https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/20/ugandan-opposition-politician-kidnapped-in-kenya-taken-to-military-jail On Wednesday, November 20th, a prominent Ugandan opposition politician, Kizza Besigye was brought to the Makindye General Court Martial in Uganda after reportedly being arrested under the charges of carrying guns and compromising the country’s national security. Besigye has denied the charges and was in Luzira prison in Uganda until December second. Besigye was kidnapped November sixteenth in Kenya’s… Read more »
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2024/11/21/kenya-cancels-more-than-2-5bn-in-deals-with-adani-after-us-indictment On Thursday, November 21st, Kenyan President William Ruto pulled out of an agreement with India’s Adani group, (a business and infrastructure company with political influence), following the indictment of its founder. Under the agreement, Adani was going to add a second runway to the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and improve the passenger terminal under a 30 year lease. Ruto… Read more »
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2024/11/27/russia-woos-namibia-to-mine-uranium-sparking-water-safety-fears The village of Leonardville in Namibia sits above one of the world’s largest aquifers. The aquifer below Leonardville is the village’s lifeline, as Namibia is becoming hotter and drier every year due to climate change. In 2017, the country lifted a temporary uranium mining ban. Since then, Russia, through a sub-company of Russia’s ROSATOM, (Russia’s State Atomic Energy Corporation),… Read more »
On Monday, November 11, South Africa delivered an almost 5,000 page document to the United Nation’s top court in Hague, the Netherlands. The document is not yet public, but follows a claim by South Africa that Israel is guilty of committing Genocide against the Palestinians on the Gaza Strip. Despite these allegations, even coming from pro-Palestinian protesters all over the… Read more »
On October ninth 2024, Mozambique held its presidential election. The win went to candidate Daniel Chapo, representative of the Front for the Liberation of Mozambique, (FRELIMO). FRELIMO has been in power in Mozambique for 49 years, since the independence of Mozambique in 1975. With a history of fraudulent elections, thousands of Mozambique citizens have protested against the FRELIMO victory, leading… Read more »
Due to climate change factors, record high food inflation, and violence in Northeastern Nigerian states, Nigeria is expected to have just over 33 million citizens suffering from food insecurity in 2025. Climate change has brought severe flooding to Nigeria, raising the prices of food and non-food commodities/services. In October of 2024, the FAO, (Food and Agricultural Organization of the United… Read more »
