East Africa

Four bodies were discovered on Sunday on a farm believed to belong to the Kenyan army, sparking outrage among residents, the BBC reported. The four young men are alleged to have trespassed on the farm near a Kenya Defence Forces barracks in Uasin Gishu county, in the Rift Valley region, …

Ugandan health authorities are investigating an unidentified disease outbreak that has killed at least 12 people in a span of two weeks in Kyotera district in the central region. Affected patients had rashes on the skin which kept widening, before dying in a matter of days. Some had swollen limbs. …

Kenyan police have arrested eight people they accuse of being involved in a colossal scam that they say costs $439 trillion. The figure has raised eyebrows as it’s nearly 200 times the total value of US dollars in global circulation. In a post on social media, the authorities said the …

Kenyan parliament has approved sending a contingent of police officers to help quell gang violence in Haiti, despite a court order barring the sending of the officers pending the hearing of a case. The MPs’ decision came on Thursday, just as the court was hearing a petition on the legality …

Malawi’s President Lazarus Chakwera has suspended with immediate effect all international travel involving himself and all government officials. He has also ordered all ministers currently outside the country to return home. Speaking in a televised address on Wednesday night, he also announced restrictions on local travel and a reduction by …

A 9-year-old girl was defiled in a sorghum farm by an unknown man at Shauri Yako estate in Homa Bay townin Kenya, according to report. The victim was on her way to her grandmother’s house before the suspect grabed her into the farm. The victim stabbed her eyelids with a …

The government in Kenya declared Monday a public holiday to encourage residents to plant 100 million trees across the country. President William Ruto has pledged that 15 billion trees will be planted by 2032 to boost Kenya’s forest cover following the Horn of Africa region’s worst drought in 40 years. …

A Kenyan cult pastor accused of leading a cult and being responsible for the deaths of more than 400 people, has been found guilty on separate charges. A court in the coastal town of Malindi convicted Paul Mackenzie of illegally operating a film studio associated with his preaching and distributing …

Prosecutors in Burundi are seeking life imprisonment for former Prime Minister Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni, who is on trial for seven charges, including using witchcraft to threaten the president’s life, the BBC reported. Mr Bunyoni’s trial started in September, a year after he was fired by President Evariste Ndayishimiye over suspicions that …

South African opposition leader Julius Malema has criticised Kenya’s President William Ruto for failing to fulfil the promises he made to Kenyans when he ran for office last year. Speaking on Thursday at the launch of the Pan African Institute in Kenya, Mr Malema accused President Ruto of backtracking on …