Ongoing downpours have killed another 29 people in Afghanistan over the past four days, the government disaster management department said Saturday. Afghanistan was parched by an unusually dry winter that desiccated the earth, followed by a two-week streak of downpours in most provinces that has caused sporadic flash flooding. Disaster Management Department spokesman Janan […]
A Kenyan military helicopter carrying top brass including the defence chief crashed on Thursday, police said. President William Ruto convened an urgent meeting of the National Security Council, his office announced after news of the crash emerged. Defence forces chief General Francis Omondi Ogolla was among those on board the helicopter that went down […]
President Joe Biden said Saturday that US forces helped take down “nearly all” the drones and missiles fired by Iran at Israel, adding that he had reaffirmed his “ironclad” support to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Biden added in a statement that he would convene his fellow leaders of the G7 group of wealthy nations […]
Thousands of people in Niger’s capital on Saturday protested for the immediate departure of US soldiers from the north, after the military junta in Niamey said it was withdrawing from a military agreement with Washington. Following a July coup, the West African country said in mid-March that the 2012 cooperation agreement had been “unilaterally […]
Russian military instructors have arrived in Niger with an air defence system and other equipment as part of the West African nation’s deepening security ties with Moscow, state television announced late Thursday. Niger’s military government agreed in January to step up military cooperation with Russia, after expelling French forces that were helping fight jihadist […]
Simon Harris became Ireland’s youngest ever prime minister Tuesday, pledging to bring “new energy” to the role but conceding that time is tight before looming crucial election tests. Harris, 37, replaces Leo Varadkar who abruptly quit last month citing personal and political reasons. Ireland’s parliament voted 88 to 69 in favour of Harris who […]
Anticipation is building in Mexico, the U.S. and Canada ahead of Monday’s total solar eclipse that will have millions of people looking skyward to marvel at the rare spectacle. The drama occurs when the moon passes between the earth and the sun, fully blocking the sun’s face and turning day into night. What looks […]
Left-wing pan-Africanist Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Tuesday became Senegal’s youngest president, pledging systemic change after years of deadly turmoil and announcing his mentor, opposition figure Ousmane Sonko, as prime minister. Faye, 44, has never previously held an elected office. He swept to a first-round victory on a promise of radical reform just 10 days […]
Propelled to power from humble roots despite never holding national elected office, Senegal’s president-elect Bassirou Diomaye Faye defied the odds by promising radical change and being guided by a charismatic mentor. Commonly known as Diomaye, which means “the honourable one” in the local Serer language, he won the March 24 presidential election with […]
A bus plunged off a bridge into a ravine and caught fire on Thursday in South Africa, killing 45 of the 46 people on board, the transport ministry said. An eight-year-old child was the sole survivor and had been taken to hospital with serious injuries. The vehicle had been heading from neighbouring Botswana to […]
