Category: East Africa

The Ugandan aeronautical engineer, human rights activist and diplomat said in a post on the social platform X, formerly known as Twitter, that she has had to endure racial profiling since taking residence in Geneva three years ago.

"The abductees reported to a base of the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) at Erengeti, in North Kivu province on Tuesday," said Maj Bilal Katamba, spokesperson of the UPDF Mountain Division, in a statement.

"I learned that many young people, as many as thousands... wake up in the early morning, walk for three days to go to (a place) where a vision appeared, a pilgrim land, a place associated with poverty," Kagame told a youth conference on Wednesday.

TikTok, owned by Chinese technology giant ByteDance, is facing intense scrutiny across the world due to privacy and security concerns. 

Authorities in Dodoma appealed to development partners to support refugees living in camps. It followed an announcement earlier by the World Food Programme that it would slash food rations for refugees in Tanzania due to a critical funding gap.

The move comes ahead of a much anticipated second phase of a military offensive against Al Shabaab, the Islamist militant group that has been waging a bloody insurgency against the central government in Mogadishu for more than 15 years.

The EastAfrican has learnt that following his confirmation by the US Senate on July 28, 2023, Ambassador Kneedler will soon report to work.

This and another tussle involving the Malindi Space Centre, a collaboration project between Kenya and Italy, could test the mettle of Kenyan legislators investigating matters that test the country’s foreign relations.

The diplomat and two others, Boniface Mwabukusi and Mpaluka Nyangali, had been arrested over allegations of incitement.

Mr Yusuf, an experienced international development professional replaces Hussein Sheikh Mohamud who quit on August 13 to join politics, having served for just three months.