Africa
Wine, 43, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, will be challenging long-serving President Yoweri Museveni, 80, who is widely expected to seek re-election.
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Rwanda in talks to receive migrants deported from US, foreign minister says
Kigali signed an agreement with Britain in 2022 to take in thousands of asylum seekers from the UK before the deal was scrapped last year by then newly-elected Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
Violence engulfs besieged Zamzam camp in Sudan’s Darfur region
The RSF seized the massive camp in April following days of shelling, drone attacks and ground assaults that the United Nations says left at least 300 people dead and forced around 400,000 to flee, one of the worst violations since the war began.
South Africa exit from DRC to be completed this month: general
Under the phased withdrawal that started on April 29, the troops are to exit the DRC via Rwanda by road before entering Tanzania, General Rudzani Maphwanya said.
Drone strike hits Port Sudan airport: official
Army spokesman, Nabil Abdullah, said the RSF launched several "suicide drones" at the coastal city, targeting the airport as well as "a goods warehouse and some civilian facilities in the city of Port Sudan.
In Congo, M23 rebels’ latest fight is to revive the economy
Virtually all banks are closed. Currency shortages abound. With supply chains disrupted, prices of some staples have jumped.
Former Tunisian PM Larayedh jailed for 34-years over Syria jihadist case
Larayedh, who served as prime minister from 2013 to 2014, is a senior figure in Ennahda, an Islamist party that has been a main opponent of President Kais Saied.
Uganda's military chief says missing opposition official is 'in my basement'
Eddie Mutwe, who also acts as the chief bodyguard for Uganda's leading opposition figure, Bobi Wine, went missing on April 27 after being grabbed near the capital Kampala by armed men, the National Unity Platform (NUP) party has said.In a series of posts on X late on Thursday, Chief of Defence Force...