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15/11/2022

Thousands displaced as M23 rebels near key DRC city of Goma

Anxiety in Goma, as thousands displaced Fighting between the M23 and the DRC army has led to a looming humanitarian crisis as thousands have been displaced in the country’s volatile east. Published On 15 Nov 202215 Nov 2022 Thousands of people have been displaced in the volatile eastern region of ...

06/04/2022

BLAISE COMPAORE, 71, ex-Burkina Faso President, jailed for life for assassination of revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara 35 years ago.

07/07/2021

Taliban regains momentum after US troops pullout
https://theworlddiplomat.com/2021/07/07/taliban-fighters-storm-capital-of-northwestern-afghan-province/

05/06/2021

Attackers kill 100 civilians in Burkina Faso village raid

Armed assailants have killed about 100 civilians in an overnight attack on a village in northern Burkina Faso. The attackers struck during the night on Friday, killing residents of the village of Solhan in Yagha province bordering Niger, the government said in a statement on Saturday, adding that th...

01/06/2021

https://theworlddiplomat.com/2021/06/01/andrei-pivovarov-kremlin-critic-pulled-off-plane-arrested/

Russian authorities have arrested a prominent opposition activist after he was hauled off a flight, and raided the homes of several others. Andrei Pivovarov, the head of the Open Russia movement, was pulled off a Warsaw-bound plane at St Petersburg’s airport just before takeoff late on Monday. Piv...

28/05/2021

Mali's coup leader Assimi Goita declares himself President

Colonel Assimi Goita, who led a coup in Mali last year, has once more taken the reins of power in the war-torn Sahel state. This week, soldiers detained the president and prime minister of an interim government installed in the wake of a coup in August, provoking diplomatic uproar. The military rele...

25/05/2021

US warns against travel to Japan as country grapples COVID surge

The United States has warned its citizens not to travel to Japan, blaming the growing risk of COVID-19 just two months before the long-delayed Tokyo Olympics are due to open. Japan has avoided the large-scale outbreaks suffered by many other nations, but a fourth wave has led to states of emergency....

24/05/2021

UN chief says world at 'war' against COVID - 19

The world is “at war” against COVID-19, the UN chief says, calling for the application of wartime logic to the inequitable access to the weapons needed to fight the pandemic. Addressing the opening of the World Health Organization’s annual assembly of member states on Monday, UN Secretary-Gene...

21/05/2021

Jubilation in Gaza as ceasefire takes effect

Thousands of people in the Gaza Strip and across the occupied Palestinian territory poured into the streets to celebrate a ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian armed groups. The ceasefire, which was welcomed internationally, was brokered by Egypt in the early hours of Friday after 11 days of r...

19/05/2021

US says UNSC statement won't calm-israel palestine violence

US envoy to the UN reportedly made the comment during panel’s fourth emergency meeting on the escalation. 19 May 2021 The United Nations Security Council, in its fourth meeting on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, has again failed to find consensus on a joint statement calling for a ceasefire, wi...

18/05/2021

Further delay in South Africa ex- president Zuma corruption trial

A corruption case against former South African President Jacob Zuma and French company Thales related to a $2bn arms deal was adjourned on Monday to May 26, and the defence lawyer said Zuma would plead not guilty when the hearing finally starts. The trial of Zuma, 79, had been expected to begin on M...

15/05/2021

Facebook faces devastating EU-Us data transfer ban

Ireland’s data regulator can resume a probe that may trigger a ban on Facebook’s transatlantic data transfers, the High Court ruled on Friday, raising the prospect of a stoppage that the company warns would have a devastating impact on its business. The case stems from European Union concerns th...

14/05/2021

Kenya leader's constitutional reform bid illegal :high court

Kenya’s High Court ruled a drive by President Uhuru Kenyatta to change the constitution was illegal, stopping a move critics say was designed to check his deputy, whom he has fallen out with publicly. Parliament already passed the proposed amendments – popularly known as the Building Bridges Ini...

13/05/2021

Israeli, Palestine religious spat in an ugly situation

Violent confrontations between Palestinian citizens of Israel and Jewish Israelis have resumed in several cities inside Israel as the Israeli military continued air raids on the besieged Gaza Strip and Hamas fired rockets into Israel for a third day on Wednesday. The crisis, which started with Isr...

11/05/2021

Kenya bans flights to and from Somalia with immediate effect

Kenya on Monday suspended flights to and from Somalia in the latest show that relations between the two countries have not thawed as announced last week. In a Notice to Airmen (Notam), Kenya Civil Aviation Authority said flights departing for or arriving from Somalia will not be allowed for three mo...

07/05/2021

Somalia restores diplomatic relations with Kenya

Mandela Kigwa The Federal Government of Somalia says it has restored diplomatic ties with Kenya. This comes nearly five months after Somalia cut off the relations in December last year accusing Kenya of meddling in her  politics. In a statement issued on Thursday, Somalia’s Ministry of Informat...

