Africa

Kenya’s President-elect William Ruto, whose victory has been upheld by the Supreme Court, has pledged to unite the country and assured dissenting voices that they will not be victimized. Mr Ruto has also said he has not spoken to outgoing President Uhuru Kenyatta in months but would now place a …

At least 17 people died over the weekend in an attack attributed to a terrorist group close to Al-Qaeda targeting transport buses in the Hiran region of central Somalia. According to the official Somali news agency Suna, it was the al-Shabab militia that carried out this operation. “Seventeen civilians were …

Kenyan Supreme Court dismissed several opposition petitions to overturn the August 9 election result, ruling that William Ruto was properly elected president. Eternal opponent Raila Odinga and others had alleged that massive fraud, including tampering with results forms, had taken place. “The court dismissed the eight petitions challenging the election …

Ranked among the richest businesswomen in Cameroon, Françoise Puene, a former donut trader, is now at the head of Franco group, operating in hotel industry. Her fortune is estimated at billions of CFA francs. CEO of the Franco Group, her fortune is without mystery built under the sun in the …

William Ruto, Kenya’s president-elect, said he would accept Supreme Court verdict on Monday on petitions challenging his victory, although he asked the country to pray for a smooth transition for President Uhuru Kenyatta . President Kenyatta backed Raila Odinga, leader of the Azimio la Umoja One Kenya coalition party, in …

Police in Uganda arrested a woman who was captured in a viral video torturing her two-year-old daughter for refusing to bath, local media reported. The suspect, Dorothy a 22-year-old mother-of-three, was arrested after the viral video sparked global outrage. She was caught on footage beating her daughter repeatedly with a …

Two people died in the Nigerian commercial capital Lagos after a seven storey building under construction collapsed, Reuters reported, citing Lagos State Emergency Management Agency. The incident happened in the early hours of Sunday and rescue efforts were underway to find survivors, the agency said. The building was being constructed …

State and private actors in the energy sector from Mauritania, Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Guinea Conakry and Senegal met on September 1 in Diamniadio in Senegal to discuss on “the future of natural gas”. Since the start of the war in Ukraine, gas has become a rare commodity and African countries …

A popular Nigerian singer has been arrested for allegedly assaulting and abducting a police officer who had detained him. Ice Prince, whose real name is Henry Zamani, was arrested at 03:00 on Friday for driving without car licence plates, said Lagos Police Command spokesman Benjamin Hundeyin. “He, thereafter, abducted the …

Nearly 682 security incidents were recorded from April 1 to June 2022 in Mali, according to the quarterly note of the United Nations Mission in Mali (Minusma) on human rights violations published on Wednesday. In three months, 317 civilians were killed and 73 others abducted or disappeared. In its report, …