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Politician with Kenyan Roots Elected Leader of Scottish National Party
Politician with Kenyan Roots Elected Leader of Scottish National Party
Humza Yousaf, a politician with Kenyan roots, has been elected the first minority ethnic leader of… read more...
Nigeria’s President-Elect Tinibu Denies Reports of Ill Health, Says He Traveled Abroad to Rest
Nigeria’s President-Elect Tinibu Denies Reports of Ill Health, Says He…
Nigeria's president-elect Bola Tinubu has dismissed media reports of ill health, which emerged… read more...
UK Jury Finds Nigerian Senator Guilty of Organ Harvesting
UK Jury Finds Nigerian Senator Guilty of Organ Harvesting
A jury in London on Thursday found Nigerian Senator Ike Ekweremadu guilty of planning to harvest a… read more...
US Vice President Kamala Harris to Visit Africa
US Vice President Kamala Harris to Visit Africa
US Vice President Kamala Harris is set to tour Africa later this month as America deepens its… read more...
25 People Charged for Allegedly Selling Over 7,600 Fake Nursing Diplomas in Florida
25 People Charged for Allegedly Selling Over 7,600 Fake Nursing Diplom…
Federal authorities in Florida have charged 25 people for alleged involvement in a scheme to sell… read more...
World's Oldest Known Person Dies Aged 118
World's Oldest Known Person Dies Aged 118
The world's oldest-known person Lucile Randon, alias Sister Andre, has died at the age of 118,… read more...
Usain Bolt's Millions of Dollars Reported Missing from Investment Accounts
Usain Bolt's Millions of Dollars Reported Missing from Investment…
Authorities in Jamaica have opened a probe after millions of dollars were reported missing from… read more...
Biden Plans First Sub-Saharan Africa Visit by a US President Since 2015
Biden Plans First Sub-Saharan Africa Visit by a US President Since 201…
United States President Joe Biden indicated on Thursday that he planned to visit sub-Saharan Africa… read more...
Omeife: Nigerian Tech Company Launches Africa's First Humanoid Robot That Speaks Seven Languages
Omeife: Nigerian Tech Company Launches Africa's First Humanoid Ro…
A Nigerian tech company on Friday unveiled Africa’s first humanoid robot dubbed ‘Omeife’, which can… read more...
Three Migrants Survive 11-Day Journey from Nigeria to Spain on a Ship Rudder
Three Migrants Survive 11-Day Journey from Nigeria to Spain on a Ship…
Three migrants who survived an 11-day journey from Nigeria to the Canary Islands on the rudder of a… read more...
World's Longest-serving President Teodoro Obiang Reelected for a Sixth Term in Equatorial Guinea
World's Longest-serving President Teodoro Obiang Reelected for a…
Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema has been re-elected for a sixth term, extending… read more...
Malawi Vice President Saulos Chilima Arrested for Bribery and Corruption
Malawi Vice President Saulos Chilima Arrested for Bribery and Corrupti…
Malawi Vice President Saulos Chilima was on Friday arrested and detained by the country’s Anti-… read more...
Nigerian Instagram Celebrity Hushpuppi Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison in the US
Nigerian Instagram Celebrity Hushpuppi Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison…
Nigerian Instagram influencer Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, alias Hushpuppi, was on Friday sentenced to 11… read more...
Rishi Sunak: Man with Kenyan Roots Wins Race to Become UK Prime Minister
Rishi Sunak: Man with Kenyan Roots Wins Race to Become UK Prime Minist…
Rishi Sunak, a politician with Kenyan roots, will become the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister,… read more...
Ugandan President Museveni Promotes His Son to the Rank of General
Ugandan President Museveni Promotes His Son to the Rank of General
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Tuesday promoted his son Muhoozi Kainerugaba to the rank of… read more...
47 Charged in the US for Using $240 Million COVID Fund to Buy Properties in Kenya and Turkey
47 Charged in the US for Using $240 Million COVID Fund to Buy Properti…
47 people in the U.S state of Minnesota have been charged for their alleged roles in a $250 million… read more...
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II Dies Aged 96
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II Dies Aged 96
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II has died aged 96, Buckingham Palace announced on Thursday. "The Queen… read more...
Ethiopian Airlines Suspends Pilots Who Reportedly Fell Asleep and Missed Landing
Ethiopian Airlines Suspends Pilots Who Reportedly Fell Asleep and Miss…
Ethiopian Airlines has suspended the crew of a flight whose two pilots reportedly fell asleep and… read more...
Former Al-Shabaab Leader Appointed Cabinet Minister in Somalia
Former Al-Shabaab Leader Appointed Cabinet Minister in Somalia
Former Al-Shabaab deputy leader and spokesperson Muktar Robow has been appointed as a Cabinet… read more...
Paul Kagame to Seek a Fourth Term as President of Rwanda in 2024
Paul Kagame to Seek a Fourth Term as President of Rwanda in 2024
Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has announced he will seek a fourth term in the next general… read more...
Catholic Priest Among 12 Convicted over Murder of a Malawian Man with Albinism, Sale of His Body Parts
Catholic Priest Among 12 Convicted over Murder of a Malawian Man with…
A Catholic priest is among 12 people who have been convicted in connection with the brutal murder… read more...
US Offers $5 Million Bounty for Information on a Key Al-Shabaab Commander
US Offers $5 Million Bounty for Information on a Key Al-Shabaab Comman…
The US government has offered a $5 million (Sh570 million) bounty for information on the… read more...
Boeing 737-800 Plane Carrying 132 People Crashes in China
Boeing 737-800 Plane Carrying 132 People Crashes in China
A China Eastern Airlines flight carrying 132 people on Monday crashed in mountains in southern… read more...
Kenya Condemns Russia over Breach of Ukraine’s Territorial Integrity
Kenya Condemns Russia over Breach of Ukraine’s Territorial Integrity
Kenya has strongly rejected Russia’s decision to recognize breakaway rebel regions of Ukraine as… read more...
Stowaway Survives 11-Hour Flight from South Africa to Amsterdam via Nairobi
Stowaway Survives 11-Hour Flight from South Africa to Amsterdam via Na…
Police in Amsterdam, the Netherlands have launched an investigation after a stowaway was found… read more...
Court Orders South Africa’s Former President Jacob Zuma to Return to Jail
Court Orders South Africa’s Former President Jacob Zuma to Return to J…
South Africa's High Court has set aside an earlier decision to release former President Jacob Zuma… read more...
UK Reports First Death from Omicron Covid-19 Variant
UK Reports First Death from Omicron Covid-19 Variant
The UK has become the first country in the world to announce a death from the new Omicron… read more...
Fredrick de Klerk, South Africa's Last White President, Dies
Fredrick de Klerk, South Africa's Last White President, Dies
South Africa's last white president Frederik Willem de Klerk has passed away. De Klerk passed away… read more...
US Offers $21 Million Cash Reward for Information on Four Al-Shabaab Leaders
US Offers $21 Million Cash Reward for Information on Four Al-Shabaab L…
The US has announced a combined cash reward of $21 million for information leading to the arrest of… read more...
British MP Sir David Amess Stabbed to Death in a Church
British MP Sir David Amess Stabbed to Death in a Church
Police in the UK have arrested a 25-year-old man in connection with the murder of conservative MP… read more...