Today, the pontoons sit ashore, mercifully redundant. You might spot them while crossing the 923-meter (3,028-foot)…
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Kenya election presidential candidate Odinga rejects results
“In our view, there is neither a legally and validly declared winner nor a president-elect,” the…
William Ruto declared winner of Kenyan presidential vote amid chaos at election center
Ruto won with 50.49% of the vote, narrowly defeating veteran opposition leader and former Prime Minister…
50 killed and many displaced in northern Nigeria flooding
“When you go around [Jigawa State], we lost about 50 people to the flood,” Yusuf told…
Dozens killed in Egypt church fire
At least two officers and three civil protection service members were injured responding to the fire…
Kenya electoral officials blame presidential candidates’ agents for results delay
The chair of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) accused party agents of approaching the…
At least 21 protesters killed during anti-government protests in Sierra Leone, sources say
The officers, six men and two women, were “brutalized” and killed in the area where the…
Curfew declared in Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown amid violent anti-government protests
The protests grew violent at times. Graphic images and video of battered and seriously injured protesters…
Kenyans have cast their ballots for a new leader in a fiercely-contested race that’s too close to call
Many polling stations in Eldoret city, a stronghold of presidential candidate and current deputy president William…
This East African nation is known for stability. But drought and rising prices are fuelling insecurity
The pestilence of Covid is still in the dust-choked air, the ground is baked by drought.…
