Africa
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‘Stop killing women’: Kenyans protest femicide scourge
Hundreds of protesters marched through Kenya’s capital on Monday against the high number of killings of women and children.
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Kenyan president defends Ebola facility after criticism
Kenya’s president defended on Tuesday the opening of an Ebola quarantine centre for US nationals, after a court temporarily blocked the proposal and security forces teargassed protesters. The facility was due to open in the…
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Clashes in DR Congo town after deadly incursion
Clashes broke out on Sunday in the northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo after at least seven people were killed in an attack by Islamic State-linked rebels, local and military sources told AFP.
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Uganda records two new Ebola cases: health ministry
Uganda confirmed two new Ebola cases on Friday, bringing the total to nine — including one fatality — since the outbreak was declared on May 15 in the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Eight students arrested over ‘suspected arson attack’ at Kenyan girls’ school
Kenyan police on Friday said eight students had been arrested over a suspected arson attack at a girls’ school that killed 16 children and hospitalised 79 others.
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U.S commits Ksh.1.75B to boost Kenya’s Ebola preparedness amid quarantine facility outcry
Kenya President Dr. William Ruto, on Thursday, May 28, held a phone call discussion with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on the ongoing Ebola outbreak.
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High Court Stops Establishment of Ebola Quarantine Facility in Kenya
The Court granted interim conservatory orders restraining the state from establishing, operationalising, approving, or facilitating any Ebola exposure, quarantine, isolation, or treatment facility in Kenya under any arrangement with the United States or any other…
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US Preparing Ebola Quarantine Center in Kenya: WSJ
The center would be for Americans “who would need to quickly get out of DRC and quarantine,” the newspaper quoted one administration official as saying.
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Benin Soldiers Killed in Jihadist Zone Attacks: Military
The attacks were claimed by the Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM), which is linked to Al Qaeda and has been active in Benin and the neighbouring countries of Niger and Burkina…
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Senegal’s ousted PM Sonko elected National Assembly speaker
Sonko, the sole candidate for the position, received 132 votes, with no member voting against him and one abstaining, according to the session’s presiding member Ismael Diallo.
