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Uganda’s long-serving President Yoweri Museveni has been re-elected for another five-year term. Museveni was declared the winner of Thursday’s presidential election by the country’s Electoral Commission (EC) on Saturday. The 76-year-old garnered 5,851,037 votes (58.64 percent) ahead of his closest…

The US has announced it will not observe Uganda’s general election slated for Thursday. US Ambassador to Uganda, Natalie Brown on Wednesday said the move was informed by the electoral commission’s refusal to accredit American observers. She accused the commission of failing to issue US diplomatic…

Twitter banned President Donald Trump's account Friday, citing "the risk of further incitement of violence." The social platform has been under growing pressure to take further action against Trump following Wednesday's deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Twitter initially suspended Trump's…

Trump Administration Cabinet secretaries have discussed invoking the 25th Amendment to remove President Donald Trump from office, according to reports from ABC News and CBS News. The 25th Amendment allows the vice president and a majority of principal officers of executive departments “or of such…

Twitter has permanently deleted three of President Trump’s tweets following the violence that broke out in and around the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday. Following Facebook’s decision to delete President Trump’s video addressing the violent protests, Twitter released a statement on the app explaining…

(AP) Protesters supporting President Donald Trump violently clashed with law enforcement Wednesday, sending the U.S. Capitol into chaos, locking the building down and halting the vote to certify Joe Biden’s presidential victory. Dozens of people breached security perimeters at the Capitol and…

Chinese billionaire Jack Ma has reportedly gone missing amid a conflict with the Chinese government. The Alibaba founder has not made any public appearance in more than two months, raising questions on his whereabouts. His disappearance comes after he criticized President Xi Jinping’s…

A Kenyan man is set to be charged with six counts of terrorism in the US. Cholo Abdi Abdullah is accused of conspiring with al-Qaeda linked terror group Al-Shabaab to hijack a plane in the US. The US Department of Justice says the Kenyan national was apprehended in the Philippines in July last year…

Eswatini Prime Minister Ambrose Dlamini has passed away three weeks after he tested positive for Covid-19. The 52-year-old died on Sunday afternoon while undergoing treatment at a hospital in neighboring South Africa. “Their Majesties have commanded that I inform the Nation of the sad and untimely…

US President Donald Trump has ordered the withdrawal of nearly all American troops from Somalia. The US has at least 700 troops in Somalia to help the country fight the al Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab insurgency.  The move is said to be part of Trump’s global pullback before he exits office next…