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Kennedy Wandera @kennedywandera.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Senegal’s parliament erupted in celebration and dance as Ousmane Sonko took his seat as the new President of the National Assembly, amid escalating tensions with President Bassirou Diomaye Faye. “What is at stake is the relationship between morality and politics,” Sonko declared.

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Kennedy Wandera @kennedywandera.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

“The National Assembly will use all its levers of power firmly but responsibly moving forward,” Sonko warns in his first address, as he officially becomes Senegal’s second-highest state authority. "I won't use Assembly to feed personal vendettas. That would be a betrayal to our very own struggle."

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jerome i guess. @jeromecylin.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Selina Wang of NBC was filming while gunshots went off outside the White House.

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Kennedy Wandera @kennedywandera.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Kabuga, a Rwandan businessman, was charged with genocide, direct and public incitement to commit genocide, conspiracy to commit genocide, and persecution on political grounds, extermination, and murder as crimes against humanity, committed in Rwanda in 1994.

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Kennedy Wandera @kennedywandera.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Félicien Kabuga, accused of fuelling the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, has passed on in a hospital in The Hague. The UN says it has ordered a "full inquiry into the circumstances surrounding" his death. "Kabuga was awaiting provisional release to a State willing to accept him on its territory."

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Kennedy Wandera @kennedywandera.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

"With the advent of AFC and M23’s renewed rebellion, Kabila has returned to the DRC with the intent to destabilize the DRC government through his support to M23 and AFC. Kabila has provided financial support to the AFC in order to influence the political situation in eastern DRC."

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Kennedy Wandera @kennedywandera.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

U.S President Donald #Trump's government imposes sanctions on former President of #DRC Joseph Kabange Kabila for his role in supporting the #M23 and #AFC rebel groups that "seek to topple the government of the DRC". "In 2025, he traveled to Goma, DRC, where he has lived under the protection of M23.

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Kennedy Wandera @kennedywandera.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

He says South Africa is "clamping down on illegal migration and on businesses that flout our laws by hiring undocumented persons at the expense of our citizens". "We should never allow the legitimate concerns of our communities about illegal migration to breed prejudice towards our fellow Africans"

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Kennedy Wandera @kennedywandera.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Amid international outrage over xenophobic attacks, South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa says, “respect us as South Africans, respect our laws, conventions and our traditions as you would want us to respect the laws and traditions of your own country.”

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Kennedy Wandera @kennedywandera.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Congo sent Washington a shortlist of strategic assets - including manganese, copper-cobalt, gold and lithium projects - for U.S. investors to consider as part of a minerals partnership. The U.S. hopes through the minerals partnership to convert peace and investment deals with Congo into influence.

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Kennedy Wandera @kennedywandera.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

U.S. companies are showing "significant" interest in Democratic Republic of Congo #DRC mining assets, including the rebel-held Rubaya area, a State Department official says, adding that investments in that area will have to align with ‌Washington-led peace efforts. Source: @reuters.com.

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Kennedy Wandera @kennedywandera.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Kenya has requested rapid financial support from the World Bank to help it manage the economic shocks triggered by the #Iran ‌war, its central bank governor Kamau Thugge says, describing the funding request as “significant”. Source: @reuters.com

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Kennedy Wandera @kennedywandera.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Zimbabwe🇿🇼,which enjoys close relations with Russia🇷🇺,says 15 of its citizens have been killed after being recruited into the war between Russia and Ukraine, as authorities warn of fraudulent schemes to lure recruits from several other African countries into the four-year-old war. Source: @apnews.com

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Kennedy Wandera @kennedywandera.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

"The sanctions issued today by the United States unjustly targeting only one party to the peace process misrepresent the reality and distort the facts of the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo."

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Kennedy Wandera @kennedywandera.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Rwanda🇷🇼 President Paul Kagame's government says it "regrets One-Sided Sanctions" after President Donald Trump's US 🇺🇸 government imposed sanctions against its military #RDF, and four top military officials over #M23 direct support.

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Kennedy Wandera @kennedywandera.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

"In exchange for its support for M23, Rwanda has gained access to mineral-rich areas of eastern DRC that contribute to the financing of M23’s armed rebellion."

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Kennedy Wandera @kennedywandera.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

US President Donald Trump's government has imposed sanctions against Rwanda's Defense Force #RDF and four top military officials "for their direct operational support to the March 23 Movement #M23 and its affiliates in eastern #DRC", a statement from the department of state reads.

