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Former Zimbabwe leader Robert Mugabe has left behind $10 million and some properties, but without a will for onward distribution. The development provoked the High Court to call for an edict meeting this week to appoint an executor, the state-owned The Herald reported. Mugabe died on September 6, 2019 in Singapore where he was receiving treatment…
The President of Uganda, H.E Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on November 30, 2019 received and held a meeting with Mr. Parfait Onanga Anyanga, who is Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary General in Charge of the Horn of Africa. During the meeting held at State House Nakasero, Mr. Museveni and his guest discussed issues related…
| Sudan’s new authorities have ordered that the party of ousted autocrat Omar al-Bashir be dissolved and his regime “dismantled”, heeding the call of protesters whose campaign led to the leader’s overthrow. Bashir and his Islamist National Congress Party (NCP) had ruled the northeast African country since 1989 before a nationwide protest movement resulted in…
At least 19 people were killed in a new rebel attack in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as anger grows against United Nations peacekeepers and security forces for failing to protect civilians. The latest attack on Wednesday took place after fighters belonging to the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebel group went into…
The Speaker, Rebecca Kadaga and her Ethiopian counterpart, Hon Tagesse Chafo have called for improved transport infrastructure across the African continent to improve trade and ease movement of persons. The two speakers said there is need to improve the existing road, rail and air transport network and pledged that Uganda and Ethiopia can take the…
At least 23 people were killed Sunday when a small plane crashed into houses in a densely populated area of the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a regional rescue official said. The dead are believed to include all those on board the plane as well as people on the ground. “We…
Burundian soldiers were attacked in a night jungle ambush near the border with Rwanda, Burundi’s defence ministry said, with military sources on Tuesday reporting at least eight soldiers’ deaths. Dozens more soldiers were missing in the ambush on their base, one of largest and deadliest attacks for several years, senior army officers said Tuesday, speaking…
Sudan has appointed a new prime minister as the country embarks on a three-year transition to civilian rule. Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok said achieving peace and solving the economic crisis were priorities. His appointment comes as Lt-Gen Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman Burhan was sworn in as leader of the new Sovereign Council. The new government will run…
Omar al-Bashir received millions of dollars from Saudi Arabia, a police investigator has told a court in Sudan’s capital at the start of the former president’s corruption trial months after he was toppled by the military in the wake of mass protests against his autocratic rule. Al-Bashir, who is charged with illicit possession of foreign currency and accepting…
The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has called on African countries to abolish the issuance of visas to enable free movement of people across the continent. The free movement of persons, according to Kadaga, will facilitate Africans to ply their trade across the continent which is a prospective market. Reacting to the resolutions reached at…
