Uganda's sugarcane boom leaves families hungry
by James Kintu Credit: Mark Tyson Wambette. Busoga, in eastern Uganda, is a low, fertile plateau surrounded on three sides by Lake Victoria, the Nile River and Lake Kyoga. Most of its 4.3 million people farm small, rain-fed plots. Yet hunger is common: in the 2024 census, about a third of Busoga households reported going whole days without food. Sugarcane has been grown commercially here since the 1920s, when one family established a large sugar-processing facility. New inves
Phys.org
Oct 16
Tanzanian Government Abducts Maasai Villagers
By: Anuradha Mittal October 12, 2026 4:30 PM PDT Maasai protest in Arusha, February 2024. Credit: The Oakland Institute Human rights conditions in northern Tanzania have deteriorated sharply since August, as the Tanzanian government carries out a coordinated campaign of violence and arrests against the Indigenous Maasai. In Ngorongoro, five Maasai were arrested last week; Over 30 community members have been arrested over the last two months; In neighboring Loliondo, thousands
The Oakland Institute
Oct 15
Burundi’s Sahwanya-FRODEBU To Skip 2027 Election
By Francine Iradukunda October 13, 2026 The party says talks with government officials and electoral authorities have failed to provide assurances that alleged irregularities in the 2025 parliamentary and local elections will be addressed ahead of the May 2027 presidential vote. Sahwanya-FRODEBU party has declined to field candidate in the 2027 presidential election / Iwacu Burundi’s opposition party Sahwanya-FRODEBU has said it will not field a candidate in the May 2027 pres
Breaking Burundi
Oct 14
Seychelles: Faure Tells UN the Impact of Middle East Conflict
October 12, 2026 By: The Seychelles Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Diaspora Credit: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Diaspora The Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Diaspora, Mr. Barry Faure, received the Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser of the United Nations Secretary General on Africa, H.E. Ms. Ahunna Eziakonwa at Maison Queau de Quinssy on Monday 12 October 2026. Discussions focused on the impact the war in the Middle East has had on Seychelles’ ec
Protests Erupt in Homa Bay After DCI Allegedly Arrests Suspected Goon Leader
by Timothy Cerullo on Friday, 9 October 2026 - 10:32 am DCI Headquarters, Nairobi PHOTO | DCI Police in Homa Bay have arrested a suspected gang leader accused of being behind a series of violent incidents in the county, months after deadly chaos disrupted a Linda Mwananchi leaders' rally. The suspect was arrested on Thursday night, October 8, 2026, as detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) executed a warrant issued by the Homa Bay Law Courts on A
Kenyans.co.ke
Oct 9
Tanzania Gold Mine Deaths Centre Of London Accreditor Case
By Polina Devitt October 7, 2026 UK gold bullion bars are stacked at Baird & Co in Hatton Garden in London, Britain, October 8, 2025. REUTERS/Hiba Kola/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights LONDON, Oct 7 (Reuters) - The alleged fatal shootings of two illegal artisanal miners, identified only as ZZZ and ZZY, at Tanzania's North Mara gold mine are at the heart of a lawsuit against the London Bullion Market Association that began in London on Wednesday, court documents from bot
Reuters
Oct 9
Launch of the Seychelles National Action Plan on Security
By: African Union Credit: African Union WHAT: Official Launch of the Seychelles National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security 2026–2030 and Capacity Building Workshop on Women, Peace and Security The purpose of the two-day programme is to officially launch the Seychelles National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security 2026–2030, celebrate Seychelles’ contribution to the advancement of the WPS Agenda in Africa, and strengthen national capacity and political commitment fo
African Union
Oct 8
UN Calls for Free Pre-Primary Education in Uganda
6 in 10 Ugandan Children Miss Out on Early Learning By: Jo Becker Credit: 2022 ISER The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child has called on Uganda to significantly expand government support for early childhood education and provide free, state-run pre-primary education to all children. In its latest review of Uganda’s record on children’s rights, issued October 1, the Committee expressed concern about high numbers of children out of school due to financial barri
Human Rights Watch
Oct 8
Djibouti face "overlapping emergencies" as Yemen's refugee exodus continues
By United Nations News (UN News) October 6, 2026 Djibouti is facing “overlapping emergencies” as refugees fleeing the conflict in Yemen arrive on its shores while migrants continue to travel in the opposite direction, the UN migration agency (IOM) warned on Tuesday. Credit: © IOM/Alexander Bee More than 3,700 refugees have reached the Horn of Africa nation in the past three weeks after a dangerous crossing of the Red Sea, said Alexandre Coissac, head of IOM’s mission in the
UN News
Oct 7
Japan Provides Emergency Grant to Yemen and Djibouti amid humanitarian crisis
By Arab News Japan October 6, 2026 Credit: Arab News Japan (ANJ) TOKYO: The Government of Japan decided to provide an Emergency Grant of USD 10 million to Yemen and Djibouti, in light of the urgent humanitarian needs arising in both countries in response to the deterioration of the humanitarian situation in Yemen and its expanding repercussions on neighboring states, to ensure peace and stability in the Middle East region, including the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, which is of utmos
ARAB NEWS
Oct 7
UK Trial Challenges ‘Responsible Gold’ Certification
Families of Tanzanian Mine Victims Seek Justice Juliane Kippenberg October 1, 2026 North Mara Gold Mine in Tarime district, northwest Tanzania. © 2022 Private An unusual trial will begin next week in London’s High Court: the families of two 23-year-old Tanzanian men who were fatally shot in 2019 at a Canadian-owned gold mine in northern Tanzania are bringing a case against the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA), an industry body that oversees the London gold market. Ano
Human Rights Watch
Oct 6
UNDP Spotlights Seychellois Women for Sustainable Development
October 5, 2026 By: Joshua Marie The edition looks at how the four women are contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). (United Nations Development Programme) Four Seychellois women working across government, parliament and environmental conservation have been highlighted by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for their contributions to sustainable development in Seychelles. First Lady Veronique Herminie, Acting Clerk of the National Assembly Alexan
