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Rebels Kill 40 Students in Uganda
Rebels suspected to be the Islamic State group killed around 40 students Friday night at a school in Kasese District, western Uganda.
An additional eight remain in critical condition after the attack on Lhubiriha secondary school.
Ugandan authorities said most of those killed were boys staying in the school dormitories, while the militants abducted several girls.
The Ugandan Army blamed the DRC-based Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) for the deadly attack at around 23:30.
The attackers burnt down the school buildings and looted the food store.
Survivors told the media that the attackers used machetes to maim the students before throwing a bomb into a dormitory.
The Ugandan soldiers said they are pursuing the insurgents towards the DRC’s Virunga national park.
“Our forces are pursuing the enemy to rescue those abducted and destroy this group,” defence spokesperson Felix Kulayigye said.
The army has also deployed helicopters to help track the rebel group over mountainous terrain.
Sudanese militants attack Tunisian Ambassador’s Residence
Militants in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, last week ransacked the residence of the Tunisian ambassador to Sudan, the Tunisian foreign ministry said Sunday.
“This is a grave violation of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and a flagrant violation of the sanctity of the headquarters of diplomatic missions,” the ministry said.
The ministry called for the perpetrators “to be tracked down and held accountable” and called for restraint and an immediate end to the fighting in Sudan.
Bola Tinubu sacks Nigeria’s military Leaders
Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu Monday sacked the country’s military leaders and replaced them with new ones.
Tinubu fired the Chief of Defence, the head of the army, the navy, and the air force.
An official statement on Monday said President Tinubu had “approved the immediate retirement of all service chiefs and the inspector-general of police, advisers, comptroller-general of customs from service with immediate effect”.
In addition, Tinubu dissolved the boards of all federal government institutions. However, he excluded the judicial council, the electoral body and the police service commission.
The changes happened two weeks after he met security chiefs and ordered them to work jointly to tackle the challenges of terrorism, insurgency, banditry, oil theft, and piracy.
There were persistent calls by civil society groups during the last government for the security chiefs to be changed because of their inability to tackle the situation.
Asamoah Gyan Retires From Football
Ghana’s football star Asamoah Gyan Tuesday announced his retirement from the game.
“It is time to hang the jersey and boots in glory as I retire officially from active football.’’ Gyan said in a statement on his Twitter page.
The striker scored 51 goals in 109 appearances for the country, making him Ghana’s all-time top scorer.
The 37-year-old started his club career in 2003 playing for Ghana’s premiere team, Liberty Professionals, and later played in Europe for Italian Serie A’s Udinese, French Ligue 1’s Rennes, and English Premier League side Sunderland, where he broke the club’s transfer record.
He had a stint in the United Arab Emirates, playing for Al Ain, supporting the team to win the UAE Pro-League title, and becoming the league’s top scorer with 28 goals in 32 matches. He also played for Shanghai SIPG, Kayserispor, and North East United.
Gyan also featured prominently for the senior national team, the Black Stars, in three Fifa World Cups – in 2006, 2010, and 2014.
He is Africa’s top World Cup scorer, with six goals in total.
He played for his country in seven Africa Cup of Nations tournaments, where the Black Stars finished third place in 2008 and runner-up positions in 2010 and 2015.
Prominent Tunisian Journalist Arrested For ‘Insulting the President’
A prominent #Tunisian journalist was arrested Tuesday for insulting President Kais Said.
Zied el-Heni was arrested at his home in Tunis by an internal squad in plain clothes, according to local media.
El-Heni, the host of a daily program at Radio IFM, was detained late Tuesday night after a judge ordered that he be held in custody ahead of his trial on a charge of insulting Tunisia’s president.
The journalist had posted on his Facebook page earlier that day that he had been summoned to appear before the Fifth Central Division for Combating Information and Communication Technology Crimes. His Facebook page has since been deactivated, lawyer Islam Hamza confirmed to news outlet Arabi21.
The National Syndicate of Tunisian Journalists, a journalist union, stated that he had been taken to the el-Aouina area of Tunis to be interrogated before the #crime squad and was denied his right to have a lawyer present.
The union said it was unclear why el-Heni was summoned and charged, adding that he is in poor health and “deprived of his simplest rights [for] justice, the right to self-defense and medicine.”
Since December, at least 30 people deemed critical of the Tunisian government have been arrested, according to Human Rights Watch.
Zimbabwe’s electoral body has cleared 11 people to contest in presidential elections in August after many politicians complained of exorbitant application fees.
11 Candidates to Contest for Presidency in Zimbabwe in August
The Zimbabwe electoral commission raised registration costs to $20,000, up from $1,000 in the previous elections. Fees for the MPs’ positions were increased from $50 to $1,000.
The 11 candidates include the two front runners, President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his main rival Nelson Chamisa. An exiled former government minister will also run as an independent.
The number of candidates is half that of 2018 after many familiar faces opted out, citing the exorbitant registration fee.
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