Ugandan government challenges court order for release of acclaimed author
Kakwenza Rukirabashaija was arrested at his home just days after Christmas.
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Thirteen civilians killed in northern Burkina Faso
The country’s security forces are poorly equipped to face a ruthless and highly mobile foe, adept at carrying out hit-and-run raids.
Four police officers killed in Kenya’s coastal region in fresh attacks
Reports indicate that a police vehicle on patrol was “hit directly” by a rocket-propelled grenade.
China denies claims it is luring African countries into debt trap
China is Africa’s largest trading partner.
Key points from President Joe Biden address marking anniversary of Capitol insurrection
President Joe Biden argues that U.S democracy is in jeopardy.
President Joe Biden calls Donald Trump a selfish liar
Joe Biden took off the gloves after a year of largely ignoring Trump.
At least three Sudanese protesters killed in fresh mass demonstrations
One of the slain demonstrators took a “live bullet to the head.
Tanzania’s speaker of parliament quits
Job Ndugai infuriated President Samia Suluhu last week when he criticized her over what he called Tanzania’s “excessive” foreign borrowing.
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Kenya
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken last November traveled to Africa in a trip that was in part aimed at countering China’s growing influence on the continent.
U.N.: Nearly 400 extrajudicial executions committed last November in DR Congo
More than 10 percent of killings committed by government security forces and the others by armed groups.
