Africa

Moscow and Kampala have had excellent bilateral relations dating back to the Soviet period, Yoweri Museveni has said Exclusive News Uganda values its military ties with Russia, the president of the East African country, Yoweri Museveni, told the Russian news outlet TASS in an interview published on Saturday. He also commended the Soviet Union for its assistance in Africa’s fight…

Michael Langley insisted that only a “very small number” of Africans trained by Washington have overthrown their governments Exclusive News General Michael Langley, the head of US AFRICOM, appeared to admit that the Pentagon’s “core values,” instilled into tens of thousands of African military officers, are compatible with staging coups as he was grilled during a House Armed…

The country’s law enforcement has said it will not let violent protests from last week happen again Exclusive News Police in Kenya have banned a protest planned for Monday in Nairobi. The proposed demonstrations by opposition leader Raila Odinga are illegal, according to Police Inspector General Japhet Koome. What the government called unauthorized protests in several Kenyan cities…

Envoy Alexey Saltykov says the accusations by the French leader reflect his “neo-colonial approach” Exclusive News French claims that Moscow is pursuing a “predatory project” in Africa merely “reflect the neo-colonial approach of Western countries to cooperation with African states,” Alexey Saltykov, Russia’s ambassador to the Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso, told Sputnik in…

Stone fragments depicting Ramses II were discovered at a Sun temple near Cairo, the Ministry of Tourism has said Exclusive News Archaeologists have unearthed several pieces of statues of ancient Egyptian royalty at a temple near Cairo, theEgyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced on Monday. Among them are parts of a statue of thePharaoh Ramses II, Egypt’s…

The move follows US oil giant’s pull-out from Chad in December Exclusive News Chad’s energy ministry has announced the nationalization of all the assets and rights that belonged to a subsidiary of US oil major ExxonMobil, including hydrocarbon permits as well as exploration and production permits, according to a Reuters report on Friday. Exxon’s assets reportedly included a…

Rusesabagina, who was serving a 25-year sentence in Rwanda on ‘terrorism’ charges, was freed late on Friday, US officials said. Exclusive News Paul Rusesabagina, who was portrayed as a hero in the Hollywood film Hotel Rwanda and was serving a 25-year sentence in the country on “terrorism” charges, has been freed from prison after having his sentence commuted by presidential…