06/05/2021

China suspends economic dialogue with Australia as ties worsen.

China has “indefinitely” suspended all activity under a China-Australia Strategic Economic Dialogue, its state economic planner said in the latest setback for their strained relations. “Recently, some Australian Commonwealth Government officials launched a series of measures to disrupt the nor...

04/05/2021

Tanzania's President Samia arrives in Kenya in maiden official visit

Summary Beyond the pleasantries, her trip comes at a time when both countries are seeking to renew ties and resolve their perennial tiffs on cross-border trade, including non-tarrif barriers. An immediate concern will be cooperation around Covid-19 management. Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu arrive...

25/04/2021

African union urges end to military rule in Chad

The army immediately announced that Idriss Déby’s son would head a military council for 18 months before elections were held. Former colonial power France, which has a large military base in Chad, appeared to back the takeover for “stability” amid “exceptional circumstances”. Opposition p...

23/04/2021

Sporty Friday : most valuable football clubs in the world
Fabrizio Romano

Football is the world’s most popular sport, with at least 3.5 billion fans around the globe. A decision earlier this month by 12 elite European clubs to join a new league, the Super League, caused shockwaves around the world. Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Totten...

22/04/2021

Kenya, Dr Congo three-day bilateral talks underway.
State House Kenya

Kenya’s president Uhuru Kenyatta is in DR Congo for a three-day state visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo at the invitation of President Felix Tshisekedi. The Kenya Airways plane carrying the President and his entourage touched down at N’djili International Airport in Kinshasa, the capital...

21/04/2021

https://theworlddiplomat.com/2021/04/21/jurys-swift-verdict-for-chauvin-in-floyds-death-death/

After three weeks of testimony, the trial of the former police officer charged with killing George Floyd ended swiftly: barely over a day of jury deliberations, then just minutes for the verdicts to be read — guilty, guilty and guilty — and Derek Chauvin was handcuffed and taken away to pris...

20/04/2021

https://theworlddiplomat.com/2021/04/20/chad-president-idriss-deby-has-died-army-spokesman/

Mandela Kigwa Chad’s newly re-elected President Idriss Deby has died of injuries suffered on the frontline in the Sahel country’s north, where he had gone to visit soldiers battling rebels, an army spokesman said on Tuesday. Deby, 68, “has just breathed his last defending the sovereign nation ...

18/04/2021

https://theworlddiplomat.com/2021/04/18/covid-19-deaths-pass-three-million-worldwide/

The number of people who have died worldwide in the Covid-19 pandemic has surpassed three million, according to Johns Hopkins University. The milestone comes the day after the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) warned the world was “approaching the highest rate of infection” so far. Ind...

18/04/2021

https://theworlddiplomat.com/2021/04/18/us-china-agree-to-tackle-climate-change-crisis-with-urgency/

China and the United States, the world’s two biggest carbon polluters, have agreed to cooperate with other countries to fight climate change. The joint statement on Sunday followed two days of talks between Chinese climate envoy Xie Zhenhua and his US counterpart, John Kerry, in Shanghai. “The U...

16/04/2021

https://theworlddiplomat.com/2021/04/16/indias-covid-vaccine-maker-urges-biden-to-lift-exports-embargo/

The Serum Institute of India (SII), the world’s biggest vaccine maker, has urged President Joe Biden to lift an embargo by the United States on the exports of raw materials that is hurting its production of COVID-19 shots. “Respected , if we are to truly unite in beating this virus, on beh...

15/04/2021

https://theworlddiplomat.com/2021/04/15/somalia-criticizes-global-powers-over-interference/

The Somali government says it stands by the decision to extend the term of the president and criticised the international community for seeking to undermine the country’s democratic processes. In a statement, the foreign affairs ministry said it was dismayed by statements from some of its internat...

13/04/2021

https://theworlddiplomat.com/2021/04/13/somalia-lawmakers-vote-to-extend-presidents-term/

Somalia’s Lower House of Parliament has voted to approve a bill to extend President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo’s term in office by two years. The controversial special election bill was overwhelmingly approved by 149 members. It needs to be approved by the upper chamber before becoming law. Mr Fa...

12/04/2021

https://theworlddiplomat.com/2021/04/12/royal-brothers-pay-tribute-to-their-grandfather-prince-philip/

The Dukes of Cambridge and Sussex have paid tribute to their grandfather, the Duke of Edinburgh. In separate statements, Prince William described him as an “extraordinary man”, while Prince Harry said he was “a man of service, honour and great humour” and the “legend of banter”. “I wil...

12/04/2021

https://theworlddiplomat.com/2021/04/12/tanzanian-president-visits-uganda-for-signing-of-key-oil-pipeline-deal/

Tanzanian President Samia Hassan Suluhu on Sunday landed in Uganda to witness the signing of a tripartite deal that will kick off the construction of a crude oil pipeline from Uganda to the Tanzanian seaport of Tanga. Uganda’s ministry of foreign affairs in a statement issued earlier said during S...