Pork barrel: Kenya’s plan to set up embassy in Kosovo ushers in ‘transactional diplomacy’
Foreign office and office of the president dismissed the allegations as “illogical” but stayed clear of Serbia’s allegations that Ruto was bribed with big businesses to recognise Kosovo.
Israel army takes journalists on tour of tunnel under Gaza hospital deemed command centre of Hamas, body of Sinwar’s brother found
Mohammed Sinwar was the younger brother of Yahya Sinwar, the Palestinian militant group’s deceased leader and mastermind of the October 2023 attack on Israel that killed 1,200 people according to Israeli tallies and which triggered the Israeli invasion of Gaza.
Pakistan to Spain: Deadly journey via Africa illegal migrants travel; why smugglers are using longer, more dangerous migration routes
During the six months Iqbal and Ali were in Mauritania, smugglers moved them repeatedly, beating them to extract more money. While he managed to get some money sent from Pakistan, Iqbal did not tell his family of his dire situation.
Ethnic profile: How Rapid Support Forces attack, kill non-Arab Masalit under pretext Tawila is ‘military zone’
The RSF has sought to justify the attack by claiming that Zam Zam was a “military zone” used by armed groups supporting the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) in El Fasher. In reality, the camp was overwhelmingly a civilian space, home to hundreds of thousands of displaced people.
No respite for the displaced in Sudan’s Darfur as paramilitary-turned-rebel RSF turn guns on civilians
Today, the town is one of Darfur and Sudan’s epicentres of displacement, its resources and solidarity stretched to breaking point as hundreds of thousands seek safety there from attacks by the paramilitary-turned-rebel Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
Ghana endorses Morocco’s autonomy plan for Western Sahara after similar stands by Kenya, the UK
Ghana and Morocco also agreed to promote defence cooperation and work on a visa waiver deal. With Morocco home to fertilizers and phosphates giant OCP, the two countries agreed to cooperate on food security, the statement said.
Ex-Sudan PM Hamdok accuses military and paramilitary of atrocities, doubts any side can win the war
Fighting between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has left at least 24,000 dead, though many believe the true toll is far worse. Both sides stand accused of war crimes.
Golden waste: How environmentalist rake in millions from garbage in Kenya’s frontier town of Garissa
In 2021, Kenya imported approximately 575,290 tonnes of raw plastic materials, valued at around Ksh98.2 billion.
‘Worst fears’ confirmed of dozens of migrants killed and dumped in Libya as UN discovers bodies
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said he was shocked by revelations that gross rights violations were uncovered at detention facilities in Tripoli run by the Stabilisation Support Authority or SSA, an armed group whose commander Abdel-Ghani al-Kikli, was killed in militia fighting in mid-May.
ICC sets precedent after it resolves to try fugitive Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony in absentia
The LRA began its attacks in Uganda in the 1980s, when Kony sought to overthrow the government. After being pushed out of Uganda, the militia terrorized villages in Congo, Central African Republic and South Sudan. It was notorious for using child soldiers, mutilating civilians and enslaving women.
