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Augustin Matata Ponyo (pictured here in 2012) served as the Democratic Republic of Congo's prime ministers for four years, leaving office in 2016

Former DR Congo PM sentenced to hard labor on corruption charge

NAIROBI — A former prime minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been sentenced to a decade's forced labor for corruption.Augustin Matata Ponyo was found guilty of embezzling about $245m (£182m) of public funds by the Congolese Constitutional Court on Tuesday, alongside Deogratias Mutombo, the former governor of the DR Congo's central bank.Matata's lawyer told Reuters news agency that the ruling was unfair and politically motivated.Part of the funds were taken from a major agricultural development intended to tackle the country's chronic food shortages.Matata served as prime minister of the DRC from 2012 to 2016 and now heads the country's Leadership and Governance for Development party (LGD).Prior to his premiership, he was finance minister and received...

May 21, 2025

Former DR Congo PM sentenced to hard labor on corruption charge

Martha Karua was interrogated for several hours by Tanzanian authorities, her party says

Kenya's ex-justice minister 'deported' from Tanzania

NAIROBI — Leading Kenyan lawyer and the country's former Justice Minister Martha Karua says she has been deported from Tanzania to prevent her from attending the court case of opposition leader Tundu Lissu.Two colleagues accompanying her were also reportedly detained and deported after flying in from neighboring Kenya.Former Kenyan chief justice Willy Mutunga and other prominent rights activists who later traveled there over Lissu's case said they were stopped and held at the airport. Tanzanian authorities have not yet commented.Lissu, who is the leader of Tanzania's main opposition Chadema party, is appearing in court on Monday after being charged with treason last month.Kenya's top foreign affairs official Korir Sing'oei has "strongly urged" the Tanzanian...

May 19, 2025

Kenya's ex-justice minister 'deported' from Tanzania

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa arrives at Kazan International Airport in in Kazan, Russia, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024

South Africa's President Ramaphosa says Afrikaners resettling in US are 'cowards'

JOHANNESBURG — Afrikaners who have resettled in the US under a controversial refugee scheme, labeling them "cowards".The white South Africans arrived in the US on Monday after being granted refugee status by the Trump administration, which says they face racial discrimination at home.South Africa's government has strongly disputed Washington's claims that Afrikaners are being persecuted.Ramaphosa said the group of Afrikaners were relocating to the US because they were not in favor of efforts aimed at addressing the country's challenges and apartheid past."As South Africans, we are resilient," Ramaphosa said at an agricultural event in the Free State province on Monday."We don't run away from our problems. We must stay here and solve our problems....

May 14, 2025

South Africa's President Ramaphosa says Afrikaners resettling in US are 'cowards'

Julius Malema is known for his fiery rhetoric against Western powers

South African opposition politician hits out after failing to get UK visa

JOHANNESBURG — South African firebrand opposition politician Julius Malema says he has been denied a visa to attend a conference in the UK on 10 May.Malema said the UK had no "substantial justification" for its decision, and he saw it as an "attempt to silence a dissenting political perspective".In a leaked letter to Malema's deputy, the UK High Commissioner to South Africa, Antony Phillipson, said the Home Office had been unable to process his visa application in time for his trip.Malema, the leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party, is a fierce critic of what he sees as "Western imperialism", and also advocates the nationalization of white-owned land in South Africa.A Home Office spokesperson told the BBC that they do not comment on...

May 08, 2025

South African opposition politician hits out after failing to get UK visa

Smoke and flames at Port Sudan following paramilitary attack

Sudan paramilitary attacks leave key city without power

PORT SUDAN — Drone strikes have hit a major power station in the Sudanese city of Port Sudan causing a "complete power outage", the country's electricity provider said.Explosions and huge fires have been reported near the city's main international airport as a paramilitary force targeted the key city for the third consecutive day.Flights have been canceled after drones hit the international airport and a hotel near the current presidential palace, reports say."I see a huge cloud and fire going like all around the city... and I heard also now that they were like two more loud bangs. It looks quite apocalyptic," a journalist, Cristina Karrer, told the BBC's Newsday program.On Tuesday, Sudan's electricity company said it was assessing the damage on its...

