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Kenya: Deputy president Gachagua pleads not guilty in Senate impeachment trial/in /by
The Vice president of Kenya Rigathi Gachagua pleaded not-guilty to all 11 charges levelled against him in the Senate impeachment trial on Wednesday (Oct. 16).
Haitian prime minister urges Kenyan president to reinforce security mission/in /by
This request for additional officers comes in light of the 400 Kenyan officers already committed to a U.N.-backed Multinational Security Mission, aimed at stabilizing Haiti.
Italy delivers first migrants to Albania under controversial agreement/in /by
Under the deal, thousands of male asylum seekers picked up by Italian rescue services in the Mediterranean, will be processed at two centres in Albania.
Nigeria Super Eagles arrive in Abuja, after boycotting AFCON qualifier in Libya/in /by
Nigeria's Super Eagles squad arrived in Abuja on Tuesday, after boycotting their AFCON qualifier. The decision came after the team were stranded overnight at an airport in Libya, in what the team captain called 'mind games'. The Libyan Football Federation has rejected suggestions of foul play.
South Africa: Suspected murderer waives bail/in /by
A man accused of killing 18 people in mass shootings at two separate homes on the same night in South Africa waived his bail request Tuesday and remains in custody.
Kenya relocates 50 elephants to larger park to ease overcrowding/in /by
The population in the smaller Mwea National Reserve had risen to over 150, way above the maximum capacity.
Gasoline tanker explosion in Nigeria kills over 140, injures dozens/in /by
"Close to 140 people were put in a mass grave apart from people buried in other places," Nura Abdullahi, head of the National Emergency Management Agency in the region, told The Associated Press.
Viral Facebook video poses threat to Nigeria’s LGBTQ+ community – Meta/in /by
The report said the damage done by the video, which was viewed more than 3.6 million times between December 2023 and February this year, was "immediate and impossible to undo."
Saudi Arabia, Egypt strengthen investment ties, urge Gaza and Lebanon Ceasefires/in /by
Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman attended talks in Cairo with Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Tuesday. The two leaders agreed to strengthen investment ties, and urged for steps to be taken to secure ceasefires in Gaza and Lebanon.
Kylian Mbappé trains with Real Madrid, amid Swedish reports of rape allegation/in /by
French footballer Kylian Mbappé was seen training with Real Madrid on Tuesday, amid reports in Swedish media that he is under investigation for alleged rape. Mbappé has denounced the reports, which come after he visited Stockholm last week, as 'fake news'.