Ugandan opposition activists stand in the dock in the general military court martial in Makindye, a suburb of Kampala, on 17 May. Photograph: Abubaker Lubowa/Reuters By Jason Burke, Samuel Okiror Roundup of opposition activists took place in May around date of swearing-in ceremony for President Yoweri Museveni. A new wave of repression in Uganda has

Demonstrators protest against the planned Chinese Fudan University campus in Budapest, Hungary, June 5, 2021. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo By Anita Komuves Thousands of Hungarians, some of them holding banners declaring “Treason”, protested on Saturday against a Chinese university’s plans to open a campus in Budapest. Liberal opponents of nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban accuse him of

President announces 3 days of national mourning as of Saturday night At least 100 civilians were killed in a terrorist attack on a village in northern Burkina Faso, local media reported on Saturday. In the night from Friday to Saturday, terrorists raided the village of Yagha in northern Sahel region, and opened fire on residents

File – In this April 26, 2017, file photo is a Twitter app icon on a mobile phone in Philadelphia. Millions of Nigerians were unable to access Twitter after the government enforced an indefinite suspension of the microblogging platform’s operations in Nigeria. The Association of Licensed Telecommunication Operators of Nigeria said in a statement Saturday,

Photo: Credit  Associated Press . According to sources from Nairobi news. A woman who had been tied in a car lead police to an apartment where the Dutch national was found dead. Police are hunting for a gang in Sahnzu, Mombasa that killed a Dutch national and his security guard. Herman Rouwenhorst and the watchman

Osama al-Hasani has not been heard from since being extradited to Saudi Arabia (Twitter/screengrab) Australia’s foreign minister has raised the case of a Saudi-Australian dual national who was extradited from Morocco to Saudi Arabia in March. The extradition was condemned by his relatives and rights groups over fears that he may be subject to torture.

Belarusian aircraft banned to overfly, land over EU territory The European Union officially banned on Friday Belarusian carriers from its airspace. The Council of the EU decided to prohibit the overflight of EU airspace and access to EU airports for all Belarusian aircraft, the institution representing EU governments announced in a press release. The decision

Theresa May in the House of Commons in February. Photograph: PA By Patrick Wintour Former PM among 30 Tory MPs backing amendment aiming to reverse cuts to aid spending The former prime minister Theresa May has joined a growing rebellion of Tory MPs over cuts to the government’s overseas aid programme. Thirty Tory MPs now

President Uhuru Kenyatta. By SAM KIPLAGAT Three Italian firms at the centre of the Sh63 billion Kimwarer and Arror dams scandal have claimed that power struggles between President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Deputy William Ruto led to the illegal cancellation of the projects. In filings before the International Court of Arbitration, Cooperativa Muratori & Cementisti

This photo provided by Sri Lankan Air Force shows the sinking MV X-Press Pearl at Kapungoda where it is anchored off Colombo port, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, June 2, 2021. Salvage experts were attempting to tow the fire-stricken container ship that had been loaded with chemicals into the deep sea as the vessel started to sink