Russia will maintain defense co-operation with Mozambique at a level that the African country finds appropriate, Russian Ambassador in Mozambique Alexander Surikov said in an interview to Russian news agency TASS. Russia ready to maintain defense cooperation with Mozambique, says ambassador:https://t.co/boFBoLBG2O pic.twitter.com/r3fAqQw7kC — TASS (@tassagency_en) October 25, 2019 “We have a rather advanced legal framework…
Category: East Africa
Angola against death penalty
In October Angola became party to the Optional Protocol aiming to the abolition of the death penalty, to the Convention against Torture and other cruel inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment and to the Convention on the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination. The European Union welcomed Angola’s alignment with these three significant international…
Tanzania elephant & rhino populations recover
Tanzania presidency reported elephant and rhino populations have begun to recover after a government crackdown dismantled organized criminal networks involved in industrial-scale poaching and transporting the ivory to China. A influential Chinese businesswoman running a poaching network on industrial scale, dubbed the “Ivory Queen” was sentenced to 15 years in prison by a Tanzanian court…
Al-Shabaab attacks hotel in Kismayo
A bomb attack in an hotel in Somalia port Kismayo has been revendicated by Al–Shabaab militants, Agence France presse (AFP) reports. #BREAKING At least 7 killed in bomb, gun attack on Somalia hotel, security source says pic.twitter.com/t5ZVHnmo6A — AFP News Agency (@AFP) July 12, 2019 TV presenter Hodan (pictured) is announced among seven perished in the…
Sudan protests at rise
Sudanese state News agency SUNA informed the President of the Republic, Marshal Omar al-Bashir in his capacity of the Supreme commander presided over the meeting of the Defence and National Security Council. The Council stressed the importance of gathering the national class and achieving peace and the need to invoke the “voice of reason” to…
Uganda kidnappers demand $500,000 ransom
An American citizen who was kidnapped with her driver at Uganda’s most popular wildlife park by gunmen had failed to take an armed ranger as required by the park’s regulations, a spokesperson for the wildlife authority said. Four armed men in Uganda‘s Queen Elizabeth National Park. according to CNN have used the victim’s phone to…
Burundi crack down on Western media
Burundi will ban broadcasts from two international media organizations and expand restrictions on their operations, the government announced on March 29. .”We are alarmed that reporters in Burundi are now forbidden to communicate with VOA and believe these continuing threats to our journalists undermine press freedom in the country,” VOA Director Amanda Bennett said. “We stand…
Mozambique: floods death toll risen
More than 1 000 people were feared dead in Mozambique four days after a cyclone slammed into the country, submerging entire villages and leaving bodies floating in the floodwaters, the nation’s president said. “It is a real disaster of great proportions,” President Filipe Nyusi said. More than a thousand people are feared to have died…
EU condolences to Ethiopia
Bruxelles, 10/03/2019. “We are saddened to learn of the plane crash that took place today in Ethiopia https://mobile.twitter.com/MajaEUspox/status/1104734254653755392 At this difficult time, the European Union expresses its deepest condolences to the families and friends of the passengers and crew of flight ET302.” https://mobile.twitter.com/AP/status/1104720232449478661 Image: illustration AMENDED: Ethiopian officials confirmed there are no survivors among 157…
Al-Bashir reshuffles government
President Omar al-Bashir has appointed a new first vice President and Prime minister, a day after declaring a year-long state of emergency to counter Sudanese protests calling for his removal from office. Sudan's Bashir names VP, prime minister as protests continue https://t.co/djFccbCuFG pic.twitter.com/XsgZHIZSw5 — Reuters (@Reuters) February 23, 2019 Bashir replaced his long-time ally Bakri…
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