UN: 156 people were summarily executed by M23
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk during the 55th Session of the Human Rights Council said that the M23 rebel group in DRC summarily executed 156 people.
“M23 was also found to have sexually abused 30 women and 12 children, and abducted 127 civilians including to forcibly recruit them to fight....
Incoming EAC Secretary General to be sworn in mid-April
The South Sudan East African Community (EAC) Affairs minister and Chairperson of the EAC Council of Ministers Deng Alor Kuol last Thursday announced that an Extra-Ordinary Summit of the EAC Heads of State will be held virtually on April 15th 2024 to consider the appointment of the new EAC Secretary General.
“On 18th March,...
Census deadline for foreign nationals in Burundi extended
The Burundi Ministry of the Interior, Community Development and Public Security released a statement this Thursday 28 March 2024 extending the deadline of registering foreign nationals living in the country.
“Following the ever-increasing number of foreigners responding to their current census, the ministry informs all foreigners residing in Burundi in general, and refugees in...
AU approves SADC deployment despite Rwanda’s protest
A virtual meeting was held on 4th March 2024 by the African Union Peace and Security Council to consider the situation in
Somalia becomes 8th EAC member state
Somalia has now officially become a full member of the East African Community after the country deposited its ratification instrument of the treaty of accession on Monday.
Kiir arrives in Bujumbura over DRC, Rwanda talks
South Sudan president Salva Kiir Mayardit this Friday landed at Melchior Ndadaye International Airport in Bujumbura where he is expected to meet Burundi president Evariste Ndayishimiye to address the growing tension between Burundi-Rwanda relations and the crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
This is the first time the South Sudan president Salva...
UN agencies sound alarm over renewed clashes in eastern DR Congo
Amid reports of a renewed escalation of hostilities in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),
Burundi: More than 500 prisoners released under presidential amnesty
Atleast 558 prisoners with minor offenses were released in Burundi as part of President Evariste Ndayishimiye’s amnesty.
Rwanda under pressure for supporting M23 rebels
Kigali is now increasingly getting under immense pressure accused of supporting the M23 rebel group that has continued to destabilise the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Now the United States of America condemned worsening violence in the eastern DRC on February 17th, 2024 which it says is caused by the ‘actions...
Ndayishimiye in DRC for Peace and Security talks
Burundi’s president Evariste Ndayishimiye landed this Tuesday in Kinshasa for consultations on Peace and Security in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
According to the Burundi presidency, president Ndayishimiye traveled to Kinshasa as part of the consultations in his capacity, “as President of the Regional Oversight Mechanism of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic...