Leading Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye is due to appear before a military court, his lawyer said, after his reported abduction in neighbouring Kenya. “The latest information we have is Besigye is in military cells in Kampala, and the army is planning to produce him in the General Court Martial today,” one of Besigye’s lawyers,...
Gaza – Gaza’s civil defence agency said yesterday that at least 17 people, including a baby, were killed in Israeli air strikes on the war-ravaged Palestinian territory. The Israeli military said one of its soldiers was killed and another seriously wounded during combat in the north of the Gaza Strip. The baby was killed in...
GENEVA – The World Health Organisation on Tuesday approved an mpox vaccine from Japanese pharma company KM Biologics for emergency use, the second one to get the agency’s seal of approval. The WHO said it granted emergency use listing (EUL) authorisation to the LC16m8 vaccine to “facilitate increased and timely access to vaccines in communities...
NAIROBI – The spread of a mosquito in East Africa that thrives in urban areas and is immune to insecticide is fuelling a rise in malaria that could reverse decades of progress against the disease, experts say. Africa accounted for about 95% of the 249 million malaria cases and 608 000 deaths worldwide in 2022,...
NEW DELHI – India will deploy an extra 5 000 paramilitary troops to quell unrest in Manipur, authorities said yesterday, a week after 16 people were killed in fresh clashes in the troubled state. Manipur in India’s northeast has been rocked by periodic clashes for more than 18 months between the predominantly Hindu Meitei majority...
MOSCOW – Russian president Vladimir Putin yesterday signed a decree broadening the scope of when Moscow can use nuclear weapons in a clear message to the West and Ukraine. The move comes on the 1 000th day of Russia’s offensive on Ukraine, and after the United States gave Kyiv permission to use long-range missiles to...
BEIRUT – Schools in Beirut were closed on yesterday after Israeli strikes on the Lebanese capital killed six people, including Hezbollah’s spokesman, the latest in a string of top militant targets slain in the war. Israel escalated its bombardment of Hezbollah strongholds in late September, vowing to secure its northern border with Lebanon to allow...
DAKAR – Senegal’s ruling party was on track to a large victory in weekend legislative polls, according to media projections yesterday, paving the way for it to deliver an ambitious reform agenda eight months after sweeping to power in the West African country. President Bassirou Diomaye Faye’s Pastef party was projected to get from 119...
KANO – Attackers from an Islamic State-affiliated jihadist group killed five Nigerian soldiers and wounded 10 more in a raid on a military base near the Niger border, two officers said yesterday. Fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) stormed the base in Kareto village, Borno state in a dawn attack Saturday and...
DAKAR – Senegal yesterday voted in parliamentary elections, with the new leaders aiming for a resounding majority to see through the promise of ambitious reform that swept them to power eight months ago. President Bassirou Diomaye Faye secured victory in March, pledging economic transformation, social justice and a fight against corruption. He raised hopes among...