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Uganda will hold elections on January 15, with President Yoweri Museveni, 81, looking to extend his 40-year rule of the country.
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Uganda requires army authorization for the importation of Starlink equipment
The directive comes 24 days before Uganda’s January 2026 general election.
Guinea's Doumbouya: a coup leader in search of legitimate power
Doumbouya is running for president -- in an election with all the main opposition barred.
'A den of bandits': Rwanda closes thousands of evangelical churches
President Paul Kagame has been vocal in his criticisms of the evangelical churches that have sprouted across the small country in Africa's Great Lakes region.
US signs health aid deal with Nigeria focusing on Christians
Nigeria has committed to increasing its national health spending by nearly $3 billion over the five-year period.
Gunmen kill 10, wound 10 more in South Africa shooting
The motive for the attack at Bekkersdal, 40 kilometres (25 miles) southwest of the city, was not clear, police told AFP.
Gunmen kidnap 13 worshippers in central Nigeria church attack
The assault on the First ECWA church, in the remote Ayetoro-Kiri community, on Sunday sparked a gunfight between the attackers and local hunters employed by the state as a first line of defence.
Rwanda-backed M23 group says it will withdraw from seized Congo town after US request
The rebels entered Uvira, on the border with Burundi, less than a week after the presidents of Congo and Rwanda met with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington and affirmed their commitment to a peace deal known as the Washington Accords.