Rwanda Slams ‘Biased’ U.S. Sanctions on Navy Chiefs
The Rwandan authorities rejected sanctions imposed by america Division of the Treasury on the Rwanda Defence Power (RDF) and 4 senior commanders. They argued that the transfer was “concentrating on just one social gathering” to the Washington Accords and a misrepresentation of the battle in jap DR Congo. The U.S. Treasury introduced sanctions towards the RDF as an establishment and its Chief of Defence Employees Gen Mubarakh Muganga, Military Chief of Employees, Main Gen Vincent Nyakarundi, Maj Gen Ruki Karusisi, and Particular Operations Power Commander, Stanislas Gashugi. Washington had accused the RDF of supporting the AFC/M23, alleging violations of commitments made beneath the accords, a declare Rwanda stated distorted the fact of the battle. Kigali argued that the Congolese authorities and its coalition, which incorporates international mercenaries, Wazalendo militias, and the FDLR, had continued drone assaults and floor offensives and failed to finish state help for hostile teams as required. The sanctions come amid renewed drone and artillery assaults by the Congolese authorities coalition on a number of fronts, together with Banyamulenge villages in Minembwe.
169 Killed in South Sudan Assault as UN Warns of Escalating Violence
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At the least 169 folks, together with senior officers, had been killed in South Sudan when dozens of unidentified armed males attacked Abiemnom county within the north of the nation. Ruweng Administrative Space officers stated the assailants, believed to have come from neighbouring Unity state and allegedly linked to the SPLA-IO. The SPLA-IO has denied any involvement within the assault, accusing the Unity state authorities of politicising the violence. The UN has repeatedly warned that the nation is susceptible to sliding again into full-scale civil battle. The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (Unmiss) stated about 1,000 civilians started looking for safety close to its base within the affected space. Native experiences indicated that victims had been buried in a mass grave as a result of safety considerations. Following clashes in one other a part of the nation, Jonglei state, the medical charity MSF stated 26 of its workers had been lacking after weeks of escalating violence between authorities and opposition forces. South Sudan, the world’s youngest nation, has been beset by civil battle, poverty and corruption because it was fashioned in 2011.
Zimbabwe Begins Mass Prisoner Launch Beneath Presidential Clemency
1000’s of prisoners throughout Zimbabwe started regaining their freedom after President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa granted clemency beneath Clemency Order No. 1 of 2026, an amnesty geared toward easing overcrowding and supporting rehabilitation. Justice Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi stated that 4,305 inmates certified for launch, together with girls convicted of lesser offences, juveniles, aged prisoners, terminally sick inmates, and people with disabilities. Prisoners housed in Open Prisons and inmates who’ve served no less than 20 years of their sentences, together with these whose dying penalties had been beforehand commuted, additionally qualify beneath the clemency order. Ziyambi stated that people convicted of grave offences, together with homicide, armed theft, rape, treason, human trafficking and public violence, are excluded from the amnesty. The federal government says the clemency initiative is meant to rework correctional services into centres of rehabilitation whereas giving reformed offenders a second probability to rebuild their lives.
‘Triple Planetary Disaster’ Threatens East African Meals Safety
The Ministry of Planning and Improvement introduced that the triple planetary disaster, comprising local weather change, biodiversity loss, and air pollution, is severely threatening meals safety throughout Japanese Africa. State Minister of Planning and Improvement Seyoum Mekonnen stated that the convergence of those three points is eroding a long time of hard-won financial growth. Mekonnen stated that environmental safety can not be handled as a secondary agenda. He stated that Japanese Africa is grappling with erratic climate patterns, extended droughts and accelerating ecosystem degradation. Mekonnen stated that these pressures are displacing communities, straining livelihoods and inserting mounting burdens on nationwide economies. He highlighted Ethiopia’s local weather initiatives, together with the Inexperienced Legacy tree-planting programme, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, city growth corridors, meals system reforms, and a ban on the import of fossil-fuel automobiles. He additionally highlighted large-scale city hall growth applications, sustainable meals system reforms beneath the YeLemat Tirufat initiative, and Ethiopia’s determination to ban the import of fossil-fuel-based passenger automobiles to speed up the transition to electrical mobility.
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Almost 400 International Nationals Exit Namibia Beneath Amnesty
At the least 379 international nationals voluntarily left Namibia beneath the federal government’s immigration amnesty programme. The ministry prolonged the amnesty deadline to 27 February, following an preliminary roll-out that started on 15 December 2025 and was initially set to finish on 16 January. Greater than half of those that departed had been from Zimbabwe, with others coming from Angola, China, South Africa, and several other extra nations. Govt Director Nghidinua Daniel stated most people had overstayed their permits, an offence that may usually result in arrest or prosecution. Nonetheless, they had been allowed to go away with out penalties in the course of the amnesty. Authorities labored with international missions to facilitate journey paperwork, significantly for Angolan nationals. With the programme now concluded, immigration officers have resumed regular enforcement. They warned that those that failed to come back ahead would face stricter inspections, and urged employers and landlords to make sure compliance with immigration legal guidelines.
