The president of the Rwanda Cycling Federation has resigned after allegations of corruption and sexual abuse were made against the organisation. Aimable Bayingana and his entire executive team have stood down, according to reports. The Rwanda Investigative Bureau (RIB) said it was investigating the allegations but would not comment further. Mr Bayingana has denied any […]
Seven police officers among the dead after gunmen attacked a bus in northeast Kenya, local media reported. At least 10 people, including several police officers, have been killed when gunmen attacked a bus in northeast Kenya. The vehicle belonging to the Medina Bus Company was attacked on Friday on a lonely stretch of road in the […]
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) – A six-storey residential building collapsed on Friday (Dec 6) in Kenya’s capital, officials said, with at least four people killed and others trapped in the debris. The scene was all too familiar in a city where an audit once found more than half of buildings unsafe for habitation. Associated Press video […]
Uganda suffers deadly landslides as tropical storm heading for the Somali coast raises fears of new floods. Tropical Cyclone Pawan is making its way to the Horn of Africa and heading for the Somali coast, raising fears of fresh flooding. Several countries in East Africa, including Somalia, Kenya, Uganda and Djibouti, have reported deadly floods and […]
JOHANNESBURG (AFP) – South African anti-apartheid icon and retired Cape Town archbishop Desmond Tutu appeared “in good spirits” on Thursday (Dec 5) at the hospital where he is being treated for an infection, his successor said. Tutu, hailed as the moral compass of the nation, was admitted to a Cape Town hospital on Wednesday for […]
WASHINGTON (AFP) – The United States said on Wednesday (Dec 4) it would name an ambassador to Sudan for the first time in 23 years as it welcomed the country’s new reformist civilian leader. The United States hailed early steps taken by Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok to “break with the policies and practices of the […]
At least 14 people have been killed after gunmen opened fire inside a church in Burkina Faso. The victims were attending a service at a church in Hantoukoura, in the eastern part of the country on Sunday. The identity of the gunmen is not known and the motive is unclear. Hundreds of people have been […]
Photos of a man allegedly masturbating in a car outside a high school in Tunisia have prompted an outpouring of stories by women about the sexual abuse and harassment they have experienced. They are being shared under the hashtag #EnaZeda, which means “MeToo” in Tunisian Arabic. The man in the photos is a recently elected […]
BENI, DR Congo (AFP) – A crowd in eastern DR Congo on Saturday (Nov 30) lynched two people they suspected of being members of a militia blamed for the killing of more than 100 civilians over the past month, an AFP journalist said. The killings came on the same day that the United Nations peacekeeping […]
ADF commander shot dead during operation in eastern DRC, army says, hours after assailants kill 13 in ‘gruesome’ attack. The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) army has said it killed a rebel leader in the country’s northeast, hours after attackers killed at least 13 people in the restive region. The announcement on Saturday morning […]