Nairobi, Kenya | AFP |  The mediator in Burundi’s nearly two-year political crisis on Sunday asked regional leaders to call an urgent summit as deep discord and a government boycott hamper peace talks. Former Tanzanian president Benjamin Mkapa wrapped up four days of talks with some 30 Burundian representatives who …

It is not yet clear if National Resistance Movement (NRM) official Richard Todwong was shot at or shot himself, the party’s  Secretary General Justine Kasule Lumumba has said. “We cannot establish at this moment whether he shot himself or was shot by someone else,” Lumumba said in a press statement Sunday. …

Harare, Zimbabwe | AFP | Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, who turns 93 on Tuesday, has no plans to give up power, saying he has no “acceptable” successor in place. “The call to step down must come from my party, my party at congress, my party at central committee,” Mugabe said …

Posting Title: Senior Civil Affairs Officer, P5 (UN, Mogadishu) Job Code Title: SENIOR CIVIL AFFAIRS OFFICER Department/ Office: United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia Duty Station: MOGADISHU Posting Period: 17 February 2017-18 March 2017 Job Opening number: 17-CIV-UNSOM-72227-R-MOGADISHU (M) Staffing Exercise ID: SE5 (POLNET 2017 Semi-Annual 1) United Nations Core …

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Vatican City, Holy See | AFP | A real-life version of the hit political drama “House of Cards” is unfolding at the Vatican, from cardinals openly defying the pope to anonymous posters sullying his name. In the latest episode, a group of powerful Princes of the Church released a statement …

VIDEO: Makerere University Academic Staff Association (MUASA) has heaped blame for over 500 students missing out on next week’s graduation on the university administration that manages the examination process and stores student examination data. The lecturers told NBS that the university has an outdated ICT system that could have led to …

VIDEO: If Col DR. Kizza Besigye absconds court as he has been threatening, he will face the wrath of the judiciary, says the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Mike Chibita. Chibita warned the former presidential aspirant against defying the court process. Earlier this week, Besigye threatened to abscond court proceedings …

Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP |  Ulinzi Stars of Kenya and Vipers of Uganda were among clubs who scraped into the CAF Confederation Cup round of 32 Saturday. The Kenyans edged Al Hilal Benghazi of Libya 1-0 in Nakuru thanks to a first half goal from Samuel Onyango. That result …