In the @BBCNews studio watching today’s 10 o’clock News go out. Fantastic journalism from my dear friend and colleague @HannaAYusuf who got the lead exclusive.
UN experts say they have "solid evidence" Rwandan troops have been fighting alongside the M23 rebel group in eastern DR Congo - providing it with weapons & support. DRC gov previously accused Rwanda of fighting with armed groups. Rwanda strongly denied this. @Reuters reporting.
UN refugee agency say says 4.5m internally displaced people in the DR Congo will be forced to sleep in churches, schools or out in the open due to insufficient funding. Announcement comes as DRC gov push for UN peacekeepers to exit the country after deadly protests last week.
Two killed and several injured after UN peacekeepers open fire for 'unexplained reasons' in Kasindi, eastern DRC. Both the UN & DRC gov have condemned the incident.
🇹🇿 FORCED TO BEG 🇰🇪: #BBCAfricaEye goes undercover to expose a human trafficking network that's smuggling disabled children from Tanzania to Kenya.
Full film ➡️ https://t.co/gUHfvpj2UI
#Enyobeni Xolile Malangeni - lost his 17 year old daughter. He says she snuck out of the house while he was asleep to join her friends at the shebeen. He blames govt and the shebeen owner for not complying with regulations that govern the age limit of people allowed into shebeens
Tonight on @BBCWorld News America - we are live in Rwanda’s capital Kigali with @EtutuJoice as the Commonwealth heads of government summit gets underway. We’ll be talking about Prince Charles’ reported criticism of the UK policy of sending migrants to Rwanda for processing.
The only known remains of Congolese independence hero Patrice Lumumba - a gold-crowned tooth - has been handed to his family in Brussels. How come it ended up there in the first place? @BBCAfrica https://t.co/TYDyn2Vo1h
@MSF says it is witnessing concerning signs of a growing food crisis in Ethiopia’s northern-eastern Afar region. Adding that hundreds of thousands of people are living without necessities such as healthcare and safe drinking water. https://t.co/ofV4Hs8g4K
2000 Kenyan police officers - people licensed to carry guns- were declared unfit for service. Too many stories lately on police taking lives, including their own
In today's podcast, I discuss police mental health and public safety, with @EtutuJoice . https://t.co/zM9SHkqUn7
🇨🇲 🇨🇫🇨🇩🇱🇷🇳🇬🇨🇬🇸🇱 have cumulatively reported about 1,400 #monkeypox cases in 2022 up to Mid-May, @WHO says.
They add that the virus been expanding its geographic reach in recent years. 👉🏾 https://t.co/0bO5gVoYnp
@jamprescod breaks down what we know about this rare disease.
As tensions between #Rwanda and #DRCongo escalate, the AU has called for 'calm and dialogue' between the neighbouring regions. My latest analysis: https://t.co/maUhQMlvCW