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Zimbabwe declared drought a national disaster on Wednesday, with President Emmerson Mnangagwa saying the country needed $2 billion in aid to help millions of people who are going hungry.A severe dry spell induced by the El Nino weather pattern is wreaking havoc across southern Africa. “No Zimbabwean must succumb or die from hunger,” Mnangagwa told a …

Zimbabwe declares El Nino drought a national disasterWed, 03 Apr 2024 12:17:35 GMT Read More »

Uganda’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday rejected a bid to scrap a controversial anti-gay law that is considered one of the toughest in the world. “We decline to nullify the Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023 in its entirety, neither will we grant a permanent injunction against its enforcement,” Justice Richard Buteera, Uganda’s deputy chief justice and head of the …

Uganda court rejects bid to overturn harsh anti-gay lawWed, 03 Apr 2024 10:32:48 GMT Read More »

Uganda’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday rejected a bid to overturn a controversial anti-gay law that is considered one of the toughest in the world. “We decline to nullify the Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023 in its entirety, neither will we grant a permanent injunction against its enforcement,” Justice Richard Buteera, Uganda’s deputy chief justice and head of the …

Uganda court rejects petition against harsh anti-gay lawWed, 03 Apr 2024 08:22:44 GMT Read More »

Uganda’s Constitutional Court is due to rule Wednesday on a petition seeking to annul an anti-gay law that has been roundly condemned as one of the toughest in the world.The legislation was adopted in May last year, triggering outrage among the LGBTQ community, rights campaigners, the United Nations and Western nations.Known as the Anti-Homosexuality Act …

Uganda court to rule on harsh anti-gay lawWed, 03 Apr 2024 06:33:04 GMT Read More »

On a street corner in the Sudanese town of Tamboul, dozens of people tap feverishly on their phones, calling loved ones and moving money through online apps.At the centre of their huddle is a bright white dish that connects to the internet via Starlink, the satellite system owned by Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket company.Starlink has …

Smuggled Starlink dishes throw lifeline to some in war-torn SudanWed, 03 Apr 2024 03:19:33 GMT Read More »

Sitting at home in Goma in the volatile east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rachel Sematumba describes herself as “a child of war”.As the 30th anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda approaches, she reflects on how peace remains as elusive now in the city as when she was born.”Since my birth at the time …

Peace still elusive for east DR Congo 30 years after genocide in RwandaWed, 03 Apr 2024 02:36:55 GMT Read More »

His supporters hail Rwandan President Paul Kagame for his role in ending the 1994 genocide and bringing peace to a traumatised nation, but critics accuse him of ruling through fear and repression.Kagame was just 36 when his Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) rebel army routed the Hutu extremists who had slaughtered hundreds of thousands of mainly Tutsis, …

Paul Kagame: Rwanda’s polarising strongmanWed, 03 Apr 2024 02:30:14 GMT Read More »

Rwanda on Sunday begins sombre commemorations for the 30th anniversary of the 1994 genocide, a mass slaughter orchestrated by Hutu extremists against the Tutsi minority over 100 bloody days.More than 800,000 men, women and children, mainly ethnic Tutsis but also moderate Hutus, were killed in the murderous onslaught that saw families and friends turn against …

Rwanda marks 30 years since genocideWed, 03 Apr 2024 02:06:15 GMT Read More »

Left-wing pan-Africanist Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Tuesday became Senegal’s youngest president, pledging systemic change after years of deadly turmoil and announcing his mentor, opposition figure Ousmane Sonko, as prime minister.Faye, 44, has never previously held an elected office. He swept to a first-round victory on a promise of radical reform just 10 days after being …

Senegal’s youngest president sworn in, names Sonko as PMWed, 03 Apr 2024 02:03:13 GMT Read More »

The Kenyan government on Tuesday urged medics to end a nationwide strike that has now dragged into a third week, paralysing health services at some public hospitals.The Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU), an umbrella body with more than 7,000 members, went on strike in mid-March over pay and working conditions.Union leaders have …

Kenya govt urges medics to end strikeTue, 02 Apr 2024 19:10:08 GMT Read More »