Africa
-
Kenya’s world-record marathon runner Kelvin Kiptum killed in car crash
Kelvin Kiptum, Kenya’s world record-holding marathon runner, has died in a car crash. The death of the 24-year-old, who was…
Read More » -
UK’s Rwanda plan ‘fundamentally incompatible’ with rights obligations
The plan of the United Kingdom’s government to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda goes against the country’s human rights obligations…
Read More » -
ECOWAS chair Tinubu in Senegal to meet Sall over postponed elections
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu is meeting his Senegalese counterpart, Macky Sall, in the capital, Dakar, as a constitutional crisis continues…
Read More » -
Suspect awaiting extradition over US nurse murder escapes Kenya cell
A suspect accused of murdering his girlfriend in Boston, MA from murder escaped from a Nairobi police station Wednesday afternoon and is…
Read More » -
Internet blackout hits Sudan as UN appeals for $4.1 billion to ease ‘epic suffering’ caused by war
Internet connectivity was shut down in Sudan amid ongoing clashes between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) that have left…
Read More » -
Thousands sheltering in hospital as fighting escalates in Democratic Republic of Congo
Thousands of people are seeking shelter inside an “overwhelmed” hospital amid an escalation of fighting in North Kivu province in…
Read More » -
Boat sinks off Tunisia with more than 40 Sudanese on board
At least 13 Sudanese migrants have died and 27 others are missing after their boat sank off Tunisia’s coast, a…
Read More » -
Malawi lifts visa restrictions for 79 countries
Malawi has removed visa restrictions for travellers from 79 countries in an effort to boost tourism and trade in the…
Read More » -
Segun Aremu: Nigerian traditional monarch shot dead and wife kidnapped
Armed men have shot dead a traditional ruler, and kidnapped his wife plus one other person in south-western Nigeria, authorities…
Read More » -
Nairobi fire: Gas blast in Kenyan capital kills three and injures nearly 300
A huge gas blast in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, has killed at least three people and injured nearly 300. A…
Read More »