Across a country that has known little but turmoil for a generation, Syrians gathered Sunday to observe the 15th anniversary of the uprising that ultimately brought down Bashar al-Assad’s regime — a revolution that, after years of staggering bloodshed, finally reached its conclusion in the winter of 2024. It was on this date in 2011…
Kenya’s National Police Service is asking Parliament for an additional Sh21 billion to address severe shortages of vehicles, fuel and electricity at police stations, warning that the gaps could compromise security ahead of the 2027 general elections. Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja presented the request Thursday to the National Assembly’s Administration and Internal Security…
Voters in the Republic of Congo headed to the polls Sunday in a presidential election widely expected to extend President Denis Sassou Nguesso’s decades-long rule, with limited opposition and little uncertainty about the result. Polling stations opened at 7 a.m. local time and are scheduled to close at 6 p.m., giving more than 3.2 million…
Ugandan opposition leader and former pop star Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu — widely known as Bobi Wine — has left Uganda after spending more than two months in hiding amid a sweeping government crackdown following the disputed January 2026 presidential election, he announced on Saturday. The presidential election held on Jan. 15, 2026, saw President Yoweri…
Centum Investment Company has sold its entire stake in Sidian Bank, drawing a definitive close to a 25-year relationship with the fast-growing mid-tier lender that began when the institution still operated under the K-Rep Bank brand. The Nairobi Securities Exchange-listed firm said in a regulatory notice on Friday that it has completed the sale of…
Kenya finds itself trapped in a fiscal spiral that no amount of political maneuvering can paper over. The numbers are stark, total public debt has surged past Sh12.29 trillion — roughly $80 billion — by the end of December 2025, representing a 4 percent increase from just six months earlier and standing at approximately 2.6…
Equity Group Holdings, Kenya second-largest lender by assets, is in the advanced stages of spinning off its technology subsidiary into an independent company to unlock more value from the increasing use of artificial intelligence AI, data-driven services, cross-border transactions and digital payments, according to three people familiar with the matter. The Nairobi-headquartered conglomerate — which…
Kenya has nominated Supreme Court Justice Njoki Ndung’u for election to the bench of the International Criminal Court, positioning one of the country’s most experienced jurists for a global judicial role. President William Ruto submitted Ndung’u’s nomination for one of six judicial vacancies to be filled during the 25th session of the Assembly of States…
Kenya’s Public Service Commission has raised the retirement age for university lecturers to 70 years for professors, introducing a tiered system aimed at retaining experienced educators and researchers in public institutions. The policy, announced on Thursday, replaces the previous uniform retirement age of 60 and sets different limits based on academic rank and disability status….
Senegal’s National Assembly has overwhelmingly passed a new law doubling the maximum prison term for same-sex sexual relations to 10 years and criminalising the “promotion” of homosexuality, fulfilling a campaign promise of President Bassirou Diomaye Faye and Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko. A total of 135 members of parliament voted in favour, zero against and three…
