Uganda passed what it calls the “Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2023” into law on May 29. More than 30 of Africa’s 54 countries already have laws criminalizing homosexuality, including Uganda, where a colonial-era law makes sexual activity “against the order of nature” a criminal act. Those found to violate the law face life imprisonment, regardless of consent. In…
Uganda Passes ‘Anti-Homosexuality Act’ Into Law, With Death Penalty in Some Cases
Uganda passed what it calls the “Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2023” into law on May 29. More than 30 of Africa’s 54 countries already have laws criminalizing homosexuality, including Uganda, where a colonial-era law makes sexual activity “against the order of nature” a criminal act. Those found to violate the law face life imprisonment, regardless of consent. In…
EgyptAir Flight From Cairo Blows Tire During Landing in Saudi Arabia
CAIRO—An EgyptAir jetliner blew out a tire but made a safe landing at its destination early Sunday in Saudi Arabia, Egypt’s national carrier said. No causalities were reported. Flight MS643 took off from Cairo international airport early Sunday and one of its tires burst during landing at King Abdulaziz International Airport in the Saudi coastal…
Libyan Court Sentences 23 Suspected ISIS Terrorists to Death
CAIRO—A Libyan court Monday sentenced 23 suspected ISIS terrorist group extremists to death for launching deadly attacks that killed dozens of people, including Egyptian Coptic Christians. The appeals court in the western city of Misrata also sentenced 14 other terrorists to life in prison who were convicted on the same charges, which include destruction of…
UK Police to Help Crack Down on People Smugglers in North Africa
UK police officers are to be tasked with breaking up people-smuggling gangs alongside security forces in North African countries, it has been reported. The Times of London has been told National Crime Agency (NCA) officers would join nations in the region in their efforts to stop the people traffickers. According to the newspaper, the Italian…
Heavy Clashes in Sudan’s Capital as Truce Set to Expire
DUBAI—Heavy and sustained clashes could be heard on Monday in parts of Sudan’s capital, residents said, hours before the expiry of a shaky ceasefire deal that had brought some respite from a six-week-old conflict. Fighting continued from Sunday into Monday in the south and west of Omdurman, one of three adjoining cities that make up…
One of Rwanda’s Most Wanted Genocide Suspects Arrested in South Africa After 22 Years on Run
CAPE TOWN, South Africa—One of the most wanted suspects in Rwanda’s genocide, a police officer suspected of orchestrating the killing of more than 2,000 people at a church nearly three decades ago, has been arrested in South Africa after 22 years on the run, a special tribunal set up by the United Nations to find…
Africa’s Forceful First CBDC Push a Resounding Failure
May 23, 2023
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The Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) efforts to make citizens move away from cash and adopt the eNaira Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) have been unsuccessful, according to a report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The eNaira, launched by CBN on Oct. 25, 2021, was Africa’s first CBDC. In a May 16 IMF report,…
South African Government Working on ICC ‘Escape Route’ for Putin
JOHANNESBURG—Senior members of the South African government have told The Epoch Times they are working hard to make it possible for Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit the country, free of concern about being arrested. Putin is supposed to attend the summit of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) countries in Cape…
South African Weapons to Russia ‘Possible but Doubtful,’ Say Arms Control Experts
JOHANNESBURG—Several weapons experts with knowledge of the international arms industry have told The Epoch Times it’s “highly unlikely” that South Africa secretly exported weapons or ammunition to Russia. On 11 May, at a press conference in Pretoria, United States ambassador to South Africa Reuben Brigety made headlines around the world when he said: “The arming…
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