Faith Nyasuguta West African leaders of the ECOWAS bloc meeting in Nigeria have directed the deployment of a ‘standby force’ to restore democracy in Niger after the coup. However, two Western officials told The Associated Press that junta leaders in Niger told an American diplomat that deposed President Mohamed Bazoum would be killed if there […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has announced that Russia and South Korea will soon start building nuclear power plants in the country. Addressing the 2nd G-25 Africa Coffee Summit at the Speke Resort Hotel in Kampala, Museveni said negotiations with Russia and South Korea had already been concluded. “Russia and South Korea are going […]
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Faith Nyasuguta United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres is “very concerned” about the living conditions and safety of detained Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum and his family, according to a spokesperson for the UN chief. The UN in a statement, therefore, once again called for his immediate and unconditional release. “The secretary-general is very concerned over the […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Ugandan officials have strongly criticized the World Bank and Western nations for their perceived “hypocrisy” after the global lender suspended lending for projects in Uganda. The World Bank’s decision was prompted by Uganda’s enactment of a new anti-homosexuality law, which the Bank cited as a violation of its values. The move has ignited […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Antony Blinken, the head of American diplomacy cautioned in an interview published on Tuesday that Wagner was taking advantage of the instability caused by the coup in Niger, the group of Russian mercenaries having already moved closer to neighboring Mali. The US secretary of state revealed to the BBC that he does not […]
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Faith Nyasuguta The World Bank is pausing approval for any new public finance projects in Uganda over the nation’s adoption of a widely criticized anti-LGBTQ law earlier this year. A statement from the Bank says further funding is being frozen until authorities in Uganda provide adequate policy to protect minorities, including the lesbian, gay, bisexual, […]
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Faith Nyasuguta On Tuesday, the U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) said it had resumed distributing food aid in parts of Ethiopia’s Tigray region after a three-month pause. The WFP had paused food aid to the northern region in May following reports of widespread theft of donations. It then suspended aid to all of Ethiopia in […]
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Faith Nyasuguta The creation of a BRICS currency will be one of the main topics up for discussion when the group of five emerging nations, Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, meet in Johannesburg this month, South African officials said. Russia has been spearheading the push for the creation of a joint currency, and […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Patients and activists have revealed that rape is common in Uganda’s mental health facilities. However, accusers are frequently not believed, and justice is rare. The first time CJ*( not her real name) was hospitalized for bipolar disorder, she alleges, a staff member who worked in security raped her one evening. She had been […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Junta leaders in Niger have denied a senior US official the chance to meet the West African country’s ousted president and rejected her pleas to restore democracy after July’s coup. The US acting deputy secretary of state, Victoria Nuland, described “frank and difficult” talks during a two-hour meeting in the Nigerien capital, Niamey, […]
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