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Kenya-Somalia quarrel threatens AU efforts to broker political deal Monday May 17 2021 Summary Officially, the African Union says it is consulting members to determine the next step, but the continental body has also expressed concerns about Somalia’s decision to defy a 55-member body’s decision to offer help, ironically, initially requested by Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo. Advertisement The African Union has hinted at sticking with former Ghanaian President John Mahama as s...

The East African Tuesday April 20 2021 In this file photo taken on April 11, 2021 Four Star General and head of the Republican Guard in Chad, Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno (C), 37, son of Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno is seen at a polling station in Ndjamena. Advertisement Following the death of Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno earlier on Tuesday, the army has suspended the government, the Constitution and Parliament. The army has also installed Mahamat Deby, the son of the slain leader, as ...

How Africa will administer Covid-19 vaccine following months of ‘apartheid’ Thursday March 04 2021 A healthcare worker receives a dose of Covid-19 vaccine in South Africa on February 18, 2021. PHOTO | AFP Summary Delivered through the Covax Facility, Africa expects to receive 90 million doses before the end of April, setting off mass vaccination campaigns beginning this week. Advertisement African countries are scheduled to start mass roll-out of Covid-19 vaccines, following months of compl...

The East African Tuesday February 23 2021 Summary The premier is a symbol of the break with the FCC-CACH govt, the coalition between Tshisekedi and his predecessor Kabila, which collapsed in December. Advertisement After his appointment by President Félix Tshisekedi on February 15, Prime Minister Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde began the fundamental work of constituting his government. He knows, however, he is now President Tshisekedi’s new sail to steer his boat out of the rocky waters of coalitio...

The East African Tuesday February 23 2021 Security forces retrieve bodies on the edge of the Virunga National Park near where Italys ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo, his bodyguard and driver, were killed on February 22, 2021. PHOTO | AFP Summary Advertisement The DR Congo government has said that Italian Ambassador to Kinshasa, Luca Attanasio, was killed by Rwandan Hutu rebels. The Italian envoy was killed on Monday in an ambush near Goma, in the province of North Kivu. A statem...

The East African Saturday January 30 2021 Sylvestre Ilunga Ilunkamba, who resigned as DR Congo’s Prime Minister on January 29, 2021. PHOTO | RODGER BOSCH | AFP Summary Mr Ilunga was dismissed by the vote of parliamentarians on Wednesday, as 367 of the 500 deputies in Parliament voted for the removal of the Prime minister and his government. On Wednesday, he angrily said he did not recognise the authority of the assemblys provisional bureau, which oversees legislative affairs, to organise a c...

The East African Wednesday January 20 2021 Advertisement Kinshasa President Felix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) received a Rwandan delegation at State House on Tuesday for talks on bilateral cooperation. They were Vincent Biruta, Joseph Nzabamwita, Donald Kaberuka and Vincent Karega, who are Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Secretary General of Intelligence Services, Senior Official to the African Union and Rwandan Ambassador posted to Kinshasa, respectiv...

The East African Tuesday January 19 2021 Summary He was due to be transferred to the capital Kinshasa on Monday, when protesters tried to stop the transfer. Gunshots were heard near the airport as police prevented Mulunda’s supporters from reaching the facility. Advertisement The arrest of a local cleric in Lubumbashi over incitement provoked protests in Haut-Katanga province. Daniel Ngoy Mulunda is said to have agitated for secession at the weekend. He was detained on Monday and his hous...

The East African Wednesday January 13 2021 DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi. He says the pardon was meant to show forgiveness, justice and “national reconciliation.” PHOTO | FILE | NMG Summary President Felix Tshisekedi’s office said the pardon was meant to show forgiveness, justice and “national reconciliation.” But it was also political, as the 28, the initial group included 11 others who died in custody, walked out of the gates of Makala Prison in Kinshasa were also regaining fr...