News24.com | Former Kenyan president Daniel Arap Moi has died
Former Kenyan president Daniel Arap Moi, who ruled the country with an iron fist between 1978 and 2002, has died aged 95, President Uhuru Kenyatta has announced. Moi’s 24-year rule…
News24.com | ‘Open an embassy in Jerusalem’, Netanyahu tells Uganda
Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday held talks with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and called for the opening of missions in each others’ countries, during a visit aimed at boosting ties.…
News24.com | Rape allegation rouses concerns over DRC evangelical churches
A rape accusation against a hugely popular revivalist preacher, gospel singer and televangelist has shone a light on the highly lucrative world of evangelical churches in the Democratic Republic of…
News24.com | Malawi’s constitutional court cancels presidential vote result
Malawi’s Constitutional Court on Monday ordered new elections after annulling the results of a vote that re-elected President Peter Mutharika in May, citing widespread irregularities. “We hold that the first…
News24.com | At least 13 children killed in Kenya school stampede: police
Thirteen children died and more than 40 others were injured in a stampede that occurred as they left school in western Kenya on Monday, local police said. “We have lost…
News24.com | Malawi anxiously awaits verdict on alleged presidential election fraud
Malawians waited with bated breath on Monday for a ruling on whether the controversial vote that saw President Peter Mutharika re-elected last May would be annulled, a verdict that is…
News24.com | ISIS claims attack on Egypt gas pipeline
The Islamic State group said on Monday it blew up a gas pipeline in Egypt’s restive Sinai Peninsula, claiming it was connected to Israel. Security sources earlier said the pipeline…
News24.com | Tanzania’s main opposition demands independent poll body
Tanzania’s main opposition Chadema party on Monday called for an independent electoral commission, amid concerns of a crackdown ahead of a general election later this year. President John Magufuli’s long-ruling…
News24.com | Gay community targeted and cut off from healthcare in Tanzania
Nairobi – Tanzanian gay activist Tee, 34, recalls with nostalgia a time when Tanzania was like “paradise” for LGBT people – before the 2015 election of President John Magufuli ushered…