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Kenya’s Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua was ousted from office on Thursday after being impeached in an unprecedented political saga that has gripped the nation.In a historic move, the Senate voted to impeach Gachagua on five of 11 charges, after a similar motion was overwhelmingly approved by the lower house National Assembly last week.The vote capped …

Kenya deputy president ousted in historic impeachmentThu, 17 Oct 2024 21:43:58 GMT Read More »

Kenya’s Geoffrey Rigathi Gachagua was a scandal-tainted political novice when he rode an anti-establishment wave to become deputy president — only to be kicked out of office after just two years.”Riggy G”, as he is often known, suffered the ultimate political ignominy on Thursday when he was sacked following historic impeachment votes in both houses …

Kenya’s scandal-tainted Rigathi GachaguaThu, 17 Oct 2024 21:05:54 GMT Read More »

A superb 74 not out from Anneke Bosch fired South Africa into the Women’s T20 World Cup final as they demolished defending champions Australia by eight wickets in Dubai on Thursday. Set 135 to win, South Africa reached their target with 16 balls to spare, with Bosch, who struck eight fours and a six in her 48-ball …

Bosch stuns Australia as South Africa reach Women’s T20 World Cup finalThu, 17 Oct 2024 17:52:13 GMT Read More »

The unprecedented impeachment trial of Kenya’s Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua was thrown into disarray on Thursday after his lawyer said he had fallen ill and was in hospital.The news prompted Senate speaker Amason Kingi to briefly suspend the session but the upper house later rejected a bid by Gachagua’s defence team to adjourn the trial …

Kenya deputy president impeachment trial in chaos after he falls illThu, 17 Oct 2024 16:10:30 GMT Read More »

Some 1,100 people across Africa have died from mpox, the African Union’s health agency said Thursday, warning that the epidemic was “going out of control” without further action.In all, 42,000 cases have been recorded in Africa since January, the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said, with cases reported for the first time …

1,100 mpox deaths recorded across Africa: CDCThu, 17 Oct 2024 15:14:06 GMT Read More »

Niger’s military authorities have banned rice, cereal and other food exports to all countries except fellow junta-led Burkina Faso and Mali to protect local supply, the government has said.With the Sahel nation experiencing high inflation on certain foods, the products banned for export besides rice include legumes such as cowpea as well as cereals like …

Niger bans grain exports to all bar Burkina, MaliThu, 17 Oct 2024 14:10:52 GMT Read More »

The impeachment trial of Kenya’s Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua was thrown into disarray on Thursday after his lawyer said he had fallen ill and was in hospital.The news prompted Senate speaker Amason Kingi to suspend sittings until 5:00 pm (1400 GMT), the latest twist in a political drama that has transfixed the East African country.”The …

Kenya deputy president falls ill during impeachment trialThu, 17 Oct 2024 13:06:35 GMT Read More »

African anti-Western activist Kemi Seba has been released from French custody without any charges two days after his arrest, prosecutors said Thursday.Pan-African militant Seba, whose real name is Stellio Gilles Robert Capo Chichi, was detained Monday on suspicion of “foreign interference” in French affairs, prosecutors said.The activist, who has been sentenced in France several times …

France releases African activist Kemi Seba without chargesThu, 17 Oct 2024 11:10:10 GMT Read More »

Kenya’s upper house of parliament is set to vote Thursday on whether to remove Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua from office in an unprecedented political saga that has gripped the nation.The Senate will give its verdict at the end of the second day of an impeachment trial against the embattled number two to President William Ruto.It …

Kenya Senate to vote on deputy president’s impeachmentThu, 17 Oct 2024 06:22:45 GMT Read More »

In a dilapidated building in Mozambique’s Indian Ocean city of Beira, a dozen young men work away at handcrafting humble coffins from wooden pallets discarded by cargo ships that dock at its huge port. Sawdust floats in the air and the sound of hammering fills the workshop where the only electric equipment — a makeshift saw …

In Mozambique’s Beira, shipping pallets repurposed as coffinsThu, 17 Oct 2024 05:41:57 GMT Read More »