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Kennedy Wandera @kennedywandera.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

But if there is a clearer break, he says, they would either have a "more difficult cohabitation" or the Pastef party, which Sonko leads and which holds a majority in parliament, would revert to being an opposition party. "Pastef has no problem with either of these options," he adds.

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Kennedy Wandera @kennedywandera.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

A SPLIT? Senegal's 🇸🇳 Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko now says that he is willing to take his party out of the government and return to opposition if President Bassirou Diomaye Faye breaks from its vision amid rumours of a power struggle between the two party colleagues. Source: @reuters.com

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Kennedy Wandera @kennedywandera.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

The camp’s recruits are mainly Ethiopians, but citizens from South Sudan and Sudan, including from the SPLM-N, a Sudanese rebel group that controls territory in Sudan’s neighbouring Blue Nile state, are also present, six officials said

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Kennedy Wandera @kennedywandera.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

#Ethiopia is hosting a secret camp along with construction for a drone ground control station at a nearby airport to train thousands of fighters for the #RSF paramilitary group in neighbouring #Sudan, according to the satellite imagery and the diplomatic cable. Source: @reuters.com.

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Kennedy Wandera @kennedywandera.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

At least 227 dead in a collapse at the Rubaya coltan mine in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo #DRC. Rubaya produces around 15% of the world's coltan. The site, where locals dig manually for a few dollars per day, has been under the control of the AFC/M23 rebel group since 2024. @reuters.com

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Kennedy Wandera @kennedywandera.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

The list, delivered to United States officials last week, represents Washington's most tangible progress in converting peace and investment deals with Congo into influence over the country's critical-minerals supply chain.

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Kennedy Wandera @kennedywandera.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

The Democratic Republic of Congo #DRC🇨🇩 has sent Washington a shortlist of state-owned assets - including manganese, copper-cobalt, gold and lithium projects - for U.S. investors to consider as part of a minerals partnership. Source: @reuters.com.

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Kennedy Wandera @kennedywandera.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

South Africa's former President Thabo Mbeki, through his foundation: Thabo Mbeki Foundation, says Tanzania "currently lacks a legitimate government" as the one in place led by President Samia Suluhu Hassan "has been imposed upon the people through a combination of force and fraudulent means."

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Kennedy Wandera @kennedywandera.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Most of the young people have been charged with treason following the unrest that gripped the country on the election day and days after. “For those who were just following the wave, let them be counselled and released,” President Hassan says.

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Kennedy Wandera @kennedywandera.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Tanzania's🇹🇿 President Samia Suluhu Hassan says she believes the young people who poured on the streets demanding for electoral reforms did so because of "peer pressure, incitement and online wave" even as she forms a commission of inquiry to probe the indiscriminate killings by security forces.

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Kennedy Wandera @kennedywandera.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Obiang is son and heir apparent to the aging leader of Equatorial Guinea, an impoverished but oil- and gas-rich former Spanish colony. He is in charge of national defense and security and has long faced sanctions from the U.S. and other countries.

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Kennedy Wandera @kennedywandera.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

The waiver would allow Obiang — notorious among world leaders accused of corruption for a lavish lifestyle — to travel to cities outside of New York. That includes Miami and Los Angeles, where he has owned property and luxury vehicles, some of which he has had to forfeit in legal proceedings.

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Kennedy Wandera @kennedywandera.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

The temporary pass on U.S. corruption sanctions follows recommendations that it is in the U.S. national interest to blunt growing Chinese influence in the West African country and boost American oil and gas business interests there.

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Kennedy Wandera @kennedywandera.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

President Donald Trump's US🇺🇸 government is processing a one-month sanctions waiver for the vice president of Equatorial Guinea🇬🇶, Teodoro “Teddy” Nguema Obiang, to travel to a high-level U.N. gathering in New York and visit other American cities. Source: @apnews.com

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Kennedy Wandera @kennedywandera.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

However, Lissu objected the move. "It is what I have been fearing all along that the aim is to turn this trial into a kangaroo court and make a sham of the entire proceedings," Lissu warned.

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Kennedy Wandera @kennedywandera.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

President Samia Suluhu Hassan's government had asked the court to ban the livestreaming of the Lissu treason trial. The state argued that blocking live-streaming is effective in witness protection and protecting the identities of state witnesses testifying against Lissu.

