At least 15 dead, 113 missing, in Uganda landslides
The East African country has been deluged by heavy rains in past days, with the government issuing a national disaster alert after reports of flooding and landslides.
Category: Africa
Ruto Jets Out Of The Country For The EAC Summit In Arusha
President William Ruto has jetted out of the country to champion trade, security, and innovation at the 24th Ordinary Summit of the East African Heads of State in Arusha, Tanzania.
Opposition Figures Killed as Tanzania Holds Local Election
Chadema said in a statement that a candidate, George Juma Mohamed, was shot dead by police after being attacked by ruling party supporters at his home in Mkese in central Tanzania late Tuesday.
US Pushes UN to Upgrade Haiti Force to Peacekeepers
The current force is under-staffed and under-equipped as it takes on Haiti’s powerful, well-armed gangs, and shifting to a formal UN mission would provide more money, personnel and logistical support, said Dorothy Shea, the deputy US ambassador to the United Nations.
‘Kidnapped’ Uganda Opposition Leader Besigye Appears in Military Court
Besigye, 68, was brought to the General Court Martial in handcuffs and under a heavily armed military escort, his lawyer Erias Lukwago told AFP.
Upinzani wa Tanzania wapinga wagombea wao kuzuiliwa kushiriki uchaguzi ujao
Chama kikuu cha upinzani nchini Tanzania, Chadema, kimeilalamikia mamlaka nchini humo kwamba wagombea wake wengi wamekataliwa “kwa njia isiyo ya haki” kushiriki katika uchaguzi wa serikali za mitaa unaotarajiwa kufanyika wiki ijayo.
Kiongozi wa Upinzani wa Uganda, Kizza Besigye, adaiwa kutekwa akiwa nchini Kenya.
Mamlaka ya Uganda, ambayo ilisema kuwa zinachunguza taarifa za kupotea kwa Besigye, zimekuwa zikifanya ukandamizaji dhidi ya upinzani katika miezi ya hivi karibuni, kwa kuwakamata viongozi mashuhuri na kuwashtaki wanachama wa vyama vya upinzani.
Haiti Police, Civilians Kill 28 Gang Members
Police opened fire in both encounters, killing 10, and then chased down those who fled with the help of self-defense groups, formed by residents opposed to the gangs and their violent rule over swaths of the country.
Somaliland Opposition Leader Wins Presidential Election
Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi, popularly known as “Irro”, won the election with 63.92 percent of the vote, well ahead of outgoing president Muse Bihi (34.81 percent) and Social Justice Party (UCID) leader Faysal Ali Warabe (0.74 percent), election commission chairman Muse Hassan Yusuf announced on Tuesday.
Toll in Tanzania Building Collapse Rises to 16, Survivors Trapped
Rescuers worked to reach people still trapped in a collapsed building in Tanzania’s commercial capital Dar es Salaam on Monday, with the death toll rising to 16.
