Paul Kagame By The African Exponent But Rwanda’s disposition is more than what meets the eye. Rwanda is often touted as a “success story” in international media coverage, with the architect of such “success” being its president Paul Kagame. But little is said about Kagame’s ideological standpoint, one that has widened income inequalities in Rwanda.

A copper and cobalt mine run by Sicomines is seen in Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 30, 2015. REUTERS/Aaron Ross/File Photo Reuters By Aaron Ross and Karin Strohecker Democratic Republic of Congo’s government is reviewing its $6 billion “infrastructure-for-minerals” deal with Chinese investors as part of a broader examination of mining contracts, Finance Minister

By Anadolu Agency Goal is to develop armed drones that can take off, land on aircraft carriers with short runways, says Turkish president Turkey has risen to the world’s top three in combat drone technology, the Turkish president said on Sunday. With our unmanned combat aerial vehicle Akinci, Turkey has become one of the three

Credit: Facebook Speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya Justin Muturi. Justin Bedan Njoka Muturi is the seventh Speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya, in office since 2013. He is the first Speaker to serve following the reestablishment of a bicameral Parliament, as mandated by the 2010 Constitution. On 28 March 2013, Muturi won

Henry Wasswa Lumanyika (C) in the dock According to The Observer Uganda reported, Ugandan journalist Henry Wasswa Lumanyika is detained at Entebbe police station on charges of criminal trespass, after allegedly lodging and interviewing Afghan evacuees. Wasswa, a senior correspondent with Deutsche Press Agentur (DPA), the German Press Agency was arrested on Thursday by security

Taliban fighters patrol in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Khwaja Tawfiq Sediqi) The Associated Press By SAYED ZIARMAL HASHEMI, RAHIM FAIEZ, JILL LAWLESS and ELLEN KNICKMEYER KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban forces sealed off Kabul’s airport on Saturday to most Afghans hoping for evacuation, as the U.S. and its allies wound down a

By Anadolu Agency Healthy baby girl named Havva by cabin crew born at altitude of 10,000 meters while en route to Birmingham, UK An Afghan woman successfully gave birth to a healthy baby girl in the middle of an evacuation flight operated by Turkish Airlines. After leaving her stopover in Dubai, Soman Noori, 26, gave

File Photo/Somali Times/ Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo, The East African By AGGREY MUTAMBO Somalia’s new electoral rules are creating unforeseen fissures in the loose alliance between some federal state presidents and opposition groups. Initially united against President Mohamed Farmajo, the groups now appear to be at loggerheads this week after a team formed

President Joe Biden listens as he meets with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) The Associated Press By LOLITA C. BALDOR and ROBERT BURNS WASHINGTON (AP) — Acting swiftly on President Joe Biden’s promise to retaliate for the deadly

Hamza Mohammed. By The Citizen Dar es Salaam. The man who was behind the deadly shootings in Dar es Salaam on Wednesday was born and raised as a good boy in the city’s Upanga suburb, his neighbours said yesterday. On Wednesday at the junction of Kenyatta Drive and Kinondoni Road, Hamza Mohammed abruptly ended the