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19" January " 2021" SOURCE : AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES US Ambassador Natalie E Brown was stopped from visiting Bobi Wine who is effectively under house arrest Uganda’s government accused the United States of trying to “subvert” last week’s presidential elections after the US ambassador attempted to visit opposition leader Bobi Wine, who has been under house arrest. The mission said Brown wanted to check on the “health and safety” of Wine, who became famous after years of singing about government corruption and nepotism, charges the government denies. The former pop star-turned-legislator, who came second with almost 35 percent votes, rejected the results and accused his rival, President Yoweri Museveni, of winning by fraud. Wine has so far provided no evidence to support...

By Andrew HardingBBC News, Mogadishu  18 January 2021Africa Tensions are rising sharply in Somalia, as the country's fragile political system wrestles with a bitterly contested election process, the withdrawal of some vital US military forces, and renewed concerns about an increasingly well-resourced militant Islamist insurgency. Diplomats and observers are warning that the country - three decades after it collapsed into anarchy - is once again at a crossroads, with recent progress on rebuilding a shattered state now at risk. "Somalia is at an important pivotal moment," the UN Secretary General's special representative James Swann told the BBC, warning that "posturing and brinkmanship" by the country's national and regional leaders - as they argue over a delayed and watere...

18" January " 2021" SOURCE : AL JAZEERA Footage obtained by Al Jazeera shows the early days of the COVID-19 outbreak and Chinese government censorship attempts. from Wuhan during the earliest days of the COVID-19 outbreak shows how the Chinese government could have done more to prevent the coronavirus from spreading, and its attempts to stop journalists from reporting on it. In 3 Days that Stopped the World, two Chinese journalists, through undercover filming and diaries, reveal the almost overnight transformation of the city of 11 million people as nonchalance about the virus was replaced by panic and overcrowded hospitals within hours. The journalists’ names have been not been disclosed for their safety.KEEP READINGCOVID death toll has now crossed the two-million ...

18" January "2021 Aljazeera Longtime president has won a sixth term but is accused of cracking down on his opponents and critics. One of Africa’s longest serving leaders is heading towards four decades in power after winning an election his opponent has branded a complete fraud. But this time, Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni faced his toughest ever challenge from the pop star-turned-politician Bobi Wine. The opposition leader has been under heavy guard at his home, in what his supporters say is effectively house arrest. Museveni declared winner of disputed Uganda presidential election Security personnel out in force as longtime president wins sixth term and main challenger Bobi Wine alleges rigging. A polling agent from the National Resistance Movement (NRM)...

12" January 2021 https://www.voanews.com/africa/facebook-shuts-down-accounts-linked-ugandan-information-ministry KAMPALA - Facebook has shut down several accounts of a network in Uganda linked to the country’s Ministry of Information. The social media company accused the network of using fake accounts to promote the ruling party and the president. The Facebook accounts shut down were allegedly linked to the “Citizens Interaction Center” at the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology. In a statement, Facebook accuses the account holders of using fake and duplicate accounts to manage pages, comment on other people’s content, impersonate users and re-share posts in groups to make them appear more popular than they were. Duncan Abigaba, the deputy head of the cente...

11" January " 2021 Xili dowlada Maraykanka ay bilowday in ciidamadeeda ay kala baxdo dalka Soomaaliya ayey dhinaca kale dalalka Midowga Yurub dib u cusbooneysiiyeen hawlgalada ciidamadooda ku sugan dhulka iyo badda Soomaaliya. Hawlgalada ciidamada EU-da ee ku sugan Soomaaliya ayaa u badan tababarada ay siiyaan ciidamada kala duwan ee dowlada Federaalka Soomaaliya iyo Hawlgalka illaalinta badda Soomaaliya iyo kahortagida kooxaha burcadbadeeda; hawlgalkaasi oo loo yaqaan Atalanta. Ciidamada EU-da hawlgaladooda ayaa la sheegay inay sii socon doonaan illaa 31ka bisha December 2022. Go’aankan ayaa la sheegay inuu la xariiro xoojinta hawlgalada amaanka ee Soomaaliya & Barriga Afrika iyo kaalinta ciidamada EU-da ku leeyihiin gobalka. Midowga Yurub ayaa go’aankoodan sido...

11" January " 2021" SOURCE : AL JAZEERA As the UK struggles to contain the coronavirus crisis, Richard Horton says the government should have implemented strict lockdowns as soon as infections rose. England was plunged into its third national lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic a week ago, with the whole of the UK now under strict social distancing controls as it struggles to contain a variant of COVID-19 that spreads faster.The United Kingdom registered 59,940 confirmed cases and 563 deaths on Sunday, bringing the overall toll to more than 81,000. London mayor Sadiq Khan has declared a “major incident” in London, the epicentre of the UK’s outbreak, with hospitals in the capital struggling to cope with patient numbers. Richard Horton, editor-in-chief of The Lancet, one of the...

9" Jan 2021" SOURCE : AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES Social media platform says Trump’s account suspended due to risk of ‘further incitement of violence’. Twitter said it has permanently suspended United States President Donald Trump’s account due to the risk of further incitement of violence after hundreds of his supporters stormed the US Capitol. “After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence,” the company said in a statement on Friday. Social media platforms have come under growing pressure to take further action against Trump in the wake of Wednesday’s riot, where crowds of Trump supporters breached the building amid chaotic scene...

8" January " 2021 " AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES Democrats say they could take up articles of impeachment against Trump as soon as next week if his Cabinet does not try to remove him first Democrats are discussing whether to move forward with the quick impeachment of President Donald Trump if his Cabinet does not try to remove him first.The storming of the US Capitol by supporters of Trump has prompted calls for his removal from office before President-elect Joe Biden is sworn in on January 20.Trump has taken a more conciliatory tone – promising a smooth transfer of power and calling for “healing and reconciliation”.The chaotic scenes unfolded after Trump addressed thousands of protesters and repeated unfounded claims that the election was stolen from him. Five people died and 64 wer...