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A Kenyan High Court temporarily halted the government's decision to send police to Haiti on a UN-backed mission to restore peace. The UN Security Council last week approved the Kenyan-led multinational security force for the country, with Kenya promising 1,000 police officers. Ekuru Aukot, an opposition politician and lawyer, petitioned the Kenyan government, arguing that the deployment of Kenyan security in the Caribbean country is unconstitutional because it is not in accordance with any laws or treaties. However, a Nairobi court...

Algeria announced that it was suspending its mediation, intended to put an end to the crisis that has shaken Niger since the takeover by the military. In a press release, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the Algerian government decided to postpone the initiation of the planned preparatory discussions until it obtained the clarifications that it considered necessary regarding the implementation of Algerian mediation in Niger. On September 27, 2023, through an official letter, the Nigerien authorities informed the Algerian...

In August, Ana da Silva Miguel, popularly known by her TikTok name Neth Nahara was sentenced to six months in prison, but an appeals court felt that was too light and increased it to two years. According to local media, Miguel accused the president of "anarchy and disorganisation" on her TikTok account. She also blamed the president for the state's lack of schools, housing, and unemployment rate in the oil-rich southern African country, local media reported. The local media further noted that...

The government is to ascertain the exact number of Ugandans caught up in the ongoing fighting between Israel and Palestinians, where over 1,500 people have been killed on both sides. Henry Okello Oryem, the state minister for foreign affairs, has said that the Ugandan mission in Israel does not have figures of how many Ugandans are in their city, which complicates government efforts to rescue them in case of any challenges. “Ugandans who have gone to Israel, have a tendency of...

Eden Hazard, the former star of Chelsea and Real Madrid, has announced his retirement from football at the age of 32. He shared this news on his official Instagram account, expressing that he believes now is the right time to end his career. Hazard has been without a club since leaving Real Madrid as a free agent in the summer. Despite receiving offers from various clubs to continue playing, Hazard turned them down and decided to hang up his boots. "You...

The Nile Basin Development Forum (NBDF) is a high-level regional event organized by the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) in partnership with its member states and development partners. The regional gathering takes place every three years, and this year the Ugandan government, in collaboration with the World Bank and German cooperation, is sponsoring the 7th Nile Basin Development Forum (NBDF), which is set to take place in Kampala from October 16–18, 2023 at Speke Resort and Conference Centre. According to the Nile...