At least 19 people have died and dozens remain missing after a passenger boat capsized on Lake Mai-Ndombe in western Democratic Republic of Congo, authorities confirmed on Saturday. Winds cripple engine, boat overturns The wooden vessel left Kiri village for Kinshasa late Thursday when strong winds disabled one engine, causing it to overturn, Mai-Ndombe provincial…
The African Union has suspended Guinea-Bissau from all its activities with immediate effect after soldiers seized power in the West African state on Wednesday. AU and ECOWAS act swiftly The African Union Peace and Security Council announced the suspension on Friday, citing its zero-tolerance policy on unconstitutional changes of government. The 15-member council demanded the…
General Horta Inta-A Na Man has appointed a close ally of deposed president Umaro Sissoco Embalo as prime minister, deepening questions over whether the recent coup was genuine or staged. General Horta Inta-A, who declared himself transitional president on Thursday, on Friday named Ilidio Vieira Te – Embalo’s former finance minister and campaign director –…
Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla has abruptly resigned from the National Assembly amid a police probe into claims she helped recruit 17 South African men to fight for Russia in Ukraine. The 42-year-old politician, a member of the opposition uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party founded by her father, former president Jacob Zuma, stepped down on Friday. She had been…
A high court in Machakos has declared unconstitutional parts of a 2012 seed law that criminalised the sharing of traditional seeds, removing the threat of prison and heavy fines for thousands of smallholder farmers. The ruling delivered on 27 November by Justice Rhoda Rutto strikes down sections of the Seed and Plant Varieties Act that…
In a bold escalation of his immigration crackdown, United States President Donald Trump announced late Thursday a permanent halt to migration from all “third-world countries,” framing the move as essential for America’s recovery from what he described as decades of flawed policies. The declaration, posted on his Truth Social platform, comes amid heightened tensions following…
Guinea-Bissau’s deposed president Umaro Sissoco Embalo arrived in Senegal on Thursday evening, one day after soldiers overthrew him in a swift military coup that has thrown the small West African nation into fresh turmoil. The 52-year-old former brigadier-general, who had been detained in Bissau since Wednesday, was flown out on a Senegalese government-chartered military aircraft…
Twenty-seven-year-old Boyd Ong’ondo Were, son of the late former Kasipul MP Ong’ondo Were, has been declared winner of Thursday’s parliamentary by-election in the western Kenya constituency, delivering a strong victory for the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM). Returning officer Rebecca Abwaku announced the final results at the Oyugis tallying centre early Friday, stating that Were polled…
David Ndakwa of the ruling United Democratic Alliance (UDA) was on Friday declared winner of the hotly contested Malava parliamentary by-election, beating his closest challenger by just over 1,300 votes. Returning Officer Salim Abdala announced at the Malava tallying centre that Ndakwa secured 21,564 votes against Seth Panyako of Democratic Action Party-Kenya (DAP-K), who managed…
Leo Wamuthende of the ruling United Democratic Alliance has won the hotly contested Mbeere North parliamentary by-election, beating independent candidate Newton Kariuki by a slim margin of 494 votes in a race widely seen as a showdown between Deputy President Kithure Kindiki and former deputy president Rigathi Gachagua. Official results released in the early hours…
