Africa

Somalia has once again pushed back the deadline for completing parliamentary elections, which are already more than a year overdue, because of political disputes. The remaining 50 seats in the country’s lower house must now be filled by the end of this month. Somalia has not held a one-person-one-vote election …

The UN’s Global Fund said hundreds of thousands of condoms, mosquito nets and tuberculosis drugs have disappeared from a warehouse run by the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA). The UN Global Fund to Fight HIV, Tuberculosis and Malaria has accused KEMSA of stealing drugs. It said they were resold on …

The United Nations Security Council has announced that it has extended the mandate of the peacekeeping mission in South Sudan for one year. The majority voted for the extension but Russia and China abstained from the vote, the AP news agency reported. The UN retained the 19,000-strong contingent comprising of …

More than ten Kenyan soldiers died and five others injured in an attack by Al-Shabab fighters in Gedo region, near the Kenya-Somalia border. It comes after their vehicle ran over an improvised explosive device(IED). Officials have yet to reveal their names, but a former Kenyan presidential candidate said on Twitter …

Authorities in Nigerian Borno State said a stray lion has been shot dead by hunters in a remote area near the country’s border with Cameroon, the BBC reports. The carcass of the lion has been deposited at the government-run zoo in the state capital, Maiduguri. Authorities say the lion was …

Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga has called on the country’s electoral commission to make the upcoming elections free and fair. In an interview with the BBC, Odinga said the country’s election commission should ensure free and fair elections. He said he has been victim of unfair elections in the past …

The wearing of masks in public in Namibia and negative PCR tests for vaccinated visitors are no longer required, President Hage Geingob said on Tuesday, as active COVID-19 cases fall to just a couple of hundred. Infections peaked at more than 30,000 per month in June 2021 but the southern …

Kenyan Vice President William Ruto will represent his new United Democratic Alliance party in the August elections after his public split with President Uhuru Kenyatta who is backing another candidate. Ruto will compete with veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga, who has secured Kenyatta’s support. Kenyatta, who must stand down after …

The South African Competition Commission on Monday said it had taken Facebook and WhatsApp owner Meta Platforms to court for allegedly abusing its dominant position in the market, Reuters reports. In a statement, the regulator accused Meta of “abusing its dominance by engaging in exclusionary conduct geared at preventing competitors …

The US Department of State has rejected the latest request for recognition by the leader of self-declared republic of Somaliland. Although secessionist from Somalia more than 30 years ago, Somaliland is still not recognized as an independent state by the African Union or the United Nations. Its president Muse Bihi …