https://allafrica.com/stories/202011300351.html In Tanzania, there have been many allegations towards Tanzanian authorities that they have greatly abused up to 18 asylum seekers from Burundi. The authorities have kept 11 of them in inhumane living conditions for several weeks and in the process tortured them. They released 3 of them into Tanzania and forced the other eight back into Burundi where they… Read more »
https://allafrica.com/stories/202012011064.html The Covid-19 pandemic has reached every corner of the globe and every country is having trouble controlling it. Covid has a variety of devastating impacts however it is starting to cause another disease to skyrocket in Uganda, aids. Aids has been an ongoing problem for the country of Uganda for a long time and the Uganda Aids Commission (UAC)… Read more »
https://allafrica.com/stories/202012010767.html A month before the commencement of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area, two more countries have finalized their ratification of the agreement. Lesotho and Tanzania turned in their instruments of ratification to the African Union Commission. The number of countries is now up to 32 who have ratified themselves with the new agreement. There is now a lot of… Read more »
https://allafrica.com/stories/202012010802.html Uganda has deported Canadian reporters for CBS news who were in the country covering the 2021 election, including Margaret Evans, Lily Martin and Jean-Francois Bisson, a videographer. The reporters were detained for 10 hours before being deported and were arrested by Uganda immigration officers, Ms. Evans stated on her social media. We still have not been told why they… Read more »
https://allafrica.com/stories/202012010338.html There is about to be a new election for the grassroot leaders coming up very soon in Rwanda. In an interview with The New Times, the Executive Secretary for NEC, Charles Munyaneza said that “the current grassroots leaders will run their respective terms to conclusion in 2021.” The NEC has set the local government elections to begin on February… Read more »