Day: July 28, 2022

JUBA— The United Nations on Wednesday condemned clashes between rebel forces and the South Sudan People’s Defense Forces (SSPDF) in South Sudan’s northern oil-rich Unity State.Nicholas Haysom, the special representative of the Secretary-General for Sou…

UNITED NATIONS— UN Secretary-General António Guterres has strongly condemned an attack on peacekeepers serving in the Stablization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) which took place during violent demonstrations at the mission’s…

MOGADISHU— Nine people including a senior local government official were killed on Wednesday in a suicide bombing in southern Somalia claimed by the Al-Shabaab jihadist group, police and witnesses said.The attack occurred outside the administrative off…

KAMPALA— The Uganda Freight Forwarders Association leadership says the 2007 post-election violence in Kenya that disrupted business forcing them into losses is still fresh in their minds and they are not taking chances.Speaking to the New Vision, Charl…

BENI (DR Congo)— Soldiers and armed police were deployed in several towns in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after 15 people, including three United Nations peacekeepers, were killed in anti-UN protests. Crowds stormed a UN peacekeeping base and a…

RABAT— Moroccan firefighters stepped up their efforts to contain forest fires, fanned by fierce winds, that are sweeping across the north of the country, according to local authorities.In the most affected province of Larache, south of Tangier, interve…