Tents used to isolate Ebola patients at Rwampara hospital, in the northeastern Ituri province at the outbreak’s epicentre, were torched in the riot on Thursday, which ended swiftly after the army stepped in. Only the tents’ charred husks remain.
Suspected jihadists have executed a Quranic teacher for allegedly not practising “the right Islam”
Chawki Tabib, who is also a prominent lawyer and the former head of the Tunisian bar association, was arrested last April.
Protesters have been whipped into action by a loose coalition of political parties and citizen-led xenophobic vigilante movements, some fronted by men in traditional Zulu dress.
Kenya national rugby sevens team, Shujaa, head coach Kevin “Bling” Wambua, has named a 13-man squad to represent the country in the final two legs of the HSBC SVNS Series in Valladolid, Spain (29–31 May) and Bordeaux, France (5–7 June).
Uganda on Thursday suspended all public transport to the Democratic Republic of Congo, where a deadly Ebola outbreak was spreading.
The US has sanctioned Tanzanian Police Force (TPF) Senior Assistant Commissioner Faustine Jackson Mafwele over allegations linked to the “torture and sexual assault” of East African rights activists Boniface Mwangi and Agather Atuhaire.
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