In the volatile West African nation of Guinea-Bissau, where political upheaval has long been a grim fixture, the military has once again stepped into the fray. On 27 November 2025 General Horta N’Tam was sworn in as head of a one-year transitional government, just a day after soldiers arrested President Umaro Sissoco Embalo and seized…
General Horta N’Tam was sworn in as Guinea-Bissau transitional president on Thursday, one day after military officers overthrew President Umaro Sissoco Embalo in the latest coup to hit the troubled West African nation. Military takes oath amid election chaos The swearing-in ceremony took place at army headquarters in Bissau, where N’Tam, the former armed forces…
Military officers in Guinea-Bissau announced on 26 November they had seized “total control” of the West African nation, deposing President Umaro Sissoco Embaló and suspending a disputed electoral process just days after a presidential vote in which both leading candidates claimed victory. The takeover, marked by gunfire in the capital Bissau, adds to the country’s…
Ugandan security forces have arrested more than 300 supporters and officials of opposition leader Bobi Wine’s party since presidential campaigning began last month, amid rising tensions before the January 2026 elections, a party spokesman said on Tuesday. Crackdown intensifies in Kampala The detentions, which include scores picked up this week in the capital Kampala, come…
A remote volcano in Ethiopia’s scorched Afar region roared back to life on Sunday, ending more than 12,000 years of silence in a spectacular eruption that blanketed villages in ash and sent towering plumes drifting across the Red Sea. Hayli Gubbi, a little-known shield volcano roughly 800 kilometres northeast of the capital Addis Ababa, began…
Uganda grappled with a significant revenue shortfall in October, posting a deficit of 311.8 billion shillings ($85.68 million), as domestic tax collections fell short amid technical glitches and sluggish consumer demand, according to a Finance Ministry report. The monthly figures, released this week, showed total revenues and grants reaching 2.573 trillion shillings, just 89.2 percent…
A London court has refused bail to a former British soldier wanted in Kenya for the 2012 murder of 21-year-old Agnes Wanjiru, whose body was found in a septic tank in Nanyuki. Robert James Purkiss, 38, will remain in custody pending extradition proceedings after appearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Monday. District Judge Paul Goldspring…
After years of negotiations and setbacks, Tanzania will finally start construction on the ambitious Bagamoyo port next month, government officials announced, signaling a major push in infrastructure under President Samia Suluhu Hassan. The port, located 75 kilometres north of Dar es Salaam, forms the centerpiece of a vast special economic zone that includes industrial parks,…
Cameroon’s main opposition candidate has fled to Gambia for safety after rejecting results of last month’s presidential election that handed President Paul Biya another term in office. Issa Tchiroma Bakary, a former government minister who led the Cameroon National Salvation Front, arrived in Gambia on 7 November “for the purpose of ensuring his safety,” according…
In the sweltering heat of Kenya’s political arena, few sagas have gripped the nation quite like the 2020 impeachment of Mike Sonko, the self-styled “people’s governor” whose flashy gold chains, rescue missions and populist swagger once made him the most talked-about leader in Nairobi. Ousted amid allegations of corruption and abuse of power, Sonko’s removal…
