“This law was provoked by arrogant and careless Western-based groups that are fond of coming into our schools to recruit our young children,” said President Museveni in a televised speech…
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Kenya: Meta barred from sacking Facebook moderators
A court in Kenya’s capital Nairobi has barred Meta, Facebook’s parent company, from laying off its content moderators pending determination of a lawsuit that is challenging their planned dismissal. The…
Ethiopia: PM Abiy Ahmed appoints TPLF head as Tigray president
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has appointed a senior member of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) Getachew Reda as the head of the newly established interim administration in the…
Canada: Immigration fuels one of the largest population growth of over 1 million
Canada’s population grew by over a million people for the first time ever last year, the government has said. The country’s population increased from 38,516,138 to 39,566,248 people, Statistics Canada…
Gambia: Authorities apologise as patient dies in stranded ferry
The Gambia authorities have said that a ferry which was stranded in the northern coastal region of Barra for 12 hours has been disentangled from a fishing net. The vessel…
Egypt: Referee suspended for using spectator’s mobile phone to disallow goal
Egyptian referee Mohamed Farouk has been suspended for using a spectator’s mobile phone to disallow a goal in a league match. Al-Nasr thought they had scored a late equaliser away…
US: Biden government urges Uganda to reconsider new anti-LGBT law
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said anti-LGBT draft legislation passed by Uganda’s parliament on Tuesday undermines fundamental human rights and urged the government to reconsider implementing it. The…
Chadia: Rebels jailed over killing of ex-president Déby
A court in Chad on Tuesday handed life sentences to more than 400 rebels over the killing of former President Idriss Déby. The former president died of his injuries in…
Tanzania: Marburg virus kills five people in Kagera region
Marburg virus has killed five people in Tanzania’s north-western Kagera region, the health ministry has said. High fever is a common symptom of the deadly Ebola-like virus, often followed by…
Germany: Former Arsenal, Real Madrid and Germany midfielder Mesut Ozil retires
Former Arsenal, Real Madrid and Germany midfielder Mesut Ozil has retired from football at the age of 34. Ozil won nine trophies during his club career including four FA Cups…