Afrika Update Report
3 September 2024
- Libya - Tripoli
The United Nations Support Mission in Libya said it held talks in Tripoli yesterday to help resolve a central bank crisis that sparked a blockade of oil production and threatens the worst crisis in years for the major energy exporter.
- Tunisia – Tunis
Tunisia's electoral commission yesterday has rejected a court ruling in reinstating three presidential candidates and police arrested another candidate in what opposition critics said was another example of President Kais Saied stifling competition.
- Uganda- Kampala
The United States Embassy in Uganda issued a security alert, warning American citizens of an increased risk of terrorist attacks in Kampala. The advisory, based on unconfirmed reports, urges U.S. nationals to exercise heightened caution, particularly in public areas such as shopping malls, schools, and locations frequented by tourists.
- Haiti – Kenya
The Kenyan-led Multinational Security Support Mission (MSS) in Haiti has urged the gangs operating in the Caribbean nation to lay down their weapons and surrender as it rolls out operations in neighborhoods of Haiti Capital, Port Au Prince.
- In our historical archives, it was on this day 3 September 2007 when Orlando Pirates and Mamelodi Sundowns soccer player, Mpho Gift Leremi dies in a car accident at Alberton, Gauteng.