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Eddie Mutwe has been missing since Sunday when he was reportedly picked up by security forces
Anger as Uganda president's son says he's holding opposition leader's bodyguard
NAIROBI — General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the son of Uganda's president, has confirmed the detention of an opposition leader's bodyguard, who has been missing for five days.Edward Sebuufu, alias Eddie Mutwe, was reportedly picked up on Sunday by unidentified individuals in both civilian clothes and military fatigues in the central town of Kiwango, sparking public outrage.In a series of posts on X, Gen Kainerugabai, who is also Uganda's military chief, said Sebuufu was "in my basement", attaching the bodyguard's photo with a clean-shaven head.Gen Kainerugabai's remarks have sparked public anger with Ugandans using the hashtag #FreeEddieMutwe to demand Sebuufu's release and condemn his detention.Gen Kainerugaba frequently makes political comments, which his...
May 02, 2025

Anger as Uganda president's son says he's holding opposition leader's bodyguard

The attack happened near a busy roundabout often manned by traffic officers
Kenyan MP shot dead in 'targeted' attack in Nairobi
NAIROBI — A Kenyan member of parliament has been shot dead in the streets of the capital Nairobi by gunmen on a motorcycle in a suspected assassination.Police said the attackers had been trailing Charles Ong'ondo Were's vehicle before one of them got off the motorbike and shot him at close range."The nature of this crime appears to be both targeted and predetermined," police spokesperson Muchiri Nyaga said in a statement.The opposition MP had two months ago complained about threats to his life, local media reported.After the shooting on late Wednesday, his driver and bodyguard, both unhurt, managed to rush the injured MP to Nairobi Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.The attack happened along Ngong Road near a busy roundabout often manned by traffic police...
May 01, 2025

Kenyan MP shot dead in 'targeted' attack in Nairobi

Student journalist Ademba Allans trying to reach David Chege and another casualty lying on the ground after the shooting
Security forces who shot Kenya anti-tax protesters identified
NAIROBI — The members of Kenya's security forces who shot dead anti-tax protesters at the country's parliament last June have been identified by the BBC.The BBC's analysis of more than 5,000 images also shows that those killed there were unarmed and not posing a threat.The East African nation's constitution guarantees the right to peaceful protest, and the deaths caused a public outcry.Despite a parliamentary committee ordering Kenya's Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) to investigate the deaths on the streets of the capital, Nairobi — and make public its findings — no report regarding the killings at parliament has yet been issued and no-one has been held to account.The BBC World Service team analyzed videos and photos taken by protesters and...
April 28, 2025

Security forces who shot Kenya anti-tax protesters identified

In just 100 days in 1994, about 800,000 people were killed in the violence
Rwandan beekeeper arrested in US over genocide charges
WASHINGTON — A Rwandan beekeeper living in the US has been arrested over his alleged involvement in the 1994 genocide in his country.Faustin Nsabumukunzi is accused of committing "heinous acts of violence abroad" when he served as a local leader at the start of genocide, the Justice Department said.The 65-year-old suspect was also charged with visa fraud and attempted naturalisation fraud when he moved to the US in 2003. He pleaded not guilty to the charges and was released on bail."Nsabumukunzi repeatedly lied to conceal his involvement in the horrific Rwandan genocide while seeking to become a lawful permanent resident and citizen of the United States," said John Durham, a federal prosecutor.In just 100 days in 1994, about 800,000 people were killed in Rwanda by...
April 25, 2025

Rwandan beekeeper arrested in US over genocide charges

Tanzanian traders have been ordered to halt all shipments to South Africa and Malawi
Tanzania bans South Africa and Malawi imports as trade row escalates
MBEYA, Tanzania — Tanzania has banned all agricultural imports from South Africa and Malawi in the latest episode of a growing trade row."We are taking this step to protect our business interests. This is business - in business, we must all respect each other," Tanzania's Agriculture Minister Hussein Bashe said on Wednesday, while confirming the move.South Africa has for years prohibited the entry of bananas from Tanzania. Malawi, which shares a border with Tanzania, has blocked imports of flour, rice, ginger, bananas and maize from its northern neighbour.Diplomatic efforts to resolve the long-running trade issues have so far failed but Bashe said fresh talks were ongoing.South African exports to Tanzania of various fruits, including apples and grapes, will be hit....
April 24, 2025

