwakandana In central Somalia, the Somalia National Army (SNA) and local police killed 46 Al Shabaab members, including five foreign terrorists, according to Galmudug State Information Minister Ahmed Shire Falagle. According to reports from Dusamareb town, Galmudug’s headquarters, a furious fight broke out early Friday in Bahdo town, east of Dusamareb in the Galgadud […]
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Renson Mwakandana Even though Kigali disputes the claim, the Democratic Republic of Congo has suspended all ties with Rwanda, accusing it of assisting the M23 rebels. Following a late-night meeting on Wednesday, June 15, government spokesperson Patrick Muyaya announced various resolutions by President Félix Tshisekedi and the High Council of Defense. “The High Council of Defense […]
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At the beginning of the week, Burkina Faso, a West African country experienced a bloody massacre by terrorists leaving scores dead and throwing the country in a state of mourning for three days. The head of the country’s ruling junta, Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo, decreed three days of mourning, which took effect at midnight on Monday. Away from […]
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Renson Mwakandana Tanzania’s finance minister announced that a digital tax will be implemented this year, aimed at global internet companies that provide services in the country. The 2% tax will take effect in July, and it follows other governments’ initiatives to compel US multinational tech companies to pay at least a percentage of their revenues […]
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