French energy company, Total is facing war crimes allegations over a massacre near its multi-billion-dollar international gas project in northern Mozambique in 2021, an allegation it denies.
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TANZANIA: President Hassan Sworn In After Disputed Election Protests
Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan has been sworn in at a low key ceremony with limited invited guests, following a disputed election that sparked deadly protests after two main opposition candidates were barred from running.
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UNGA: Netherlands Reaches Failed Asylum Seekers Transit Deal With Uganda
Uganda has finalised arrangements with the Netherlands to receive African migrants deported to a transit centre in Uganda enroute to their home countries.
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UGANDA: Nation Strikes deportation Deal To House US Deportees
The US has reached bilateral deportation agreements with Honduras and Uganda as part of its crackdown on illegal immigration. This places Uganda alongside South Sudan and Eswatini as Africa countries to accept America’s illegal migrants.
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CANADA: Court Orders Hospital To Keep Woman On Life Support So She Can Die In Nigeria
In April, a Quebec court ordered a Montreal hospital to keep a woman on life support machine to enable her husband time to arrange for her to be sent home to die in Nigeria.
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GHANA: Parliament Passes Strict Anti-LGBTQ Law
Ghana’s parliament passed a tough legislation on Wednesday that imposes a prison sentence of up to three years for anyone convicted of identifying as LGBTQ+ and a maximum five-year jail term for forming or funding LGBTQ+ groups.
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TUNISIA: Presidential Pronouncement Fuels Racism Against Black Tunisians
Black Tunisians are experiencing more instances of racism following the country’s president’s openly criticising migrants from sub-Saharan Africa.
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UGANDA: Anti-homosexuality law: “no one will make us move”- President Museveni
In response to President Joe Biden’s speech in reaction to the new anti-homosexuality law in Uganda, President Yoweri Museveni has said “no one will make us move.”
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ZIMBABWE: President Mnangagwa Accuses UK Of ‘Brazen’ Interference In Nation’s Internal Affairs
Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has accused the United Kingdom of interfering in his country’s internal affairs after London voiced concern over human rights violations and persecution of government critics in the southern African country.
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CAMEROON: 5years Jail For Two Transgender Women
Two transgender women in Cameroon have been sentenced to five years in jail for contravening homosexuality laws.
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