Home Affairs will do better, promises Minister
Home Affairs Minister Hlengiwe Mkhize pledges her department will do better in providing services to the public. Opening a dialogue on repositioning Home Affairs she says improved performance will have a hugely beneficial effect on the country’s bottom line. ends Minister Hlengiwe Mkhize lists her department’s challenges: out of date technology means records, which are […]
Rwanda elections will take place in a climate of fear – Amnesty International
Amnesty International warns that next month’s presidential election in Rwanda will be held in a climate of fear. The rights watchdog’s calling for serious political reforms in the Great Lakes country Rwanda’s electoral commission has barred three candidates from running in next month’s presidential poll. This means incumbent President Paul Kagame will face two opponents. […]
New boldness from Al Shabaab beheading victims in Kenya
Al Shabaab militants have behead nine men in a southeast Kenyan village, giving rise to fears of a new strategy by the terrorist towards their neighbouring state. The attack in the coastal area of Lamu follows the killing of three police officers by Al Shabaab. Al Shabaab uses beheading in Somalia against perceived enemies and […]
Election delay will be a declaration of war, say DRC activists
Opposition activists in the Democratic Republic of Congo say a further delay in elections to replace President Joseph Kabila would amount to a declaration of war. Authorities fear a new wave of deadly protests like those that followed Kabila staying in power after his constitutional mandate expired last November. ends intro Congolese were told last […]