How the U.S. helped Museveni stay in power for over 3 decades

By CNN,

Ugandans go to the polls on January 14, with Bobi Wine and nine other candidates challenging incumbent President Yoweri Museveni, who has been in powe...

bobi , Museveni , uganda

President-elect Joe Biden seeks to unite nation with victory speech

By CNN,

President-elect Joe Biden addressed a deeply divided nation Saturday night, turning to the challenges ahead by grounding his victory speech in the spi...

Biden , kamala harris , Trump

Vote counts push Biden closer to victory as Trump falsely claims election being ‘stolen’

By Reuters,

With his re-election chances fading as more votes are counted in a handful of battleground states, U.S. President Donald Trump launched an extraordina...

Biden , Trump , us election

U.S. Election: Biden predicts win, promises to unite as Trump goes to court

By Reuters,

Democrat Joe Biden on Wednesday predicted victory over President Donald Trump after winning two critical U.S. states, while the Republican incumbent a...

Joe Biden , kamala harris , President Donald Trump , us election

Biden confident, Trump accuses Democrats of trying to steal tight White House election

By Reuters,

Democrat Joe Biden said he was confident of victory and President Donald Trump accused Democrats of trying to steal the election on Wednesday as a tig...

Joe Biden , President Donald Trump , US Elections , White House

Nigerian citizens justify massive looting of COVID-19 supplies

By VOA,

Amid tensions last week over police brutality, mobs of Nigerian citizens are overrunning several government-owned facilities and ransacking palliative...

coronavirus , Nigeria

Judge bars ‘sloppy’ prosecutors from case of ex-cops charged in George Floyd’s death

By Reuters,

The judge in the criminal case against four former Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd’s death disqualified four local prosecutors o...

Derek Chauvin , George Floyd , J. Alexander Kueng , Judge Peter Cahill , Thomas Lane , Tou Thao , U.S. Justice Department

Kenyans protest after police shoot homeless man dead in Mathare

By Tonny Ndungu,

The killing of an elderly homeless man in Mathare has sparked a wave of protests on Kenyan social media with hundreds of Kenyans demanding justice. ...

police brutality

In unusual move, U.S. embassies in Africa speak up on George Floyd

By VOA,

As Minneapolis burns over the police killing of George Floyd and shock and disappointment in Africa grow, some U.S. embassies on the continent have ta...

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Hong Kong protesters return to airport to drum up international support

By VOA,

Thousands of protesters returned to Hong Kong International Airport for the second time in as many weeks Friday to raise global attention to their fig...

Extradition bill , Hong Kong International Airport , Hong Kong Protests

U.S Embassy urges Ugandan Gov’t to respect rights of citizens

By Ian Omondi,

The United States Embassy in Uganda on Tuesday condemned President Yoweri Museveni’s government for reportedly blocking musical concerts and disrupt...

Bobi Wine , house arrest , President Yoweri Museveni , U.S. Embassy

World saddened and angered by New Zealand mosque attacks

By Reuters,

Leaders around the world expressed disgust and sorrow at the killing of at least 49 people in New Zealand mosques on Friday, and some also expressed a...

Cardinal Pell behind bars in Australia after child sex conviction

By Reuters,

Former Vatican treasurer Cardinal George Pell will spend his first night behind bars on Wednesday after he was remanded into custody pending sentencin...

Australia , George Pell , Pope Francis

Trump scrambles as ‘shithole’ remark fuels outrage

By AFP,

US President Donald Trump sought Friday to quell a global firestorm over his reported denunciation of immigration from "shithole countries" -- a slur ...

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Chebukati: Election to go on as planned

By Wahome Gitonga,

Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chairperson Wafula Chebukati has announced that the repeat presidential election will be held t...

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Mugabe’s supporters march against Zimbabwe protests

By Reuters,

Thousands of supporters of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe marched to the ruling ZANU-PF party's headquarters on Wednesday in a show of solidarity ...

US Protests against Police Brutality Continue

By VOA,

Demonstrations about police brutality against black men continued around the United States into the night Saturday and early Sunday. Days of protes...

Why I will oppose Uhuru-Raila agreement – Aden Duale

By Benjamin Wafula,

National Assembly Majority leader Aden Duale has vowed to oppose any agreement between President Uhuru Kenyatta and CORD leader Raila Odinga on the fu...

Aden Duale , IEBC , raila odinga , Uhuru kenyatta

US, UK, ten other envoys criticize violence in anti-IEBC protests

By Maureen Murimi,

The US Ambassador to Kenya Robert Godec has criticized the violence that has rocked the weekly demonstrations by opposition CORD to demand disbandment...

CORD , IEBC , U.S , US

MUNYANGA: Africa human rights record shameful

By Agencies,

By Mboneko Munyaga, East African News Agency Looked at from the standpoint of the failure to address rampant poverty, it can be argued that Africa ...