Election officials in Mozambique on Thursday announced that the ruling party, Frelimo, has won the country’s disputed elections extending its five-decade grip on power The party’s candidate, Daniel Chapo, will replace President Filipe Nyusi, who is stepping down after the maximum two terms. Frelimo has ruled the country since its independence from Portugal in 1975…
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Kenya Under-17 women’s football team has made history following their 2-1 victory over Mexico on October 24 at the ongoing FIFA U-17 World Cup in the Dominican Republic The glory marks Kenya’s first ever win in a FIFA World Cup as Mildred Cheche’s charges secured their only win in group C to exit the three-week…
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Speaker Enock Okero has been ousted from office by Members of the County Assembly (MCAs) of Nyamira for gross misconduct, among other charges. This follows a vote in which 23 MCAs supported the impeachment motion, while 11 abstained. Okero’s impeachment comes after his suspension two weeks ago by the same assembly, although he has since…
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Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has fired five ministers and appointed seven new ones in a major cabinet reshuffle aimed at making his administration more efficient, his office said Wednesday. The shake-up comes during worsening economic hardship and frustration with the administration in Africa’s most populous country. Tinubu appointed new ministers for humanitarian and poverty reduction,…
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The body of the missing Wajir Member of County Assembly (MCA) for Della Anole Ward, Yussuf Hussein Ahmed, was found in Lake Yahud area in Wajir County. This was more than a month since he went missing. Police were yet to comment on the developments. His family positively identified the mutilated body at a local…
14 passengers were seriously injured and one-year-old baby died were after a truck rammed into a matatu along the Narok-Maimahiu road in the Pinyinyi area of Narok County on Tuesday night. The incident occurred at 11:30pm, the matatu was heading towards Mai Mahiu with 15 passengers on board, according to police. As it was ascending…
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A fuel truck ran out of control and exploded into flames near the Ugandan capital on Tuesday, killing at least 10 people, a local official said. The disaster occurred on a highway in the town of Kigogwa, about 25 kilometres (15 miles) north of Kampala. “The death toll in the fuel explosion is so far…
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A two-year-old child has been confirmed dead following a fire incident at Mukuru Kwa Reuben in Nairobi. The mid-morning fire, which torched several houses, is said to have begun in one of the homes before spreading to the nearby mabati structures. Investigations into the cause of the fire have commenced. According to the child’s father,…
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Peru’s former President Alejandro Toledo on Monday was sentenced to 20 years and six months in prison in a case involving Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht, which became synonymous with corruption across Latin America, where it paid millions of dollars in bribes to government officials and others. Authorities accused Toledo of accepting $35 million in bribes…
An elderly man was struck by lightning in Kwa ward,Kuria West According to eye witnesses, the man was walking home from Migori town after completing his shift as a night guard, when he got caught up in heavy rains and was struck by lightning. “At first, some residents didn’t realise who it was on the…
