A Kenyan journalist, Juma Shoka, who reports for Nyota TV, has been arrested by Tanzanian police officers at Hororo, along the Kenya–Tanzania border inLunga-Lunga Sub-County, Kwale County. The incident occurred around 10:00 a.m. on Friday, when Shoka and three human rights defenders were conducting a fact-finding mission on cross-border security…
A dramatic standoff unfolded at the Milimani Law Courts on Thursday after National Police Service (NPS) lawyer Moses Kipkogei demanded that Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Renson Ingonga be summoned to explain his office’s role in the ongoing murder inquest of activist Rex Masai. The clash erupted after the Independent…
What began as a routine Election Day in Tanzania swiftly devolved into widespread unrest, as citizens across the country took to the streets in an extraordinary wave of defiance. The day, which was expected to see millions cast their votes, instead became a national outcry against President Samia Suluhu’s administration…
Harrowing scenes unfolded in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday as residents laid out bodies in the streets following Brazil’s deadliest police raid in history, which left at least 119 people dead. The operation, targeting drug gangs in the city’s favelas, has reignited fierce debate over Brazil’s heavy-handed approach to organized…
Tanzanians head to the polls on Wednesday in a high-stakes election widely expected to secure another term for President Samia Suluhu Hassan, after the country’s two main opposition parties were disqualified from participating. Voters will not only select their president but also elect members of parliament for the 400-seat National…
Tension is rising in Isiolo County after local leaders and elders demanded justice over the alleged killing of five young men by security personnel in the Kom grazing area. During a press briefing, Chari Ward MCA Hon. Halima Golle Abgundo and Borana Council of Elders Chairman Mohamed Konso led a…
Ugandan opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi, widely known as Bobi Wine, has condemned President Yoweri Museveni’s administration after it failed to produce two abducted Kenyan activists Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo in court, despite a judicial order demanding their appearance. In a post shared on X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday, October…
Amnesty International has called on the World Bank to use the resumption of financial support to Uganda as an opportunity to pressure the government into repealing its controversial Anti-Homosexuality Act, one of the harshest anti-LGBTQ laws in the world. The World Bank halted new funding to Uganda in May 2023…
The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) has dismissed allegations that it is detaining Kenyan activists Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo, who were reportedly abducted in Uganda earlier this month. In a sworn affidavit, Col. Silas Kamanda, Director at the Joint Staff Legal Services, stated that extensive investigations had been conducted…
Nairobi Senator and ODM Secretary-General Edwin Sifuna has expressed deep sorrow over the deaths of several mourners during the public viewing of the late Raila Odinga’s body at Kasarani and Nyayo stadiums, describing the fatalities as “needless and deeply unfortunate.” Autopsy reports have confirmed that the victims, who were among…