Category: Africa

Uganda’s president has announced that schools will be reopened in January, almost two years after they were closed because of the Covid pandemic. President Yoweri Museveni said this would happen regardless of how many people were vaccinated. Well under 10% of the country’s population have been vaccinated, though Museveni said there would be enough doses […]

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni says “neither rural-based insurgency nor urban terrorism” will succeed, following two separate bomb attacks this month. In an address on national television, he referred to the perpetrators as opportunists and parasites attacking unarmed civilians. The Democratic Republic of Congo-based militant group Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), which now calls itself the Central […]

Ambassadors from the United Kingdom (UK), the European Union, Germany, France and the United Nations (UN) have met Sudan’s deposed Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok at his residence in Khartoum. The United Nations Integrated Assistance Mission Sudan (Unitams) tweeted about the meeting on Wednesday. It said that the envoys had found him in good health. “We […]

The Archbishop of Canterbury, the symbolic head of the Anglicans worldwide, has said he is “gravely concerned” by a proposed new law in Ghana, which would impose harsh penalties on the LGBT community. The bill is being debated in parliament, with a vote expected in a few days. It’s supported by the Anglican Church of […]

Crowds of angry Sudanese citizens have continued to protest through the night against Monday’s military coup. At least seven people were reported killed and dozens injured, many of them as a result of soldiers opening fire on protesters. The United Nations (UN) has demanded that the military release of Prime Minister, Abdallah Hamdok, and other […]

The Arab League has expressed concern over the developments in Sudan after the military detained leaders and ministers in an apparent coup. It called on the Sudanese parties “to abide by the signed transitional arrangements,” according to a statement by Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit. Sudan is an African member of the Arab League. […]

Eswatini has banned all protests to try to end pro-democracy demonstrations that have in recent weeks shaken the kingdom formerly known as Swaziland. Housing and Urban Development Minister Prince Simelane said, in the capital Mbabane, on Thursday that following the ongoing tensions the government had decided not to issue permits to protesters. Local media reported […]

The UN says threats against civil society activists in South Sudan violate the revitalised peace agreement signed in 2018 to end five years of conflict. The UN Commission on Human Rights said it has noted “with alarm and dismay the ongoing threats, harassment and intimidation” of human rights defenders, journalists among others. It said credible […]

The European Union has called on Tunisian President Kais Saied to restore democratic order in the country and reopen parliament. EU foreign policy chief Joseph Borrell told EU lawmakers during a parliamentary session that the Tunisian parliament “cannot stay closed independently”. Borrel urged the Tunisian president to set a clear timetable for the reopening of […]

Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has formed a “crisis cell” to resolve what he has called the country’s “most dangerous” political crisis since the 2019 military coup, reported state news agency. Hamdok announced the committee, which includes members of opposing political blocs, during an “emergency” cabinet meeting in Khartoum on Monday. He called for restraint […]