Rachael Akidi

Journalist | News junkie | All things Africa | Former BBC Senior News Editor & Head of East Africa | My tweets = my views. Likes = bookmarks

[Home Office @ukhomeoffice]

Universities face being banned from recruiting international students over visa abuse.

Under new rules, course completion rates must reach at least 90% or universities will face penalties.

High drop-out rates can indicate entering the illegal working economy.

[Rachael Akidi @rakidi]

@UgEquityBank I’ve been chasing an exchange rate since Monday and they keep promising to call. I’m still waiting.

[The Associated Press @AP]

Two scientists at a U.S. government lab have been charged with smuggling vials of deactivated mpox virus into the country from Africa without permits and lying about it to investigators. https://t.co/PEAmM8l25o

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Breaking News: The House voted to end the war in Iran, as four Republicans sided with Democrats in a striking rebuke to President Trump. https://t.co/Oeeox0iq9q

[Al Jazeera Breaking News @AJENews]

BREAKING: WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urges countries to lift “blanket travel restrictions” over the central Africa Ebola outbreak, saying they disrupt supply chains and hinder the response.

🔴 More on https://t.co/5H0QqpfIYw

[BBC News Africa @BBCAfrica]

Polls have opened in is Africa's second-most populous country. Around 50 million voters in Ethiopia are choosing members of parliament who will subsequently vote to select the prime minister.
Incumbent Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is seeking re-election.
https://t.co/dSjY3OV4tm

[The New Vision @newvisionwire]

10 months later, murdered Entebbe couple buried in Switzerland

The couple that was murdered in Entebbe municipality, last year was finally buried on Wednesday, May 27, at the Dubendorf Cemetery in Switzerland, 10 months after they were murdered in cold blood in Uganda.

DETAILS 👉👉https://t.co/uZBfWSGKr7

#VisionUpdates

[Rachael Akidi @rakidi]

@kasujja @UgandaMediaCent @AfricaCDC @BonneyTunya come and see here.

[BBC News (World) @BBCWorld]

Ethiopia is heading to the polls, but not everyone can vote https://t.co/QLcaM2vu89

[Charles Onyango-Obbo @cobbo3]

If you want to know where a country is headed, count the number of conferences it holds with titles like ‘International Symposium on Circuits and Systems’, versus those with titles like ‘The Pan-Continental Symposium on Realising a Paradigm Shift Towards Enhanced Civic Engagement’.

[Bloomberg @business]

Ghana’s parliament passed a draconian anti-LGBTQ bill Friday, months after it was reintroduced in parliament https://t.co/ew2pza0NJ0

[BBC News (World) @BBCWorld]

Israel put on UN sexual violence in warzones blacklist for first time https://t.co/YGI3v1OjVp

[Reuters Africa @ReutersAfrica]

The World Health Organization said on Friday that there are 906 suspected cases of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, including 223 suspected deaths that are being investigated. https://t.co/lJTe8uYqB0

[Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Uganda 🇺🇬 @UgandaMFA]

Media clarification by the Kingdom of Cambodia.

Please disregard an "official notice" circulated online purportedly by the Government of the Kingdom of Cambodia, giving all Africans an ultimatum to leave Cambodia.

The Government of Uganda has received formal notice from the Government of Cambodia that the notice of forced exit by May 31st 2026 is fake and has clarified that all official immigration notices can be found here https://t.co/TSVVe4RFDK

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[Reuters Africa @ReutersAfrica]

A Kenyan high court has ordered the temporary suspension of plans for the United States to set up an Ebola quarantine facility in the country. https://t.co/eHZMaK3Keq

[Ben Mwine 🇺🇬 π @benmwine]

Government needs to stop taking media for granted.

Using this logic,

1. All Fuel companies should be required to dedicate free fuel for MOH cars.

2. All Providers of PPE should be required to dedicate free equipment to government.

3. All Sanitizer makers should be required to dedicate free product to government offices.

Etc....

We are your biggest weapon in this fight against Ebola, empower us to help you.

[Muhoozi Kainerugaba @mkainerugaba]

I'm glad to announce after a long meeting with Maj.General Don Nabasa today I have decided to release him and drop all the charges he was facing. I thank him for the good work he has done in our mighty military since he joined in 1998. God bless UPDF!

[Tommy Pigott @statedeptspox]

.@SecRubio spoke with Kenyan President @WilliamsRuto about the coordinated U.S.-Kenya response to the Ebola outbreak. Together, we're strengthening disease surveillance and supporting regional health security.

[Government of Uganda @GovUganda]

𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

BREAKING: The US Treasury has added UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese back to its sanctions list, days after a federal judge ordered her removal over free speech concerns.

🔴 LIVE updates: https://t.co/YWKl4AmPYk