The Brazilian Igarapé think tank has released an interactive map with statistics revealing places in the world where people are most likely to be murdered. Compiled using data from UNODC Homicide Statistics 2013, the Homicide Monitoring map shows that Latin America has the highest homicide rates. Within the East African Region Uganda has the third […]
Thousands have fled Burundi due to insecurity fears in the run-up leading to the 26th June elections; most noteworthy of these being Judge Sylvere Nimpagaritse, the vice-president of Burundi’s constitutional court who noted that most of the judges had faced “enormous pressure and even death threats”. At least 18 people have died and 100s injured […]
The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon has appealed to President Yoweri Museveni to help avert the deteriorating situation in Burundi and restore peace. He also urged him to try and bring the two warring factions in the South Sudan conflict to negotiate conclusive peace agreements for the country. Ban Ki Moon and President […]
10 years after the end of a civil war that lasted 12 years, tensions are rising again in the East African Republic of Burundi. This comes as a result of the Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza declaring, Saturday 25th, his candidancy in a third term bid for the presidential seat that is said to be at […]
In a call for applications for their 2015 Recruitment, the Kenya Police put out a notice stating “Pursuant of the articles particularly articles 10;232; 238(d;) 243; 246(3); 246(4) and chapter six, sections 10, 11 and 12 the National Police Service Commission Act, 2011, the National Police Service Commission (NPSC) seeks to recruit suitable and qualified […]
The 2014 Ebola Crisis in West Africa has been the largest of its kind in recorded history. The crisis with 26,611 confirmed, probable, and suspected cases of Ebola Virus Disease reported in the three most affected countries has claimed 10,611 lives, according to a 15th April 2015 report by the UN Mission. With the crisis […]
“We can no longer stand before the public and assure them that the security is being beefed up,” were the words of Mandera County Governor Ali Roba in an address on March 16, 2015 in Nairobi. In the conference, Roba had no better words for the Kenya security operatives whom he accused of neglecting the […]
Last month, His Excellency the President of Uganda Yoweri Kaguta Museveni made a request to Kenya Airways (KQ) to make a detour to Mbarara Town to pick him up on his way to the 16th Regional Heads of State Summit. The airline administration declined to grant this request and the President had to find other means of transportation […]
In February 2015 the Kenyan government implemented the biometric registration system for all citizens 12 years and above. This system was meant to help prevent the duplication and mismanagement of funds for social services. In a follow-up step His Excellency the president of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyata, launched the Integrated Population Registration System (IPRS) on 11th […]
As they do every year for the last 29 years, Forbes Magazine has released their World’s Billionaires list. The list has a total number of 1,826 individuals, the highest number to date, and includes the usual suspects as well as some new members who made it to the coveted list. Bill Gates tops it again with […]