Kiambu Governor Kimani Wamatangi has expressed fears for his personal safety after claiming he was trailed by an unknown vehicle carrying three occupants, prompting him to call for increased security measures. Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, Wamatangi said the incident came shortly after most of his security detail…
Burkina Faso’s former transitional president, Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, has been arrested in Togo and subsequently expelled, according to local sources, amid allegations that he masterminded multiple coup attempts and assassination plots. Damiba initially seized power in 2022, ousting then-President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré. However, just eight months later, he was…
At least 163 Christian worshippers were kidnapped after armed gangs stormed two churches in Kaduna State, northern Nigeria, during Sunday services, according to local clergy and security officials. The attackers, described as carrying sophisticated weapons, blocked church entrances and forced congregants into the bush before abducting them, Reverend Joseph Hayab,…
President Salva Kiir has removed Interior Minister Angelina Teny from her post, marking a significant political shift in South Sudan’s already fragile unity government. Teny, a senior opposition figure and the wife of detained First Vice President Riek Machar, was dismissed on Monday evening, though no official reasons were provided.…
A year after the United States, under President Donald Trump, cut funding to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Malawi’s healthcare system is facing severe setbacks, undoing decades of progress in combating HIV, malaria, tuberculosis, and reproductive health services. The Family Planning Association of Malawi (FPAM), a key…
Authorities in Mozambique and South Africa are racing against time to conduct search and rescue operations as the death toll from severe floods continues to rise, with thousands displaced and communities devastated. Since early October, marking the start of Mozambique’s rainy season, the National Disasters Management Institute reports that over…
The family of Patrice Lumumba, the Congolese independence leader assassinated in 1961, has expressed hope for justice as a Belgian court evaluates whether to prosecute the sole surviving suspect in the decades-old case. Speaking outside a Brussels court on Tuesday ahead of a closed-door hearing, Yema Lumumba, 33, granddaughter of…
Kitutu Chache South Member of Parliament Anthony Kibagendi has reportedly been arrested by Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) detectives from Muthaiga Police Station, raising questions about the circumstances surrounding the detention. The MP took to his official Facebook account on Tuesday afternoon to announce the arrest, describing it as forceful.…
Ballot boxes and other sensitive materials from the Mbeere North Constituency by-election held last year were on Tuesday transferred to the custody of the Embu High Court, in preparation for a potential recount during the pending election petition. The transfer, overseen by Deputy Chief Magistrate Mercy Kinyua, involved 134 ballot…
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) has formally charged six Homa Bay County government officials and a private firm over the alleged misappropriation of Ksh.348,927,840 intended for the construction of the Homa Bay County Assembly office block. The accused are: Allegations and Charges The accused face multiple…