ICC opens war crimes hearing against Ugandan rebel Joseph Kony Kony faces charges for the Lord’s Resistance Army campaign of torture and abuse in Uganda in the early 2000s. Al Jazeera · Sep 9, 2025
ICC opening its war crimes case against Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony International Criminal Court prosecutors will present evidence to back up charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity against fugitive Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony at the global court’s first in absentia hearing The Independent UK · Sep 9, 2025
‘I broke completely’: how jobseekers from Africa are being tricked into slavery in Asia’s cyberscam compounds A growing number of Kenyans, Ugandans and Ethiopians are being trafficked to Myanmar, where missing online scam targets leads to beatings and torture The Guardian - UK · Sep 9, 2025
ICC Hears Charges Against Ugandan Warlord Kony The International Criminal Court opens war crimes hearings Tuesday against Joseph Kony, a brutal Ugandan rebel chief whose Lord's Resistance Army was responsible for murdering and kidnapping tens of thousands. International Business Times · Sep 9, 2025
ICC opens war crimes case against Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony The International Criminal Court will open hearings against fugitive Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony, in a landmark step for international justice nearly two decades after issuing its first-ever arrest warrant for him. Radio France Internationale · Sep 8, 2025
ICC presents evidence against warlord Joseph Kony in first in absentia hearing International Criminal Court prosecutors present evidence against Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony on Tuesday The Independent UK · Sep 8, 2025
ICC To Hear War Crimes Charges Against Fugitive Warlord Kony The International Criminal Court will from Tuesday hear war crimes charges against fugitive Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony, accused of spearheading a brutal reign of terror that killed tens of thousands. International Business Times · Sep 8, 2025
ICE Now Plans to Deport Kilmar Ábrego García to Eswatini, Africa U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has informed Salvadoran national Kilmar Ábrego García that he is now designated for removal to Eswatini, a small African kingdom, after earlier plans to deport him to Uganda faltered. Latin Times · Sep 5, 2025
‘We’re going to lose so many girls’: The deadly impact of Trump slashing aid for contraception ON THE GROUND : The US president has slashed nearly $600m in funding for contraceptives and the impact of the cuts could be deadly for tens of thousands of women, reports chief international correspondent Bel Trew from Uganda and Zimbabwe The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2025
Trump’s US aid cuts ‘help fuel rising anti-LGBT+ violence in Africa’ A report by Physicians for Human Rights has found dramatically increased levels of abuse and denial of health services in the wake of US foreign assistance being slashed The Independent UK · Sep 3, 2025
Trump’s aid cuts in east Africa led to unwanted abortion and babies being born with HIV – report Doctors, nurses, patients and other experts describe the loss of decades of progress in beating the virus in 100 days after Pepfar was disrupted The Guardian - UK · Sep 3, 2025
PHOTO ESSAY: In Uganda, a sprawling generation of children finds its fate entwined with elders Some call them the continent’s greatest natural resource, the bevy of children who account for so much of Uganda’s population. The Independent UK · Sep 3, 2025
PHOTO ESSAY: Uganda's villages are filling with older people, bringing blessings and burdens Look closely and you will see them. The Independent UK · Sep 2, 2025
Celebration and concern mix as more Africans reach old age Fueled by advances in sanitation, nutrition, and disease response, Africa is undergoing a longevity boom, with countries like Uganda set to quadruple their elderly population over the course of just 40 years The Independent UK · Sep 2, 2025
The Conversation · Aug 31, 2025 Islamic State massacres in eastern DRC: who are the insurgents and why are they killing civilians? More than 100 civilians have perished in a spate of attacks by Islamic State-backed rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in mid-2025. The Islamic State’s Central African Province – known locally as Allied Democratic Forces – claimed an attack on Christian worshippers in late July which killed at least…
The Independent UK · Aug 28, 2025 What to know after the US deports more migrants to Africa The Trump administration has deported more migrants from the United States as it expands its program to send people to countries they have no ties with
Al Jazeera · Aug 27, 2025 Kilmar Abrego Garcia to seek asylum in the US in bid to avoid deportation Trump administration has said it will deport Abrego Garcia to Uganda, after a previous removal attempt to El Salvador.
Al Jazeera · Aug 27, 2025 Why ICJ Judge Sebutinde faces calls to quit from Israel genocide case Calls for an investigation come after Sebutinde says, ‘The Lord is counting on me to stand on the side of Israel.’
The Independent UK · Aug 26, 2025 Kilmar Abrego Garcia is back in jail and facing deportation. Here's what to know Kilmar Abrego Garcia is in a Virginia detention center and facing deportation to Uganda
Latin Times · Aug 26, 2025 DHS Lashes Out At 'Sanctuary Politicians' Who 'Chose to Glorify and Stand' With Abrego García The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) condemned several elected officials on Tuesday for defending Kilmar Ábrego García
The Independent UK · Aug 26, 2025 A look at Uganda, the east African nation where the US is set to deport Abrego Garcia Uganda has agreed to receive immigrants deported from the United States
Al Jazeera · Aug 26, 2025 ‘The whole scheme stinks’: Ugandans question deal to take US deportees The East African country is being pushed as a deportation location for high-profile US detainee Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
The Conversation · Aug 26, 2025 African women have less access to the internet than men - solutions the G20 can champion Across Africa, women have less access to the internet than men. In Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania only 15%-28% of women own smartphones. Tinuade Adekunbi Ojo is a feminist political economist and director of the Centre for the Study of Race, Gender and Class at the University of Johannesburg. She…
Radio France Internationale · Aug 26, 2025 How Trump’s 'deportation campaign' is reshaping ties with Africa Some African nations are striking deals to take in migrants deported from the United States. Others are refusing. The split shows how Trump’s policy is reshaping Washington’s ties with the continent – and raises the question of whether these agreements are made for financial gain or under pressure.
The Independent UK · Aug 26, 2025 Trump administration ‘absolutely forbidden’ from quickly deporting Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda, judge says Abrego Garcia was arrested on Monday in Baltimore, at a check-in with immigration authorities, under 72 hours after being released from federal custody as he awaits a smuggling trial