Tanzania bans South Africa and Malawi imports as trade row escalates

During his 2015 trip to the Central African Republic, Pope Francis visited a mosque and called on people to reject hatred
Africa remembers Pope who spoke for the continent
NAIROBI — Millions of African Catholics, as well as the continent's leaders, are mourning a man who they felt spoke for Africa.Home to nearly a fifth of the Church's followers, or 272 million people, Africa is becoming increasingly important in the Catholic world, and observers say Pope Francis did a lot to raise the profile of the continent within the institution.Heads of state reflected the sentiments of many describing how the late Pope spoke out for the marginalised.Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu called him a "tireless champion of the poor" and his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa highlighted his "world view of inclusion [and] equality".The Vatican says that over the past year, seven million Africans have converted to Catholicism, making the...
April 22, 2025

Africa remembers Pope who spoke for the continent

People fleeing M-23 rebel advances arrive by boat in Goma, 22 January, 2025
At least 50 dead after boat catches fire in northwest DRC
KINSHASA — A boat has capsized after catching fire in the north-western part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), leaving at least 50 people dead and hundreds missing, a local official has said.Dozens were saved following the accident on the Congo River late on Tuesday night, many of them badly burned.A search for the missing is under way with rescue teams supported by the Red Cross and provincial authorities.The motorized wooden boat with about 400 passengers caught fire near the town of Mbandaka, Compétent Loyoko, the river commissioner, said.The boat, HB Kongolo, had left the port of Matankumu for the Bolomba territory.About 100 survivors were taken to an improvised shelter at the Mbandaka town hall. Those with burn injuries were taken to local hospitals.The fire reportedly...
April 17, 2025

At least 50 dead after boat catches fire in northwest DRC

Relatives hug Belgian national Lornoy David who is charged to related illegal possession and trafficking of live queen ants to sell as exotic pets, 15 April, 2025
Belgian teens charged with wildlife piracy by Kenya court after found with 5,000 ants
NAIROBI — Two Belgian teenagers have been charged with wildlife piracy after they were found with thousands of ants packed in test tubes in what Kenyan authorities said was part of a trend in trafficking smaller and lesser known species.Lornoy David and Seppe Lodewijckx, both 19-year-old, were arrested on 5 April with 5,000 ants, appeared distraught during their appearance before a magistrate in Nairobi and were comforted in the courtroom by relatives.They told the magistrate they were collecting the ants for fun and did not know that it was illegal.In a separate criminal case, Kenyan Dennis Ng’ang’a and Vietnamese Duh Hung Nguyen were also charged with illegal trafficking in the same courtroom, following their arrest while in possession of 400 ants.The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS)...
April 16, 2025

Belgian teens charged with wildlife piracy by Kenya court after found with 5,000 ants

A Sudanese woman cooks at a camp for displaced people in Port Sudan on Tuesday
Paramilitaries declare rival government in Sudan
SYDNEY — Sudan's paramilitaries have declared the formation of a rival government to the country's armed forces, two years into a war that has become the world's largest humanitarian crisis.The leader of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Mohamed Hamdan "Hemedti" Dagalo, said the group was "building the only realistic future for Sudan".The announcement came as London hosted an high-level conference to mark the second anniversary of the conflict, where the UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy called for "a pathway to peace".Fighting raged on, with the army saying it had bombed RSF positions outside the city of el-Fasher, forcing hundreds of thousands to flee the Zamzam refugee camp.Hemedti said the RSF was building a "state of law" and not a...
April 16, 2025

Paramilitaries declare rival government in Sudan

Tens of thousands of people have been forced to flee a camp in Darfur in the wake of the most recent attacks
UK hosts Sudan talks as people face famine
LONDON — A high-level international conference is under way in London to find "a pathway to peace" in Sudan, hosted by the UK's Foreign Secretary David Lammy.Sudan's civil war began exactly two years ago causing what aid agencies call the world's worst humanitarian crisis.The UK is promising an extra $120m (£91m) worth of food and medical assistance.Charities say 30 million people in Sudan are in desperate need, and people are starving as a result of the war."Many have given up on Sudan – that is wrong – it's morally wrong when we see so many civilians beheaded, infants as young as one subjected to sexual violence, more people facing famine than anywhere else in the world... We simply cannot look away," Lammy said opening the meeting on...
April 15, 2025

UK hosts Sudan talks as people face famine

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