Brice Oligui Nguema, who led a coup in Gabon in August 2023, won Saturday’s presidential election with 90.35 per cent of votes cast, according to provisional results, the Central African country’s interior minister said on Sunday. The result cements Nguema’s grip on power 19 months after the coup ended more than half a century of rule by the Bongo family in Gabon, an oil producer with a population of around 2.5 million. Nguema’s most prominent opponent in the eight-candidate race was Alain Claude Bilie By Nze, who was serving as prime minister under President Ali Bongo at the time of…
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By all accounts, South Africa’s conundrum that is the Government of National Unity (GNU) will likely fester into a debilitating wound before it gets healed anytime soon.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has announced that the US is immediately revoking visas issued to all South Sudanese passport holders due to the African nation refusing to accept its citizens who have been removed from the US. Rubio, in a statement on Saturday, added that the US will also block any arriving citizens of South Sudan, the world’s newest country, at US ports of entry. He blamed “the failure of South Sudan’s transitional government to accept the return of its repatriated citizens in a timely manner”. A cornerstone of President Donald Trump’s immigration policy is removing unlawful migrants…
Including the voices of persons with disabilities in the GBV conversation will yield a society and a country that is safe for all to thrive.
The Anti-Corruption Court in Milimani ruled on Wednesday that the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), an independent body established under Article 79 of the Constitution with the mandate to investigate corruption, economic crimes, and ethical breaches, has the right to stand in court. While dismissing an application by the Chief Magistrate of Thika Law Courts, Hon. Atambo, that sought to bar the Commission from having a standing in Court other than through the Director of Public Prosecutions, Chief Magistrate Hon. Harrison Barasa ruled that there was no compelling reason in the application to find that EACC has no standing. This…
On March 21, EFF leader Julius Malema – a rabble-rouser of note – disrupted SA’s national peace and comfort when he chanted the controversial political slogan “kill the boer, kill the farmer”. One thing for sure Malema knew too well that no one, not even AfriForum, could haul him before the courts. In 2022, AfriForum lost the legal battle after taking the EFF and Malema to the SA Equality Court over the public chanting of “Kill the boer, kill the farmer”. The predominantly white-aligned civil rights group had argued that Malema’s chanting of the Struggle rendition in public incited violence…
Elders and residents of the Northeastern region have expressed their gratitude following President William Ruto nomination of Principal Secretaries from the region. The elders said that the president has shown his commitment to ensuring equal treatment for all regions, first, by launching key development projects in North eastern and removing the vetting process for residents seeking to acquire Identity Cards and, secondly, by nominating leaders from the area to senior government positions. Among those nominated to PS positions are Aden Millah (State Department for Shipping and Maritime Affairs), former Wajir North MP Ahmed Abdisalan (State department for National government coordination),…
The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) has received 7,128 complaints since its inception in November 2020. Data Commissioner Immaculate Kassait said that of these, 215 cases have been determined, with 10 entities being slapped with penalties. Additionally, 103 cases, she said, have resulted in compensation for affected individuals, while 39 others have been resolved through Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). To scale up reporting, the ODPC has established an online platform alongside six regional offices to ensure that as many Kenyans as possible have access to its services. Complaints, she added, can be submitted online through the ODPC website…
At least 330 people have been killed by Israeli air strikes on Gaza overnight, according to the Hamas-run health ministry. The Israeli military said it was carrying out “extensive” strikes after talks to extend the ceasefire failed – it’s the biggest wave of strikes since 19 January, when the ceasefire began. “They unleashed the fire of hell again on Gaza,” an eyewitness in Gaza City says. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office says Israel will “from now on act against Hamas with increasing military strength”, accusing Hamas of “repeated refusal to release our hostages”, and of rejecting proposals to extend the…
A 32-year-old man from Kanduri Village, Ithanga Kakuzi Sub-County, has been fined Sh100,000 by a Kenol court or will serve eight months in prison after pleading guilty to the malicious damage of property. The property, worth Sh40,000, belongs to his elder brother, Samuel Irungu. According to Prosecutor Peris Gathuu, the accused, Cyrus Mwangi Wangari, arrived home on 8 March at 5:30 p.m. in a furious state and, without provocation, began insulting his mother. He also threatened to beat her, claiming that she owed him money. Fearing for his mother’s safety, Irungu, the brother, tried to intervene and restrain the accused,…