European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium May 5, 2021. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo Reuters By Robin Emmott European Union states are determined to prevent uncontrolled migration from Afghanistan following the takeover of the country by the Taliban, a draft statement prepared for a meeting on Tuesday says. EU governments are

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.

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

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

Garissa County Governor Ali Bunow Korane before the anti-corruption court in Nairobi on Thursday, August 26, 2021. Forty-five witnesses are lined up to testify in the Sh233 million graft case against Garissa Governor Ali Korane. According to Daily Nation reported. A state prosecutor told trial Magistrate Elizabeth Juma that one witness had begun to testify

Nigeria’s former president Olusegun Obasanjo named African Union High Representative for the Horn of Africa. The African Union (AU) has appointed Nigeria’s former president Olusegun Obasanjo as its high representative for the Horn of Africa’s region. According to The East African reported. “This decision is part of the African Union’s drive to promote peace, security,

Smoke rises from a deadly explosion outside the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021. Two suicide bombers and gunmen have targeted crowds massing near the Kabul airport, in the waning days of a massive airlift that has drawn thousands of people seeking to flee the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Wali Sabawoon) By