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Defending London Marathon champion Amos Kipruto thinks the recent doping scandal in Kenya is “embarrassing” for a younger generation of runners coming through in his home countr,y as he prepares to defend his London Marathon title on Sunday. As of the start of this month, 66 Kenyan athletes were on the Athletics Integrity Unit’s (AIU) global ineligible athlete list for… Read More

The chief of staff of Colonel Assimi Goïta, president of Mali’s military-dominated transition, was among four people killed in an attack on Tuesday near the Mauritanian border, said a note from the presidency authenticated by AFP on Thursday. According to the document, Oumar Traoré, Colonel Goïta ‘s chief of staff, was in the delegation victim of an ambush near the… Read More

More than 150 people, including foreign diplomats and officials, rescued from battle-scarred Sudan, arrived in Jeddah on Saturday in the first official evacuation of civilians since fighting began. Sudan’s naval forces carried out the evacuation with the support of other branches of the army. Among those safely arriving were 91 Saudi citizens and around 66 nationals from 12 other countries… Read More

Showing in London’s West End, a new musical called “Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of The Temptations” charts the journey of the iconic 60’s Motown group, from their humble beginnings on the streets of Detroit to their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Member of the original Temptations line-up, Otis Williams, was in London… Read More

Pope Francis on Sunday called for the resumption of talks in Sudan where intense fighting between the Sudanese military and Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group has claimed hundreds of lives and injured thousands. He urged de-facto leader General Abdel-Fattah Burhan and his rival General Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo to enter dialogue to end the bloody conflict. “Yesterday, it was the World… Read More

Twenty-one bodies have so far been found on land owned by a pastor in Kenya who was arrested for telling his followers to fast to death. Police said more shallow graves have yet to be dug up on the land belonging to pastor Paul Makenzi, who was arrested on April 14 over links to cultism. Human Rights Activist at Haki… Read More

The Muslim community in Lenasia, south of Johannesburg, has been celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr to mark the end of Ramadan. But with South Africa battered by record blackouts over the past year, some of the preparations have been especially challenging. The state-owned power company Eskom has imposed load-shedding to manage the problem but life has still been difficult. Faheem Essop is a… Read More

The president of the Indian Ocean archipelago of the Comoros says he wants talks with Paris over plans to expel all illegal migrants from the French island of Mayotte, most of whom are Comorians. Earlier Azali Assoumani had insisted Comoros would not accept any of the migrants. Speaking on Saturday, (2 April) Azali Assoumani said: “In regards to the situation… Read More

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has refused to sign a controversial new anti-homosexuality bill, which carries the death penalty in some cases, and has called for it to be amended. Museveni’s decision was announced late Thursday after a meeting of MPs from his ruling party, almost all of whom support the bill. The meeting decided to send the bill back to… Read More

Ten civilians and three soldiers were killed in a number of incidents across Mali on Saturday. The government says 88 jihadists were put out of action in what they are describing as a resurgence of “terrorist incidents.” The attacks began with car bombs near Sevare airport which killed 10 people and injured 61 others. They also destroyed some houses in… Read More