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Kennedy Wandera @kennedywandera.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Tanzania's court has now banned live broadcasts of the firebrand opposition leader Tundu Lissu's trial in the high-profile treason case before the Kisutu Resident Magistrate's Court in Dar es Salaam. The ruling prohibits media outlets from publishing, broadcasting or disseminating witness details.

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Kennedy Wandera @kennedywandera.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

The security minister said the Frenchman acted “on behalf of the French intelligence service, which mobilized political leaders, civil society actors, and military personnel” in Mali. There was no immediate word from France, Mali’s former colonial ruler, on the man’s arrest.

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Kennedy Wandera @kennedywandera.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

The military provided few details about the alleged coup plotters, what it entailed and the French national implicated in it, beyond identifying the man as Yann Vezilier.

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Kennedy Wandera @kennedywandera.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

Mali's 🇲🇱 military rulers say they have arrested a suspected French🇫🇷 agent and a group of military personnel and civilians, including two Malian generals accused of attempting to destabilize the country in an alleged coup plot. @apnews.com.

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Kennedy Wandera @kennedywandera.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Tanzania🇹🇿 blocks election observers from the East Africa Community #EAC and the Southern African Development Community #SADC, both of which it is a member, for its October 29 polls but grants permits to 12 Western observer diplomatic missions based in the country to observe the elections.

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Kennedy Wandera @kennedywandera.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Rwanda will be paid by the United States in the form of a grant, the official said, adding that the grant letter was finalized in July. The official declined to say how much the grant was for. Source: @reuters.com

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Kennedy Wandera @kennedywandera.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

"Rwanda has agreed with the United States to accept up to 250 migrants, in part because nearly every Rwandan family has experienced the hardships of displacement, and our societal values are founded on reintegration and rehabilitation," Yolande Makolo, spokesperson for the Rwandan government says.

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Kennedy Wandera @kennedywandera.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

U.S and Rwanda have agreed for the African country to accept up to 250 migrants deported from the United States, President Paul Kagame's government says, stating that the migrants will be provided with "workforce training, healthcare, and accommodation support to jumpstart their lives in Rwanda."

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Kennedy Wandera @kennedywandera.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Biya, in power since 1982, has announced he would run for his eighth term in office in Cameroon's presidential election scheduled for October 12. The seven-year term could keep him in office until he is nearly 100. This has prompted an unprecedented public outcry in Cameroon.

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Kennedy Wandera @kennedywandera.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

The personnel moves, announced in a series of presidential decrees, affect nearly all branches of the armed forces. They include the appointment of new chiefs of staff for the infantry, air force and navy as well as the promotion of eight brigadier generals to the rank of major general.

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Kennedy Wandera @kennedywandera.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Cameroon's 92-year-old President Paul Biya, the world's oldest head of state, has overhauled the military's top ranks in what analysts say is an effort to consolidate power by building a fortress of loyal army generals around him that can suppress any protest to his continued rule. @reuters.com.

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Kennedy Wandera @kennedywandera.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Kenya exempts nationals of the following countries from obtaining the Electronic Travel Authorisation #eTA as per its Citizenship and Immigration (amendment) rules, 2025, says the move is aimed at easing travel across the continent. You do not need to apply for an ETA prior to entering Kenya.

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Kennedy Wandera @kennedywandera.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

He took over the presidency in 1982 from Ahmadou Ahidjo and has won several elections since then, including the most recent one in 2018 with 71.3% of the vote, which his opponents have claimed was fraudulent. Biya states,"The well-being of our youth and women will be at the heart of my priorities."

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Kennedy Wandera @kennedywandera.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Cameroon's🇨🇲 President Paul Biya, now 92, and the world's oldest serving head of state, has confirmed that he's running for an eighth term. If he wins this year's presidential election and completes the new seven-year mandate, Biya will be 99 years old in 2032 and could stay in power until he is 100.

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Kennedy Wandera @kennedywandera.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Nigeria's 🇳🇬 former President, Muhammadu Buhari, has passed away while receiving treatment for an undisclosed illness at a clinic in London, UK, his family says. Buhari’s health has long been a topic of public interest, during his presidency, he frequently traveled abroad for medical treatment.

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Kennedy Wandera @kennedywandera.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

In a letter to President Hassan, Polepole expresses his alarm over erosion and disregard for human rights, lack of respect for citizens, and failure to uphold accountability and national ethics. He warns "this deterioration in government performance threatens the broader interests of our Republic."

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