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New Kenyan police contingent arrives in Haiti to combat gang violence/in /by
It is the fifth contingent of Kenyan police to arrive on the violence-battered island since the start of the UN-backed police mission. The 230 police offers join an existing force of more than 700 Kenyan policemen already in Haiti.
Guinea-Bissau military forms national transitional council after coup/in /by
Just over a week after seizing power, Guinea Bissau’s military says it has established a National Transitional Council.
M23 rebels seize key town in Eastern DRC as civilians flee/in /by
M23 rebels, supported by the Rwandan army are continuing their advice in the South Kivu region of the DR Congo, local sources say. On Saturday, the rebels took control of the strategic town of Luvungi, near the border with Burundi, and several surrounding villages.
Uganda: opposition leader Bobi Wine attacked by security forces in Gulu/in /by
The prominent opposition candidate and former pop star Bobi Wine said in posts on social network X late on Saturday that he was attacked while campaigning in the north of the country.
Benin leader commends soldiers for thwarting coup/in /by
Benin’s President Patrice Talon has thanked army leaders for helping to defeat an attempted military coup in the West African nation. He also vowed that the mutineers would be punished.
Salah dropped by Liverpool ahead of Inter Milan/in /by
Mohamed Salah trained with his Liverpool team-mates ahead of their trip to Milan to face Inter in the Champions League on Tuesday.
Tanzania blocks independence day protests, calls them a ‘coup’/in /by
Authorities in Tanzania are warning people to stay at home on Tuesday, saying that protests planned to mark the country’s Independence Day are unlawful and constitute an attempted coup.
Calm returns to Cotonou after Benin coup attempt/in /by
Traffic in the Benin capital of Cotonou resumed on Monday following an attempted coup that shook the country a day earlier.
Tshisekedi accuses Rwanda of breaking ceasefire within 24 hours/in /by
In an address to parliament on Monday, Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi accused Rwanda of breaking a ceasefire deal just one day after it was signed.
100 Nigerian schoolchildren back home after kidnapping/in /by
One hundred schoolchildren freed after being abducted in northern Nigeria last month were welcomed home on Monday at a ceremony in Minna, the capital of Niger state.