The 12 member states of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have reportedly agreed to establish a new military force aimed at countering jihadist activity and insecurity in the region, according to sources cited by AFP. Military chiefs reached the decision during a weekend meeting in Freetown, focusing…
Raymond Omollo, the Internal Security Ministry Principal Secretary, has announced that the final phase of salary increases for officers in the National Police Service, Kenya Prisons Service, and the National Youth Service will take effect in July 2026. The adjustment is part of a comprehensive reform programme aimed at modernizing…
At least six people were killed Tuesday when a shaft collapsed at the Rubaya mine, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s largest coltan site located in the rebel-controlled east, witnesses told AFP. Three women and three men died when the shaft gave way around 70 kilometres west of Goma, the provincial…
Israel early Wednesday launched a new wave of attacks on Iran, as the United States military confirmed it has struck nearly 2,000 targets inside the Islamic republic since joining the conflict alongside Israel over the weekend. The escalation comes amid rising global energy prices, with President Donald Trump saying the…
Iran will bury its slain supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in the holy city of Mashhad, according to a report by Fars News Agency on Tuesday. Khamenei, who ruled Iran for 36 years, was killed at the age of 86 during a wave of U.S.-Israeli attacks on Saturday, marking a…
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he ordered U.S. forces to join Israel’s attack on Iran because he believed Tehran was preparing to strike first remarks that contradicted explanations offered a day earlier by his own administration on how the conflict began. On Monday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio…
A senior police officer accused of killing his wife has surrendered to authorities in Naivasha, as detectives in Nairobi continue investigations into the killing of a 43-year-old woman whose body was found inside her residence in Roysambu. The officer, identified as Daniel Macharia, is reported to be attached to the…
Teargas and scenes of commotion on Tuesday punctuated William Ruto’s tour of Dagoretti South and Dagoretti North, where he inspected several development projects before concluding the visit with a roadside rally. At the rally, the Head of State reaffirmed that there would be no retreat from the pre-election cooperation talks…
Belgium’s special forces successfully boarded and seized an oil tanker from Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet” in an overnight operation, authorities announced Sunday. The move targets Russia’s efforts to circumvent Western sanctions imposed over the war in Ukraine. The Belgian government confirmed that the vessel was intercepted in Belgium’s exclusive economic…
China has “strongly condemned” the killing of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei by the United States and Israel, calling for an immediate halt to military operations in the region. In a statement issued by Beijing’s Foreign Ministry on Sunday, the Chinese government described the killing as “a serious violation…