Kenya’s deployment to Haiti will still happen – Ruto
Kenya’s President William Ruto has said that a planned deployment of police officers to Haiti will go ahead as soon…
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Kagame agrees to meet Tshisekedi over eastern DR Congo crisis
Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has agreed to meet with his Democratic Republic of the Congo counterpart Felix Tshisekedi to discuss the ongoing crisis in eastern Congo, the Angolan government has said.
TV anchor cleared of murder gets top government job
A TV anchor who was acquitted of murder has now been hired for a senior job in the Kenyan government, to the astonishment of some in the country.
Ghana’s deputy finance minister dies aged 45
Tributes are being paid to Ghana’s Deputy Finance Minister John Kumah, who died of an undisclosed illness on Thursday.
He was aged 45.
Sale of meat banned in Kampala – reports
Animal authorities in Uganda have reportedly banned the sale of meat in the capital, Kampala, as part of restrictions to curb an outbreak of the foot-and-mouth disease, which affects animals.
US court dismisses suit over child labour in DR Congo mines
A US federal appeals court dismissed a lawsuit that alleged that five major tech companies were complicit in the use of child labour to mine cobalt in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Six dead after flash floods in Malawi
At least six people have died and four were injured from last week’s flash floods in central Malawi, local authorities said.
Ghanaian chef fails to break cooking marathon world record
Guinness World Records (GWR) has dismissed a Ghanaian chef’s attempt to break the world record for the longest cooking marathon by an individual, her team says.
South Africa shooting: Johannesburg student killed by stray bullet
A university student has been killed and another seriously injured by stray bullets as gunmen shot dead two men in a parked car on a busy street near the centre of the South African city of Johannesburg, police say.
Ethiopian artefact withdrawn from auction after complaint
A UK auction house has cancelled the sale of a shield looted from Ethiopia by British soldiers in the 19th Century. The move came after a complaint from the Ethiopian government..
The artefact was taken during the battle of Magdala in 1868 from what was then known as Abyssinia.
