Central American troops arrive in Haiti to fight gangs
Port-au-Prince, Haiti Reuters A contingent of security forces from Guatemala and El Salvador arrived in Haiti’s capital on Friday to reinforce a long-delayed United Nations-backed mission tasked with restoring security amid a bloody conflict with armed gangs. The new arrivals were made up of 75 Guatemalans and eight Salvadorans, a communications officer for the mission […]
Police in Kenya fire teargas at protest over alleged abductions
Nairobi, Kenya Reuters Police in Kenya’s capital Nairobi fired teargas to try to disperse protesters demonstrating on Monday against what they say is a wave of unexplained abductions of government critics as well as detaining some of those taking part. Dozens of Kenyans have been abducted in recent months, according to human rights groups, who […]
Breaking with tradition, Kenyan church leaders refuse politicians’ cash donations
Nairobi, Kenya RNS In a growing split between church leaders and Kenya’s government, two prominent churches have rejected President William Ruto’s personal donations, saying the cash challenges their independence and undermines the public’s view of their integrity. On 18th November, Catholic Archbishop Philip Subira Anyolo, of Nairobi, ordered the city’s Sts Joachim and Ann Church […]
Africa’s Anglican prelates say Archbishop Welby’s resignation is warning on abuse
Nairobi, Kenya RNS In his sermon on Sunday, Archbishop Thabo Makgoba of Cape Town, the Anglican primate of Southern Africa, warned that reports of abuse by church leaders will likely rise in the wake of the resignation of Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby over his handling of child abuse allegations. Welby quit on 12th November, […]
Vaccine doses allocated for nine African countries hardest hit by mpox
Reuters An initial 899,000 vaccine doses have been allocated for nine countries across Africa that have been hit hard by the current mpox surge, the WHO and other health organisations said on Wednesday. The WHO declared mpox a global public health emergency for the second time in two years in August after a new variant […]
Kenya senate votes to remove Deputy President from office by impeachment
Nairobi, Kenya Reuters Kenya’s senate voted to dismiss Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua from office by impeachment on five out of 11 charges levelled against him on Thursday, in an unprecedented move that risks pushing the country towards a political crisis. The National Assembly voted last week to impeach Gachagua, who helped President William Ruto win […]
Kenya lawmakers impeach Deputy President, paving way for senate vote
Nairobi, Kenya Reuters Kenya’s parliament voted on Tuesday to impeach Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua on charges including enriching himself and stirring ethnic hatred, the chamber’s speaker said, paving the way for the senate to consider the motion. “According to the results…of the motion that I’ve just declared, a total of 281 members being more than […]
UN authorises Haiti security force for another year
United Nations Reuters The UN Security Council unanimously agreed on Monday to authorise for another year an international security force helping fight armed gangs in Haiti, but a US push for a plan to transform it into a UN peacekeeping mission was dropped from the resolution because of opposition by Russia and China. The United […]
Kenyan school blaze victims mourned at mass funeral
Nyeri, Kenya Reuters Thousands of mourners stood before rows of small white coffins on Thursday at a memorial service for 21 children who died in a boarding school fire in central Kenya earlier this month. The coffins were topped with bouquets of flowers and photographs of the young boys from Hillside Endarasha Academy in Nyeri […]
Haiti PM says nation far from winning gang war as UN deadline looms
New York, US Reuters Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille said on Wednesday that the Caribbean country was a long way from winning its war against armed gangs that control most of the capital, as a United Nations deadline for long-delayed support fast approaches. “We are nowhere near winning this, and the simple reality is that […]