In exclusive interview from hiding, main opposition presidential candidate blasts gov’t’s ‘crackdown to silence’ critics.
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Tension as 81-year-old Yoweri Museveni seeks to extend four-decade rule in a country where 70% of people are under 35.
Border regions in countries neighbouring DRC raise alert levels and screening measures as the mpox virus spreads.
Weeks of antigovernment demonstrations demand end to bad governance, corruption and a change in leadership.
Deputy president of Amhara region, Fanta Mandefro, tells XEn News additional forces deployed to borders with Tigray.
About 18 million Ugandans will elect a president and members of parliament on Thursday.
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One of the main issues is the status of Zanzibar’s union with mainland Tanzania.
Some of the displaced have sought shelter in schools.
Rising water levels along Kenya’s Great Rift Valley have forced thousands of people from their homes as two lakes are getting closer, raising fear of contamination.
Thousands of people have been displaced and farms submerged due to heavy rains, climate change and deforestation.
