(NYT.com) A long-running conflict between armed rebels and Ugandan security forces in a remote district near the Democratic Republic of Congo border escalated Sunday when Ugandan troops moved against a tribal king. Gunfire erupted outside the palace of Charles Wesley Mumbere, the king of the Bakonzo people, when the Ugandan troops tried to disarm Mr. Mumbere’s guards and arrest him…. Read more »
(CNN.com) The 355-page State of Capture report contained allegations, and in some instances evidence, of cronyism, questionable business deals and ministerial appointments at the very top of government. The President, his son Duduzane Zuma, government ministers, the board of South Africa’s state power utility, Eskom, and the Gupta family — brothers Ajay, Atul and Rajesh Gupta — are all implicated… Read more »
(France 24) Kenya said on Wednesday it had to agreed to delay the closure of a huge Somali refugee camp that it sees as a security risk, after international pressure to give residents more time to find new homes. Nairobi had vowed to shut Dadaab camp this month, saying it was being used by Islamist militants from neighbouring Somalia who… Read more »
(France24) A top advisor to Burundi’s president and the most public face of the government has escaped an assassination attempt in the capital Bujumbura, officials said Tuesday. Willy Nyamitwe was returning home on Monday night when “he was met with sustained gunfire and grenade explosions”, a high-ranking presidential official told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity, One of his bodyguards… Read more »
(France24) Rwanda on Tuesday opened a formal probe into 20 French officials suspected of playing a role in the 1994 genocide which left some 800,000 dead, the prosecutor general said. “The inquiry, for now, is focused on 20 individuals whom, according to information gathered so far, are required by the prosecution authority to explain or provide clarity on allegations against… Read more »
(Reuters)South Sudan’s government has said it is ready to accept the deployment of a U.N. regional protection force at any time, after fighting in the capital in July threatened to plunge the nation back into a full-scale civil war. South Sudan has been under international pressure to accept the force, which will help the existing U.N. mission UNMISS stabilize the… Read more »
(Reuters) South Africa’s ruling African National Congress said on Tuesday its executive committee stood by President Jacob Zuma in a debate about whether he should step down after several officials called for his resignation. The ANC said there had been a call for him to leave his post but did not confirm media reports that this was made by four… Read more »
(BBC News) Miners in Burkina Faso have seized 43kg (94lb) of gold worth about $1.7m (£1.4m), a firm says, and are refusing to return it until they get a pay-off. The gold was seized by a bailiff on behalf of the miners at the main airport in the capital on 7 October. But London-listed Avocet Mining,says it needs the smelted… Read more »
One thing I found very interesting is that the US admits that it was not Al-Shabab that bombed allied forces in Somalia but the US accidentally did this itself. I found this very interesting because I would have thought we would know the exact positions of our allies in other countries. As we know Al-Shabab is allied with Al Queda,… Read more »
At first I thought that doing a blog about Sub-Saharan Africa would be boring. It seemed I would be hearing stories about terrorist attacks mainly since there are two active terrorists groups in Sub-Saharan Africa, Boko Haram and Al-Shabab, but I was very wrong. Sub-Saharan Africa has a lot to offer in terms of great news stories. Just recently, Al-Shabab… Read more »