In Namibia, a certain politician named after the former German leader, Adolf Hitler has been elected as a local councilor for the governing Swapo party.
Adolf Hitler Uunona was...
The military conflict between Ethiopia’s central government and the local government of its Tigray Region began on November 4. Today the Ethiopian government reported that it had defeated the...
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The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) must maintain the arms embargo on South Sudan, Amnesty International said today, after confirming shocking cases of extreme...
Bobi Wine bodyguard shot in the head. Photo: Facebook.
Leading Ugandan presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi—a.k.a. Bobi Wine—survived a brush with death today when...
The world continues to learn a side of Rwanda under Paul Kagame that has been hidden for years: the repression against peaceful, critical voices inside and outside the country. Currently, two more...
Uganda's U.S.-backed ruler Yoweri Museveni. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
[View From Uganda]
The Italian diplomat and political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli in...
General Museveni. No way out? Photo: Wikimedia Commons.
[Speaking Truth To Power]
The problem with Uganda’s dictator Yoweri Museveni is that he’s backed himself in a tight corner. He...
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The Wakanda City of Return project has been launched in Ghana's Cape Coast to pave way for the creation of an ultra-modern smart city that befits Cape Coast as a tourism hub....
Sudanese authorities have announced they will end child marriage and enforce the country’s ban on female genital mutilation (FGM), in a major step forward for the rights of women and girls.
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Bobi Wine campaigns. Photo: Facebook.
When the popular Ugandan singer and opposition politician Bobi Wine was arrested last week, his nation erupted. A huge crowd had gathered in Luuka,...
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Abiy Ahmed, the prime minister of Ethiopia, has forcefully rejected efforts by international powers to bring hostilities in the north of the country to an end.
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Mozambique President Filipe Jacinto Nyusi is also SADC chairman. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.
The tense security situation in the northern Cabo Delgado province of Mozambique is...
Independent challenger Joseph Kizza Kabuleta. Photo: Facebook.
Joseph Kizza Kabuleta, one of the presidential candidates contesting to oust dictator Yoweri Tibuhaburwa Kaguta Museveni in...
Bobi Wine supporters. This is the face of change dictator Museveni fears. Photo: Facebook.
At least seven supporters of leading presidential candidate Bobi Wine were reported killed by...
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