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Is the world finally growing weary of Kagame’s excesses?

Is the world finally growing weary of Kagame’s excesses?

Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has cruised to another incredible 99%-plus victory in the country’s presidential elections. The latest results showed he had amassed 99.18% of the vote. That would be a record, topping the 98.79% he won in 2017.The preci

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Supreme Court to decide on fate of Kazinda

Supreme Court to decide on fate of Kazinda

The Supreme Court has said it will ,at a future date, pronounce itself on the appeal filed by the Attorney challenging the Constitutional Court’s ruling that ordered the immediate release of former principal accountant in the Office of Prime Minister Geoffrey

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Uganda: Mass Arrests in Uganda, as Hundreds Gather Worldwide Urging China to Halt

Uganda: Mass Arrests in Uganda, as Hundreds Gather Worldwide Urging China to Halt

Police in Kampala have apprehended 30 individuals for engaging in unlawful demonstrations against the construction of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP).Hundreds of people gathered outside Chinese embassies and financial institutions in 10 countr

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Campaigning opens in Rwanda for July presidential vote

Campaigning opens in Rwanda for July presidential vote

Kagame has been in power since 2000Campaigning opened Saturday for Rwanda's July 15 presidential election with President Paul Kagame widely expected to extend his 24-year iron-fisted rule over the Great Lakes nation.Nine million Rwandans are regist

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Nawangwe suspends Makerere forum he himself launched, cites legality

Nawangwe suspends Makerere forum he himself launched, cites legality

MAKERERE | Makerere University vice chancellor Barnabas Nawangwe has left deans and principals bemused after unexpectedly suspending a top academic forum just days before a planned retreat.The University Deans and Deputy Principals were d

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What happens next in South Africa after ANC loses majority?

What happens next in South Africa after ANC loses majority?

With results in from over 60% of polling stations, the ANC had just under 42% of votes, by far its worst result since democratic elections began after the end of apartheid in 1994.

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Iran: President Raisi’s Death Shakes Up List of Contenders for ‘Supreme Leader’

Iran: President Raisi’s Death Shakes Up List of Contenders for ‘Supreme Leader’

Iranian Leader Press Office/Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesThe death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash this month has prompted two scrambles for power, both for power and for Raisi’s place as a leading candidate to succeed Ayatoll

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Buganda asks Museveni govt to return remaining assets

Buganda asks Museveni govt to return remaining assets

Buganda Kingdom officials have asked the central government under President Museveni’s leadership to return the cultural institution’s remaining assets which were taken over during the 1966 raid by former president, Milton Obote’s army.The attack on

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What happens in Iran when a president dies in office?

What happens in Iran when a president dies in office?

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi is welcomed upon his arrival at Damascus airport in Syria on May 3, 2023. (Reuters/Yamam al Shaar)ran's President Ebrahim Raisi was killed in a helicopter crash, an Iranian official and Mehr news agency reported on Mon

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Iranian President Confirmed dead in a Helicopter Crash

Iranian President Confirmed dead in a Helicopter Crash

The president of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi, has been officially declared

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