Kenya began three days of mourning on Friday after its defence chief and nine other senior military officers were killed in a helicopter crash, the latest accident to blight the nation’s military.General Francis Omondi Ogolla, the Chief of the Kenya Defence Forces (CDF), was killed when his helicopter went down shortly after takeoff in a …

Kenya mourns defence chief killed in helicopter crashFri, 19 Apr 2024 07:26:35 GMT Read More »

Kenya’s defence chief and nine other top brass died on Thursday in a military helicopter crash in a remote area of the country, President William Ruto said.”Today at 2:20 pm, our nation suffered a tragic air accident… I am deeply saddened to announce the passing of General Francis Omondi Ogolla, the Chief of the Kenya …

Kenya military chopper crash kills defence chiefThu, 18 Apr 2024 21:14:44 GMT Read More »

Kenya’s defence chief and nine other top brass died on Thursday in a military helicopter crash in a remote area of the country, President William Ruto said.”Today at 2:20 pm, our nation suffered a tragic air accident… I am deeply saddened to announce the passing of General Francis Omondi Ogolla,” Ruto told reporters.The president, who …

Kenya military helicopter crash kills defence chief, senior officersThu, 18 Apr 2024 17:56:44 GMT Read More »

Members of a 200-strong audience struggle to hold back tears as the credits roll on the film “Io Capitano” in a small auditorium in the outskirts of Senegal’s capital Dakar.The crowd has spent two hours following a pair of Senegalese teenagers as they risk their lives to reach Europe, facing a gruelling journey across the …

Team behind Italian film ‘Io Capitano’ returns to SenegalThu, 18 Apr 2024 16:46:45 GMT Read More »

International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva on Thursday drew attention to the suffering in Yemen and Sudan, both plagued by civil wars and often overshadowed by the plight of other countries.”When we have these highly visible wars like the one in Ukraine, like the one in Gaza… they overshadow the pain and suffering that is …

IMF chief urges attention to war-ravaged Yemen, SudanThu, 18 Apr 2024 16:46:37 GMT Read More »

Nigerian troops rescued another of the missing Chibok girls, 10 years after Boko Haram jihadists kidnapped more than 270 of them from their school in the northeast, the army said on Thursday.A decade after the abduction sparked international outcry, almost 100 of the girls seized at a secondary school in the Chibok district are still thought to …

A decade on, Nigeria army rescues abducted Chibok girlThu, 18 Apr 2024 15:49:33 GMT Read More »

Botswana’s 100m world silver medallist Letsile Tebogo said Thursday he believes 2024 will be the year African sprinters step up to dominate a track season that culminates in the Paris Olympics.The 20-year-old has already made a sparkling start to the season with a world record performance in the men’s 300 metres in South Africa in …

African sprinters primed to dominate track season, says TebogoThu, 18 Apr 2024 13:59:50 GMT Read More »

Burkina Faso has expelled three French diplomats for “subversive activities”, according to a foreign ministry note seen by AFP on Thursday, in a further sign of mounting tensions between the African state and its former colonial master.The three were declared “persona non grata” and told to leave the country in 48 hours, said a foreign …

Burkina Faso expels French diplomats for ‘subversive activities’Thu, 18 Apr 2024 13:11:55 GMT Read More »

A vehicle transporting local traders hit an improvised landmine killing at least 10 people and wounding 23 in an area of northeast Nigeria battling a long-running jihadist conflict, three paramilitary sources said on Thursday.The convoy of farmers and fishermen left the garrison town of Monguno on Wednesday on their way to Lake Chad when their …

Landmine blast kills 10 in northeast NigeriaThu, 18 Apr 2024 12:47:20 GMT Read More »

The deadly heatwave that hit Africa’s Sahel region in early April would not have occurred without human-induced climate change, according to a study by the World Weather Attribution (WWA) group published Thursday.The West African nations of Mali and Burkina Faso experienced an exceptional heatwave from April 1 until April 5, with soaring temperatures above 45 …

‘Human-induced’ climate change behind deadly Sahel heatwave: studyThu, 18 Apr 2024 09:58:55 GMT Read More »