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Comoros Power Grab Rejected By Opposition, Amid Pleas for International Intervention

Comoros Power Grab Rejected By Opposition, Amid Pleas for International Intervention

President Azali Assoumani of the Comoros Islands is tightening his grip on power. First, he insisted on holding a referendum allowing him to extend his term of office and abolish the country’s constitutional court. Which he won. And now, the lawyer of former President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi has said that his client has been charged […]

New Phase of Lawlessness Grips Congo’s Kasaï Region

New Phase of Lawlessness Grips Congo’s Kasaï Region

Luke Dennison — In the Democratic Republic of Congo’s southern Kasaï region, the mass graves and massacres of 2017 have given way to general insecurity marked by banditry, military abuses, and – after two years of poor harvests – hunger and malnourishment. Conflict erupted in Kasaï towards the end of 2016 as a new anti-government […]

Surging violence drives thousands of Congolese from their homes

Surging violence drives thousands of Congolese from their homes

When gun and machete-toting assailants swept into her village and started hacking at her neighbours, Priscilla ran for her life. “They cut my parents’ throats and killed them because they were too old to run,” says the 48-year-old. “We hid in the bush for three days, almost naked, with barely anything on our backs.” Another […]

The Danger of a Better-Behaved Boko Haram

The Danger of a Better-Behaved Boko Haram

Abuja — Boko Haram, the Nigerian jihadist group infamous for its bombings and abductions, is undergoing something of a makeover. A key faction that has the backing of so-called Islamic State has renounced its old blood-soaked ways and is trying instead to win hearts and minds in a new strategic twist to a nine-year insurgency […]

Bobi Wine Riots – Army Commander Orders Arrest of Brutal Soldiers

Bobi Wine Riots – Army Commander Orders Arrest of Brutal Soldiers

The Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), Gen David Muhoozi, has ordered the arrest and punishment of soldiers who brutalised and harassed journalists who were covering a joint security operation against protestors who were on Monday demanding the release of jailed politicians including Kyaddondo East member of Parliament, Mr Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine. The order […]

Where Are the People in People Power?

Where Are the People in People Power?

After the victory of MP-elect Kassiano Wadri Ezati, 61, and the violence that followed thereafter, it is important to visit the role of mass mobilisation against the 32-year-old regime of President Museveni and NRM. A budding movement called “People Power” led by the Kyadondo East MP, Robert Sentamu, Kyagulanyi, aka Bobi Wine, featured prominently in […]

One dead and dozens arrested as Uganda police battle protesters over detained pop star MP Bobi Wine

One dead and dozens arrested as Uganda police battle protesters over detained pop star MP Bobi Wine

At least one person has been killed and dozens have been arrested in Uganda as the government intensified its crackdown on opposition supporters on Monday. Police fired tear gas and opened fire on demonstrators in several locations around the country who were protesting the alleged beating of detained opposition MP and musician Robert Kyagulanyi, also […]

Arrests of Lawmakers Spark Deadly Riots in Uganda

Arrests of Lawmakers Spark Deadly Riots in Uganda

One person died and five others were injured when police fired teargas and live bullets to disperse a demonstration. The protesters were angry at the alleged torture of detained lawmakers, including pop star Bobi Wine. Ugandan police said on Sunday one person was killed in riots over the arrests of opposition lawmakers near capital Kampala. […]

Teargas, Live Bullets Rock Kampala Streets

Teargas, Live Bullets Rock Kampala Streets

Teargas and live bullets have rocked Kampala streets this Monday afternoon. Police and the army have fired teargas and bullets to contain rioters who have lit fire in the middle of roads in Kisekka Market, Namirembe Road and Kikuubo Market Lane. The crowds are chanting Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine’s slogan, “People […]

In Tanzania visit, UNHCR official stresses freedom of choice is crucial for refugee returns

In Tanzania visit, UNHCR official stresses freedom of choice is crucial for refugee returns

Refugees should never be pressured to decide if they should return to their home countries, a senior UN official has said. Volker Türk, Assistant High Commissioner for Protection with the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, on Thursday completed a four-day visit to Tanzania, which is hosting more than 340,000 refugees and asylum-seekers. “Refugees need to have […]

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