Who holds capital and political leverage — and how that power is exercised.
A senior Kenyan police officer was shot dead after he opened fire at a magistrate in court in the capital, Nairobi. The chief inspector, identified as Samson Kipchirchir Kipruto, was angered by the court's decision to cancel his wife's bail after she had absconded.
Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu has made light of his fall during Wednesday’s Democracy Day ceremony, saying it was his Yoruba culture on display.
A second person has died in South Africa this week from the viral infection mpox, says the health ministry, less than 24 hours after it announced the first death.
Rwanda has accused the United Nations refugee agency of lying after the body told a British court this week that asylum seekers sent to the East African country could be moved on to states where they risked torture or death.
The leader of South Africa’s Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) announced Wednesday that the party will join a proposed government of national unity
Vice-President Saulos Chilima and nine others died in a plane crash in northern Malawi. Chilima was vice-president for 10 years and formed his own party, the United Transformation Movement (UTM).
According to General Kenneth P. EKMAN, the head of American troops in Niger, this marks the official start of the withdrawal of American military personnel and equipment.
The president vowed that search operations would continue through the night and said authorities, using telecommunications towers, tracked the last known position of the plane to a 10-kilometer (6-mile) radius in one of the plantations.
For several days, there had been reports of shells hitting the city's South Hospital, causing injuries and deaths.
Only two candidates are sponsored by political parties: President Paul Kagame of the ruling Rwanda Patriotic Front and Habineza of the Green Party. All other seven aspirants registered to run as independent candidates.
The attacks primarily occurred on Friday night in the villages of Masala, Mapasana, and Mahini and were attributed to the ADF according to Lieutenant Colonel Mak Hazukay, an army spokesman in Congo’s North Kivu province.
The U.N.’s International Organization for Migration estimates that 15,000 to 20,000 migrants are stranded in rural olive groves near Tunisia’s central coastline.
The accused are charged with terrorism, attempted assassination, illegal possession of weapons and arms of war, and financing of terrorism in connection with the “attempted coup” on May 19.
Senior officials of the Democratic Alliance (DA), the main opposition party, are scheduled to meet on Monday to determine their stance. Meanwhile, the top leadership of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) held talks on Friday.
Alongside Somalia, Denmark, Greece, Pakistan, and Panama also secured seats on the Council in a secret ballot held by the UN General Assembly.
This measure, set to last for 45 days, aims to ensure a regular fuel supply, facilitate salary payments, and maintain tax contributions, according to Minister of Energy Development and Hydraulic Resources, Arthur Bertrand Piri.
