Zuma to become next SADC chairman – if he’s still President
Next month’s SADC summit in Pretoria will be a special farewell event for Angolan President Eduardo Dos Santos, whose stepping down a few days later after 37 years at the helm. It will also see President Jacob Zuma assume the chairmanship of the 15-nation regional body -provided of course that he still South Africa’s head […]
Museveni will be too old to run again at president
Uganda’s parliament is considering an amendment to the country’s constitution on land issues,, However it is another proposed revision, not on the table, that is sparking the fiercest debate. Uganda’s constitution sets the age range for president at 35 to 75 years of age. Born in 1944, President Yoweri Museveni will be 76 years old […]
Kenyatta explains why he shunned pre-election TV debate
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta says a pre-election television debate he shunned was a trap laid for him by the media. Kenyatta says he rejected the style and formate of the debate. Organisers delayed the start of Monday night’s television debate, hoping President Uhuru Kenyatta might arrive. It was to no avail So contender Raila Odinga […]
Kenya beefing up security against Al Shabaab
Kenya’s beefing up security along its border with Somalia after an increase in the number of cross-frontier attacks by the terrorist movement Al Shabaab. The country’s security forces are already at full stretch ensuring an orderly election on August 8. Being popular with tourists, Lamu and other islands along Kenya’s Swahili Coast need special protection […]
Four Burundian robotics team members still in the wind
Police say two members of the Burundi robotics team that went missing during an international competition in Washington, D.C., have been found safe in Canada. They were part of the six-person team that did not go home after the competition. Four of them are still missing. 16-year old Don Ingabire, and Audrey Mwamikazi, who’s […]
Surrendered DRC warlord knows he’s be charged with serious crimes
It’s not clear why Congolese warlord Ntabo Ntaberi Sheka, wanted for crimes against humanity including mass rape has surrendered to the UN peacekeepers in the DRC. Sheka was arrested in Mutongo, in the country’s North Kivu region by the blue helmets who transferred him to the regional capital Goma. The UN’s peacekeeping mission in DRC, […]
DRC’s most wanted warlord surrenders to UN forces
One of the most wanted warlords in the Democratic Republic of Congo has surrendered to United Nations peacekeepers. Ntabo Ntaberi Sheka has been implicated in numerous atrocities in eastern DRC. ends intro Congolese authorities have had an arrest warrant for the leader of the Mai Mai Sheka since January 2011. Ntabo Ntaberi Sheka’s wanted for […]