George Obulutsa

3 weeks ago | businesslive.co.za | George Obulutsa

Mogadishu, Somalia — An airstrike by Somali forces killed 12 Al-Shabaab militants in central Somalia and another 35 Islamists were killed by the army in a southwestern area as they tried to attack a military base there, the government said on Thursday. The air strike carried out late on Wednesday came hours after fighters from the Al-Qaeda-linked group that has been waging an insurgency since 2007 attacked a strategic town in the area.

1 month ago | sightmagazine.com.au | George Obulutsa |David Adams

Nairobi, KenyaReutersTanzanian opposition party leader Tundu Lissu was on Thursday charged with treason, a capital offence, for comments he made last week that prosecutors said called on the public to launch a rebellion and disrupt an election due this year. The charges against Lissu, the chairman of the main opposition party CHADEMA and runner-up in the 2020 presidential election, will bring fresh scrutiny to President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s human rights record as she bids for re-election.

1 month ago | businesslive.co.za | George Obulutsa

Nairobi — Tanzanian opposition party leader Tundu Lissu was on Thursday charged with treason, a capital offence, for comments he made last week which prosecutors said called on the public to launch a rebellion and disrupt an election due this year. The charges against Lissu, the chairperson of the main opposition party Chadema and runner-up in the 2020 presidential election, will bring fresh scrutiny to President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s human rights record as she bids for re-election.

1 month ago | uk.marketscreener.com | George Obulutsa

NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenya's central bank cut its policy rate on Tuesday for the fifth meeting in a row, a surprise move aimed at further stimulating private sector lending. The Central Bank Rate was lowered by 75 basis points to 10.0%, the bank's Monetary Policy Committee said in a statement. Seven of nine economists polled by Reuters had expected no change in the rate.

1 month ago | timeslive.co.za | George Obulutsa |Hereward Holland

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni arrives at Juba International Airport on April 3 2025 ahead of meetings aimed at averting a new civil war after South Sudan's first vice president Riek Machar was placed under house arrest. Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni arrived in neighbouring South Sudan on Thursday in the highest level mission there since clashes and the detention of the vice president triggered regional fears of a return to civil war.