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Former Al-Shabaab deputy leader and spokesperson Muktar Robow has been appointed as a Cabinet minister in Somalia. On Tuesday, Somali Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre announced that Robow had been appointed the new minister for religion in President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s administration. "After…

Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has announced he will seek a fourth term in the next general elections in 2024. Kagame, who has served as Rwanda’s president since 2000, told a French TV channel that he would consider remaining in office for another 20 years. In 2015, he changed the constitution,…

A Catholic priest is among 12 people who have been convicted in connection with the brutal murder of a man living with albinism in Malawi. Five suspects including the victim’s brother, a Catholic priest, a policeman, and a physician were found guilty of murder while seven were charged with selling…

The US government has offered a $5 million (Sh570 million) bounty for information on the whereabouts of Jehad Serwan Mostafa, a key leader of the Somalia-based Al-Shabaab terrorist organization. Mostafa, alias Ahmed Gurey, is an American citizen who leads Al-Shabaab operations, trains recruits, and…

A China Eastern Airlines flight carrying 132 people on Monday crashed in mountains in southern China. The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) confirmed the crash, saying the Boeing 737-800 plane was flying from the southwestern city of Kunming, capital of Yunnan province, to Guangzhou,…

Kenya has strongly rejected Russia’s decision to recognize breakaway rebel regions of Ukraine as independent states. Kenya’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Amb. Martin Kimani said Kenya was gravely concerned by the announcement by Russian President Vladimir Putin to recognize the…

Police in Amsterdam, the Netherlands have launched an investigation after a stowaway was found alive in the nose wheel of a cargo plane that landed at Schiphol Airport on Sunday. The flight operated by Cargolux Italia had flown from Johannesburg, South Africa on Sunday, and made only one stop at…

South Africa's High Court has set aside an earlier decision to release former President Jacob Zuma on medical parole. The court on Wednesday directed the 79-year-old former president to return to jail to continue with his 15-month sentence.  On Wednesday, Justice Elias Matojane declared the…

The UK has become the first country in the world to announce a death from the new Omicron coronavirus variant that has so far spread to over 70 countries. Addressing reporters in west London on Monday, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said one person was confirmed dead after being infected with…

South Africa's last white president Frederik Willem de Klerk has passed away. De Klerk passed away on Thursday morning at his home in Cape Town following a long battle with mesothelioma cancer. The FW de Klerk Foundation announced the 85-year-old’s death through a statement, saying he died…