Politics or banditry: Speculation rife as Kenya’s military chief dies in suspect helicopter crash
Gen Ogolla, 61, was on a tour of the country’s troubled western region that has seen frequent attacks by local bandits. He was appointed Kenya’s Chief of Defence Forces in April last year after Gen Robert Kibochi retired.
Explainer: How UN food security agency uses deaths and malnutrition to declare famine
In the 21st century, climate-related famines have largely been averted thanks to an innovative tool to track acute hunger, developed during the crisis in Somalia in 2004 by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and now used by humanitarian agencies worldwide. This initiative is called the Integrated Security Phase Classification or IPC.
Burkina Faso slapstwo-week suspension on BBC, VOA radio broadcasts over extrajudicial killings coverage
In the report based on its own investigation, the watchdog said that the West African country’s military summarily executed about 223 villagers, including at least 56 children, in February as part of a campaign against civilians accused of collaborating with jihadist militants.
Chad and Niger question US counterterrorism role in Africa as Washington influence recedes
Called status-of-forces agreements, these deals allow the US to conduct critical counterterrorism operations within both countries’ borders and have supported military partner training. The reversals have prompted concern that US influence in Africa is losing ground to overtures from Russia and China.
Haiti interim government sworn in as gangs hold capital ‘hostage’ and Kenya promises ‘rapid deployment’
Armed gangs, equipped with weapons trafficked largely from the United States, have for years tightened their grip on the capital and sought to topple Henry. Since he pledged to resign last month, they have called for a broader “revolution”.
Why pessimism has dethroned optimism in South Africa 30 years after Nelson Mandela gallantly rode to power
As the country gears up for celebrations on Saturday to mark 30 years of freedom and democracy, much of the enthusiasm and optimism of that period has subsided as Africa’s most developed economy faces a myriad of challenges.
Biden signs into law Congress bill that bans TikTok use in America as its Chinese owners vow to go to court
TikTok also has come under fire for its negative influence on children and teenagers, including data collection and other privacy issues. However, the bill’s language appears to leave room for the US government to do more than just target TikTok and its parent company or address concerns over what content children are exposed to or about their privacy.
‘I knew they were killing people’: Whistleblower narrates how hospitals in USA forced Covid positive results
Zowe also addressed the misuse of ventilators. “At one point they [hospital intranet system] sent out a message that said the FiO2 [oxygen concentration] settings on the ventilators have been killing people,” she said. But when she went back to look for the message, it had been deleted.
As US Supreme Court starts hearing Trump’s insurrection case judges seem to lean towards immunity
Trump has pleaded not guilty in this case and in three other criminal cases he faces, including an ongoing trial on New York state charges related to hush money paid to a porn star shortly before the 2016 US election that put him in the White House. Trump did not attend the Supreme Court arguments because he was in a Manhattan courtroom in that case.
Inmates break free from Nigerian prison after heavy overnight rains destroy parts of the facility
In addition to being overcrowded with 70 per cent of the inmates still awaiting trial, most prisons in Nigeria are old, having been built during the colonial era before the West African nation’s independence from Britain in 1960.
Ariel Henry resigns as prime minister of Haiti, paving way for a new government to take power
Henry presented his resignation in a letter signed in Los Angeles, dated April 24, and released on Thursday by his office on the same day a council tasked with choosing a new prime minister and Cabinet for Haiti was due to be sworn in.
Flooding kills 155 people in Tanzania as torrential rains pound Eastern Africa as weathermen forecast more
Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa told parliament that the El Niño climate pattern has worsened the ongoing rainy season, causing the flooding and destroying roads, bridges and railways. Flooded schools have been closed and emergency services have rescued people marooned by the flood waters.
