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Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Tuesday promoted his son Muhoozi Kainerugaba to the rank of full General a day after he caused a storm on social media by claiming that his army would only take less than two weeks to capture Kenya’s capital Nairobi. The Daily Monitor reports that despite his…

47 people in the U.S state of Minnesota have been charged for their alleged roles in a $250 million fraud scheme that exploited a federally-funded child nutrition program during the COVID-19 pandemic. U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger for the District of Minnesota said the defendants exploited a…

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II has died aged 96, Buckingham Palace announced on Thursday. "The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon, The King and The Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow," Buckingham Palace said in a statement. Queen…

Ethiopian Airlines has suspended the crew of a flight whose two pilots reportedly fell asleep and missed their landing window in Addis Ababa on Monday. The Aviation Herald reported that the two pilots were flying a Boeing 737 plane from Sudan’s capital Khartoum to Addis Ababa.  “After…

Former Al-Shabaab deputy leader and spokesperson Muktar Robow has been appointed as a Cabinet minister in Somalia. On Tuesday, Somali Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre announced that Robow had been appointed the new minister for religion in President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s administration. "After…

Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has announced he will seek a fourth term in the next general elections in 2024. Kagame, who has served as Rwanda’s president since 2000, told a French TV channel that he would consider remaining in office for another 20 years. In 2015, he changed the constitution,…

A Catholic priest is among 12 people who have been convicted in connection with the brutal murder of a man living with albinism in Malawi. Five suspects including the victim’s brother, a Catholic priest, a policeman, and a physician were found guilty of murder while seven were charged with selling…

The US government has offered a $5 million (Sh570 million) bounty for information on the whereabouts of Jehad Serwan Mostafa, a key leader of the Somalia-based Al-Shabaab terrorist organization. Mostafa, alias Ahmed Gurey, is an American citizen who leads Al-Shabaab operations, trains recruits, and…

A China Eastern Airlines flight carrying 132 people on Monday crashed in mountains in southern China. The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) confirmed the crash, saying the Boeing 737-800 plane was flying from the southwestern city of Kunming, capital of Yunnan province, to Guangzhou,…

Kenya has strongly rejected Russia’s decision to recognize breakaway rebel regions of Ukraine as independent states. Kenya’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Amb. Martin Kimani said Kenya was gravely concerned by the announcement by Russian President Vladimir Putin to recognize the…