May 07, 2025

Sudan paramilitary attacks leave key city without power

Hundreds of thousands have been forced from their homes in Sudan and fled across the border to Chad

Top UN court rejects Sudan's bid to sue UAE for genocide

THE HAGUE — The UN's top court has dismissed Sudan's case against the UAE accusing the Gulf state of complicity in genocide.Sudan alleged the UAE supported the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the Sudanese civil war, in which tens of thousands of people have died, forced millions from their homes and left many facing famine.The UAE categorically denied the accusations, branding the case "political theatre" and "a cynical publicity stunt".The International Court of Justice in The Hague ruled that the case could not proceed because the UAE had opted out Article 9 of the Genocide Convention, which means that it cannot be sued by other states over genocide allegations.The court said that it lacked jurisdiction and was therefore "precluded by its...

May 06, 2025

Top UN court rejects Sudan's bid to sue UAE for genocide

Rwanda confirms talks with US about taking in migrants

KIGALI — Rwanda is in the "early stage" of talks with the Trump administration to accept migrants deported by the US, the East African country's Foreign Affairs Minister Olivier Nduhungireh has said.His comments come after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said last month that Washington was "actively searching" for countries that would take in "some of the most despicable human beings".Nduhungireh said the talks were "not new to us" as Rwanda had previously agreed to accept migrants deported by the UK.However, the UK abandoned the scheme, which faced numerous legal changes, after a new government took office last July.Speaking to Rwandan TV on Sunday, Nduhungireh said the government was in the "spirit" of giving "another chance...

May 05, 2025

Rwanda confirms talks with US about taking in migrants

President William Ruto has been addressing crowds during a tour of the west of Kenya

Shoe thrown at Kenya’s President Ruto during rally

NAIROBI — The Kenyan government has described as "shameful" an incident in which a shoe was thrown at President William Ruto during a rally on Sunday.Ruto fended off a shoe thrown at him during a speech about the cost of living which has been a source of public anger.Widely shared video clips show the footwear striking the president's left arm as he held it aloft while he was speaking.Government spokesman Isaac Mwaura condemned what happened and called for those behind it to be "apprehended". "What would happen if we all decided to throw shoes at each other? What values are we teaching our children?" he asked in post on X calling for the institution of the presidency to be respected.Kenyan media are reporting that three people have been arrested, but the...

May 05, 2025

Shoe thrown at Kenya’s President Ruto during rally

Joshlin Smith has not been found more than a year after she went missing

South African woman convicted of kidnapping daughter

JOHANNESBURG — The mother of a South African girl, who disappeared aged six more than a year ago, has been convicted of kidnapping and trafficking her daughter.Kelly Smith, her boyfriend Jacquen Appollis and their friend Steveno van Rhyn were arrested after Smith's daughter, Joshlin, went missing from outside her home in Saldanha Bay, near Cape Town, in February last year.Appollis and Rhyn were also found guilty on Friday of kidnapping and trafficking Joshlin. All three had previously pleaded not guilty to to these charges.Joshlin's disappearance sent shockwaves across South Africa and despite a highly publicized search for her, she is yet to be found.During the trial, held in March, prosecutors accused Smith of having "sold, delivered or exchanged" Joshlin and then...

May 02, 2025

South African woman convicted of kidnapping daughter

Eddie Mutwe has been missing since Sunday when he was reportedly picked up by security forces

Anger as Uganda president's son says he's holding opposition leader's bodyguard

NAIROBI — General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the son of Uganda's president, has confirmed the detention of an opposition leader's bodyguard, who has been missing for five days.Edward Sebuufu, alias Eddie Mutwe, was reportedly picked up on Sunday by unidentified individuals in both civilian clothes and military fatigues in the central town of Kiwango, sparking public outrage.In a series of posts on X, Gen Kainerugabai, who is also Uganda's military chief, said Sebuufu was "in my basement", attaching the bodyguard's photo with a clean-shaven head.Gen Kainerugabai's remarks have sparked public anger with Ugandans using the hashtag #FreeEddieMutwe to demand Sebuufu's release and condemn his detention.Gen Kainerugaba frequently makes political comments, which his...

May 02, 2025

Anger as Uganda president's son says he's holding opposition leader's bodyguard

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