April 8th, 1994 marked the second day of the genocide against Tutsi in Rwanda. In different areas of Rwanda, mass slaughter was at its peak while the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) advanced towards the enemy determined to stop the genocide.

{The European Union has asked Burundi to allow the UN Human Rights Office to resume operations in the country to give negotiations on Brussels lifting its suspension on aid against Bujumbura a fighting chance.} The activities of the office were suspended by President Pierre Nkurunziza's government in October last year, leaving the tracking of excesses […]

{Al-Shabaab released a video Thursday of a Kenyan soldier captured in Somalia showing him asking the Kenyan government to save his life. } In the video, Senior Private Alfred Ndanyi sends a message, beseeching President Uhuru Kenyatta to negotiate with the militiamen so that he and his colleagues can be released. Mr Ndanyi, 36, disappeared […]

{Fighter jets carry out what US describes as 'unprofessional' intercept of radiation detection plane over East China Sea.} Two Chinese fighter jets have carried out what the US military described as an "unprofessional" intercept of a US aircraft designed to detect radiation while it was flying over the East China Sea. US officials told CNN […]

{Deadly US-led coalition air raid against pro-Syrian government forces denounced as 'brazen' and 'unacceptable'.} Syria and its Russian ally have condemned a deadly US-led coalition air raid against pro-Syrian government forces in a desert area near the country's border with Jordan and Iraq. Coalition fighter jets on Thursday struck a convoy of militiamen advancing inside […]

{Burundi's tax revenues edged higher in April compared with the same period a year earlier, but were still 14 percent short of the government's target, the revenue authority said on Wednesday.} The impoverished country has become increasingly dependent on its own tax revenues since donors cut aid in reaction to the government's crackdown on protests. […]

{Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, Mediator in Burundi conflict, declared on 14 May that he would highlight the Burundian issue in the upcoming summit of East African Community Heads of State (EAC) scheduled on 20 May 2017. Politicians hope that his firm commitment to end the crisis may accelerate the dialogue process.} “We need a consensus […]

Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchao has arrived in Burundi for a two-day state visit. Yuanchao was welcomed to the capital, Bujumbura, by his Burundian counterpart, Vice President Gaston Sindimwo, on Wednesday. Yuanchao is expected to meet Thursday with Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza, whose government receives foreign aid from China. He will also visit projects that […]

{A member of the US military has been killed in Somalia, the first confirmed US combat death there since the 1993 disastrous Black Hawk Down incident.} This happened on Thursday during operations against al-Shabab militants about 64km (40 miles) west of the capital Mogadishu, near the town of Barii, the US military says. Two other […]

{All government aided secondary schools across Uganda will soon receive a donation of over 3,301 copies of President Yoweri Museveni's book entitled 'Sowing the Mustard Seed.'} According to a letter from the education ministry the book will help enlighten the students about Uganda's checkered history to foster peace and national cohesion for development. But opposition […]