By Musinguzi Blanshe, The Africa Report — Popular musician Eddy Kenzo (aka Edrisah Musuuza) was appointed to be Uganda’s new senior advisor on creatives. It’s part of President Yoweri Museveni’s…
A statement by Platform for African Democrats in response to the shooting of Bobi Wine by Ugandan police on Tuesday, September 3, 2024. Wine was at an event in Kira…
The Pan-African Unity Conference (PAUD) and the Institute for the Black World 21st Century (IBW21) condemn the shooting and wounding of Uganda’s voice of the youth, Robert Kyagulani, a.k.a. Bobi…
By Elias Biryabarema and Aaron Ross, Reuters — Ugandan police detained several people in the capital Kampala on Thursday during a second day of anti-corruption protests that are demanding the…
July 23, 2024 — The Pan-African Unity Dialogue (PAUD) has condemned threats of violence by Ugandan dictator Gen. Yoweri Museveni against the country’s youth who plan a Kenya-style march on…
“For us, it is continued protection,” says Wine, whose brutal fight to end his country’s 38-year governing regime is followed in the film. By Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter —…
The film retells the political persecution of popstar-turned-politician Bobi Wine as he takes on the longtime Ugandan leader. By Sophie Neiman, Al Jazeera — This January, when Bobi Wine learned…
German forces killed almost 300,000 people during the Maji Maji rebellion in the early 1900s. By Jessica Parker & Danai Nesta Kupemba, BBC — The German president has expressed “shame”…
Antony J. Blinken, United States Secretary of State — The United States commends the Government of Kenya for responding to Haiti’s call and for considering to serve as the lead…
By Reuters — Kenya is ready to lead a multinational force into Haiti, which is experiencing a surge in violence between police and gangs, its foreign minister said on Saturday….
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 5 July 2023 It is a great honour to be with you today, as the Caribbean Community marks its 50th anniversary. I thank Prime…
Post-flood satellite images of Mozambique show that Cyclone Idai submerged about 835 square miles of homes and fields — an area larger than New York City, Chicago, Washington, D.C., and Boston combined. By Eric Holthaus, Grist — Aid workers in Mozambique describe the floodwaters as “inland oceans extending for miles and miles.” Idai’s official death toll in Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Malawi reached 761 on Monday, but that total will surely rise. There are…