Carlos Mureithi
East Africa Correspondent at The Guardian
East Africa Correspondent at The Guardian
East Africa correspondent @guardian | [email protected]
Articles
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1 week ago |
theguardian.com | Carlos Mureithi
Talks between Rwanda and the US to host deported migrants is the latest move by the African country to position itself as a useful option for the anti-migration policies of allied governments. Previous high-profile attempts, however, including with the UK, Israel and Denmark, failed after becoming beset by controversy. On Sunday, Olivier Nduhungirehe said the talks with Washington DC were in the early stages. The Rwandan foreign minister told state TV: “Those reports are true.
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2 weeks ago |
theguardian.com | Carlos Mureithi
Ugandan opposition politicians have accused the president, Yoweri Museveni, of attempting to quash dissent by prosecuting opponents on politically motivated charges in military courts in the run-up to presidential and legislative elections next year. The government is pushing to introduce a law to allow military tribunals to try civilians despite a supreme court ban on the practice.
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3 weeks ago |
theguardian.com | Carlos Mureithi
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s government and the Rwandan-backed M23 group have issued a landmark joint statement saying they have agreed to halt fighting in the east of the country while they work towards a permanent truce. The surprise announcement follows talks mediated by Qatar. The two sides said they had “agreed to work towards the conclusion of a truce” in the conflict, which has seen the M23 seize key cities in the violence-battered region.
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3 weeks ago |
theguardian.com | Carlos Mureithi
On a sunny morning in the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, where fighting between the M23 rebel group and the Congolese army raged earlier this year, men and women rushed towards a line of chairs outside a medical facility. Since 24 March, the Saint Vincent de Paul neuropsychiatric hospital, a medical facility for people with mental health issues, has been offering free consultations on a first-come first-served basis for people affected by the fighting.
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1 month ago |
theguardian.com | Carlos Mureithi
Congolese people forced to return to their home town from displacement camps when the M23 rebel group advanced on the city of Goma earlier this year have described scenes of devastation, with hundreds of homes destroyed by fighting and no opportunity to work or access aid. As M23 entered Goma, a regional humanitarian hub that hosted hundreds of thousands of people displaced by previous rounds of fighting in the region, more than 100,000 people left camps around the city to return to their homes.
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The DRC government and the Congo River Alliance group of rebels that includes M23 say they have agreed to work towards ending the eastern DRC conflict through peaceful means after talks facilitated by Qatar. https://t.co/QTkQzJ2MhH
“It’s hard to go to bed at night knowing this information.” A documentary, The Empty Grave, shines a delicate light on the long search by Tanzanian families for their ancestors' remains that German colonialists took to Europe for racist experiments. https://t.co/btUPNJb6ie
“The people who consume it love it. The people who compete against it hate it.” The fast growth of the China Square retail chain poses a dilemma for Kenya's government over how to balance consumers’ love for bargains with the interests of local sellers. https://t.co/BOc7zhzLp5