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At least 11 people, including eight police officers and a local chief, were killed on Saturday by cattle rustlers they were chasing in drought-stricken northern Kenya, Kenyan police said Sunday. Cattle rustling or disputes over water sources or grazing land are common in the pastoral areas of northern Kenya, which border Ethiopia and South Sudan. The Kenyan police denounced on… Read More

President William Ruto has expressed willingness to purchase fuel from Russia. This comes at a time when a number of nations, notably the United States, avoid engagement with Russia as a result of its invasion of Ukraine. In an interview with BBC, President Ruto hinted that he would be exploring all possibilities in an effort to rein in the increasing… Read More

The trial of alleged Central African Republic rebel commander, Mahamat Saïd Abdel Kani, opened Monday (September 26) at the International criminal court. The 52-year-old faces seven counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity for his role in the brutal 2013 persecution of residents in the capital Bangui, who were allegedly François Bozizé supporters. Said was handed to the Hague-based… Read More

Like every year on September 26 since the terrible night of 2002, the Senegalese town of Ziguinchor remembers its departed children. A hundred relatives of the nearly 1,9000 victims of the Le Joola ferry shipwreck, together with officials laid a wreath and took part to a Muslim and a Christian commemorative ceremony, Monday. Next to around 50 graves in Kantene… Read More

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa, who has cut short foreign visits as the country’s electricity crisis worsens, warned on Monday that there was no prospect of improvement “in the short term”. “Given the uncertain performance of (state-owned Eskom’s) coal-fired power plant fleet, we will not be able to stop load shedding in the short term. This is the sad reality… Read More

Last updated: 3 hours ago Iranians living in Istanbul gathered outside the Iranian consulate as the “Be our voice” movement, which aims to broaden protests against police violence and internet repression abroad, gains momentum. In Iran, demonstrators continue to storm the streets of Persian cities following the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman, while in police custody in… Read More

Three people have died, and scores were injured after a six-storey building collapsed in Kiambu, central Kenya, Kenya’s national broadcaster reported. It is not immediately clear what caused the building to collapse. Rescue efforts are underway and emergency workers have managed to pull a child from the rubble. Several others have also been rescued but “sadly, some are feared to… Read More

Three people have died, and scores were injured after a six-storey building collapsed in Kiambu, central Kenya, Kenya’s national broadcaster reported. It is not immediately clear what caused the building to collapse. Rescue efforts are underway and emergency workers have managed to pull a child from the rubble. Several others have also been rescued but “sadly, some are feared to… Read More

Libya’s Court of Appeal held Sunday the fifth session of the trial of 46 men accused of belonging to terrorist organization: the Islamic State. Clad in blue prison overalls the suspects appeared in the dock. Among the accused, Libyan, Tunisian, Egyptian, Algerian, Moroccan, Jordanian and Sudanese nationals. They are accused of being members of a terrorist group and of carrying out… Read More

Libya’s Court of Appeal held Sunday the fifth session of the trial of 46 men accused of belonging to terrorist organization: the Islamic State. Clad in blue prison overalls the suspects appeared in the dock. Among the accused, Libyan, Tunisian, Egyptian, Algerian, Moroccan, Jordanian and Sudanese nationals. They are accused of being members of a terrorist group and of carrying out… Read More