At least 10 people killed, 29 injured, two abducted and 37 arrested across 17 counties during Saba Saba protests, KNHCR says. www.ctandardmedia.cokp

The final tally from today’s protests in #Kenya. All killed or injured by the police. (KNCHR is the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights).

The PRC's embassy in Kenya has also posted this:

China's ambassador to Kenya, seeking to capitalize on US policy changes under the Trump Administration:

The U.S. Institute of Peace - USIP - is back online:
www.usip.org

Kenyan President William Ruto's recent visit to China was not well received in the U.S., where powerful lawmakers are now calling for Washington to review its ties with Kenya.

And update: Uganda's Human Rights Commission has ordered Uganda's military chief, Muhoozi Kainerugaba, to release of Bobi Wine's bodyguard.

This is the pre-election environment in Uganda. The head of the military brags about the abduction & torture of an opposition activist as a military unit raids the opposition party's HQ. He has been posting about torture for 2 days now. His father, President Museveni, has not stopped it.

Still going today: Muhoozi seems to publicly suggest he had a role in Bobi Wine's torture in 2018.

Uganda is not in a good place right now.

And he basically admits this is all about sticking it to Bobi Wine, who he seems to see not just as his father's rival, but his own.

A reminder that this is Uganda's Chief of Defense Forces. And President Museveni's son.

His posts are clearly not just a sick joke:

It continues:

Over on X, Uganda's military chief appears to be drunk-posting about his detention and possible torture of opposition poltiician Bobi Wine's bodyguard (a civilian).

YouTube video by Al Jazeera English Sudan Doctors Network accuses RSF of war crimes after 31 summary executions near Khartoum

#Sudan Doctors' Network: At least 31 people, including minors, executed by Rapid Support Forces (RSF)

Graphic videos shared by RSF on social media.
Via Hiba Morgan on
@aljazeeraenglish.bsky.social

#KeepEyesOnSudan #Omdurman
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Conflicts Causing Record Level of Forced Displacement in Africa – Africa Center The number of forcibly displaced Africans grew by 14 percent over the past year—to more than 45 million people.

Africa’s forcibly displaced population has doubled since 2018 to over 45 million people.

3/4 of these are internally displaced. The leading drivers of African displacement are conflict and repressive governance.

africacenter.org/spo...

Marco Rubio on X: "This is fake news. The ⁦@nytimes⁩ falls victim to another hoax. https://t.co/hXSiV1t9HC" / X This is fake news. The ⁦@nytimes⁩ falls victim to another hoax. https://t.co/hXSiV1t9HC

Fake news, says the department head:
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a woman is smiling and saying good luck you guys in front of a lamp . ALT: a woman is smiling and saying good luck you guys in front of a lamp .

Closing most US embassies in Africa - oops, just sub-Saharan Africa, because North Africa is still important apparently - by Oct 1, 2025. Totally feasible. Good luck to you, US citizens & US businesses operating over there!

Who needs diplomats when you have <checks notes> an AmCham chapter in Nambia?

But hey, if the US is pulling out of the UN, it doesn't matter how all those countries vote

Clear language from the UN Acting Special Adviser on the Prevention of #Genocide:

“We have warned before & keep warning: the risk of genocide & other atrocity crimes remains a stark reality in #Sudan, especially in the conflict in the #Darfur region”

“Further #atrocities can & must be prevented”

Trump administration ends some USAID contracts providing lifesaving aid across the Middle East The Trump administration has notified the World Food Program and other partners it has terminated some of the last remaining lifesaving humanitarian programs across the Middle East.

Per this report, some of the last remaining USAID humanitarian assistance for Afghanistan, Somalia, Syria and Yemen (and for refugees in Jordan & Lebanon) has been cut.
apnews.com/article/usai...

South Sudan Government on X: "The @SouthSudanGov has noted the United States' announcement of April 5, 2025, regarding the immediate revocation of visas for South Sudanese passport holders. The #RTGoNU through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs & International Coop wishes to offer the following clarification. https://t.co/FG2zzAipxy" / X The @SouthSudanGov has noted the United States' announcement of April 5, 2025, regarding the immediate revocation of visas for South Sudanese passport holders. The #RTGoNU through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs & International Coop wishes to offer the following clarification. https://t.co/FG2zzAipxy

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South Sudan's govt refutes the US claim that it refused to accept the return of one of its citizens - they say he is a Congolese national and assert that both the 🇺🇸&🇸🇸 govts have access to records on this, incl. DHS docs on his 2003 entry to the US as a DRC citizen
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South Sudan's govt refutes the US claim that it refused to accept the return of one of its citizens - they say he is a Congolese national and assert that both the 🇺🇸&🇸🇸 govts have access to records on this, incl. DHS docs on his 2003 entry to the US as a DRC citizen
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Juba Daily News on X: "Story behind US Visa sanctions on #SouthSudan: #US Trump Govt presented 24 individuals to SouthSudan Embassy for deportation, after full background checks SouthSudan authority identified 3 out of 24 as not SouthSudanese, but Somali, North Sudan & Congolese citizens.#ssox 1/3 https://t.co/4k6Ak1hD76" / X Story behind US Visa sanctions on #SouthSudan: #US Trump Govt presented 24 individuals to SouthSudan Embassy for deportation, after full background checks SouthSudan authority identified 3 out of 24 as not SouthSudanese, but Somali, North Sudan & Congolese citizens.#ssox 1/3 https://t.co/4k6Ak1hD76

This story is circulating among South Sudanese in relation to the USG decision to block & revoke visas for 🇸🇸 citizens - it suggests the individual Juba would not accept for repatriation is Congolese, not South Sudanese.
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What Is Happening in South Sudan? | African Arguments What Is happening in South Sudan?

And for more on the deteriorating situation, this 3-part series is a key explainer:
africanarguments.org/2025/03/what...

For the easy to read cliff notes version:
www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...

UN Human Rights Office An effective and humane approach to drug policiesRead the story

This is the situation the United States will be sending South Sudanese back to - a country in which 1 in 2 girls is married before age 18, in which most children lack access to education, and where there is little/no access to justice. For more, read:
www.ohchr.org/en/documents...