Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Sunday canceled a trip to Russia for a BRICS summit after injuring his head, his office announced.It did not say how the injury occurred but said he was taken to a hospital where doctors found he had suffered a cut to the back of his head and …
Lula cancels trip to summit in Russia after injuring headSun, 20 Oct 2024 20:46:52 GMT Read More »
New Zealand all-rounder Amelia Kerr reached new heights with a superb performance with bat and ball that led her team to their first ever Women’s T20 World Cup title as they beat South Africa by a commanding 32 runs in Sunday’s final in Dubai.Kerr, who was named Player of the Match and Player of the …
A residential building collapsed in the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Sunday, leaving several people feared trapped, county officials and emergency responders said. Cases of buildings caving in are not uncommon in the country, often a result of shoddy construction and flouted regulations. The eight-storey building in Kahawa West, a densely-populated neighbourhood north of the capital, had been …
Eight-storey building collapses in Kenyan capitalSun, 20 Oct 2024 14:41:23 GMT Read More »
Kenya’s ousted Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua on Sunday lashed out at his boss William Ruto as “vicious” and cruel, warning that his life could be in danger. Gachagua was impeached by the Senate on five out of 11 charges levelled against him on Thursday, but a court order put his replacement process on hold.The embattled 59-year-old …
Kenya’s impeached deputy president blasts ‘vicious’ bossSun, 20 Oct 2024 13:14:11 GMT Read More »
Two dozen world leaders will meet in Russia next week for a summit of the BRICS group, an alliance of emerging economies that the Kremlin hopes will challenge Western “hegemony”.The summit will be the biggest in Russia since the Ukraine conflict began and comes as Russian President Vladimir Putin seeks to show Western attempts to …
Putin seeks to rival Western power with high-profile summitSun, 20 Oct 2024 05:58:14 GMT Read More »
Two close associates of Mozambique’s leading opposition candidate Venancio Mondlane, who ran for president in October 9 elections, were gunned down in Maputo on Saturday as they prepared to challenge the contested elections.Lawyer Elvino Dias and Paulo Guambe, another candidate from the Podemos party backing Mondlane, were travelling in a car in the centre of …
Whatever the result in Dubai on Sunday, there will be a new name on the trophy when New Zealand line up against South Africa in the final of the Women’s T20 World Cup. Australia’s dominance over the years, winning six of the eight previous tournaments has restricted the opportunities for anyone else. Only England, in the inaugural …
A fuel tanker explosion in northern Nigeria has killed more than 170 people, with a further 70 receiving intensive care in hospital, police said on Friday.A blast tore through crowds who had rushed to collect fuel spilling from a crashed tanker in the town of Majiya in Jigawa state late on Tuesday.”At the Federal Medical …
Death toll in Nigeria fuel tanker explosion rises to 170Fri, 18 Oct 2024 16:49:36 GMT Read More »
Kenya’s parliament on Friday unanimously voted to back President William Ruto’s pick to replace his impeached deputy Rigathi Gachagua, even as a High Court injunction threw the historic political process into disarray.In a fast-moving political drama, Gachagua was sacked by the upper house on Thursday night on accusations of stirring ethnic hatred and undermining the …
Ghana’s parliament has tipped in favour of the main opposition party by one seat, after the defection of four MPs, less than two months before general elections.Four lawmakers — two from the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), one from the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) and one independent — said they would run in …
