Tuesday, November 10, 2026

Africa

August 17, 2022

Morocco arrests four for suspected arson

The Morocco police have arrested four suspects, aged between 20 and 30, for deliberately starting a huge forest fire.

Forest fire
August 16, 2022

Raila Odinga rejects Kenya’s presidential election results, heads to court

The 77-year-old presidential hopeful said his Azimio La Umoja Party (One Kenya Coalition Party) will look to the Supreme Court to deliver justice.

Raila Odinga and William Ruto
August 16, 2022

Ruto Victory: Kenya braces for violence, protracted legal battle

Kenya has a history of post-election bloodshed, with over 1,200 people killed in widespread violence after the 2007 presidential vote.

William Ruto
August 16, 2022

Niger Republic, Chad part of Nigeria, says Buhari’s Chief of Staff Gambari 

Last year, Mr Buhari said of the Niger Republic, “I have cousins, family members, etc., in (the) Niger Republic. I shouldn’t just cut them off.”

President Muhammadu Buhari, Ibrahim Gambari and Mohammed Bazoum.
August 15, 2022

Buhari congratulates Kenya’s president-elect Ruto

The president said he looked forward to more fruitful and robust engagements between the two countries with Mr Ruto.

President Muhammadu Buhari and William Ruto
August 15, 2022

Ruto: Kenyan top electoral officers disown results of presidential election

Ms Cherera alleged that the latter stages of the results collation had been done “opaquely.”

Deputy chairperson of the Independent Electoral and Border Commission, Juliana Cherera, and three other commissioners
August 15, 2022

Deputy President William Ruto declared winner of Kenya’s presidential election

Mr Ruto’s policies include giving Kenyans subsidised health insurance cover and a fee waiver for poor households.

William Ruto
August 15, 2022

Measles Outbreak: Church gatherings caused 80 deaths, says Zimbabwean official 

Health Secretary Jasper Chimedza said as of Thursday, 1,036 suspected cases and 125 confirmed cases had been reported since the outbreak.

measles in Zimbabwe
August 15, 2022

We sent donkeys, other equipment to help Nigeria crush Biafra: Nigerien Defence Minister

“Niger has always been at Nigeria’s side in difficult times, Biafra Niger has sent soldiers and donkeys to defuse the bombs for the benefit of the military.”

Alkassoum Indatou