Senegal is in a political crisis following President Macky Sall’s abrupt decision to postpone the presidential elections scheduled for February 25. This has protests, clashes between police and opposition supporters in the West African nation.
Sierra Leone has been into the state of emergency as President Julius Maada Bio declared a nationwide curfew in the daring attack on the country’s main military barracks in the capital, Freetown. The assailants, yet to be identified, targeted the military armory within the Wilberforce barracks.
Somalia has experienced a juxtaposition of severe drought and heavy rains. The floods that began last month are attributed to the rising water levels in the Juba and Shabelle rivers, which have overflowed their banks, inundating communities along their courses.
The World Food Program (WFP) has issued an urgent appeal for $810 million over the next six months to address the escalating hunger emergency in the Horn of Africa.
The Ugandan parliament has passed a law that imposes up to 10 years in prison for identifying as LGBTQ+. Same-sex relations are already illegal in Uganda, and this new legislation targets activities including promoting and abetting homosexuality, conspiracy to engage in homosexuality and even identifying as LGBTQ+.
