Huge crowds gathered across Kenya on Thursday as the body of revered opposition leader Raila Odinga was repatriated from India, forcing the authorities to suspend flights and change memorial plans.As a large number of mourners gathered at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport to greet the coffin, the civil aviation authority announced that it had temporarily suspended …
Colonel Michael Randrianirina had already become the face of Madagascar’s military mutiny when he stood in uniform outside the presidential palace on Tuesday and told AFP the army had “taken power”.The 51-year-old commander with a history of opposing President Andry Rajoelina stepped into the limelight Saturday as leader of the mutinied CAPSAT contingent, declaring in …
Placards and slogans against France that surfaced in demonstrations against impeached President Andry Rajoelina this week exposed deep resentment against the former colonial power.”France out”, “Rajoelina and Macron out”, said banners after French media reported that the president had fled on a French military plane as an army unit threw its weight behind protesters calling …
Madagascar’s protests fan anger against colonial FranceThu, 16 Oct 2025 07:07:08 GMT Read More »
Military officers who seized power in Madagascar in a protest crisis said their leader would be sworn in as the country’s new president on Friday.The military leadership under Colonel Michael Randrianirina has promised elections within two years after President Andry Rajoelina was impeached following weeks of popular demonstrations.The international community voiced alarm, with the United …
Madagascar braced for military rule Wednesday after an elite army unit seized power following President Andry Rajoelina’s impeachment, promising elections within two years as the international community voiced alarm over the crisis.The poor Indian Ocean nation was plunged into its worst political upheaval in years after the CAPSAT military contingent assumed power moments after parliament …
Madagascar enters military rule after colonel seizes powerWed, 15 Oct 2025 18:04:18 GMT Read More »
“A king”, “a hero”, “Nelson Mandela”, “Jesus Christ” — no superlatives were too much for the crowd that came to mourn the death of Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga at his Nairobi home on Wednesday.That he failed to win the presidency no less than five times is not the point for the fans of “Baba” …
Kenyans swarm home of fallen ‘hero’ Raila OdingaWed, 15 Oct 2025 14:00:20 GMT Read More »
Madagascar braced for a new era of military rule Wednesday, a day after an elite army unit seized power following President Andry Rajoelina’s impeachment and pledged elections in less than two years.The CAPSAT military contingent assumed power Tuesday moments after parliamentarians voted overwhelmingly to impeach Rajoelina, who appeared to have fled the island nation as …
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga, a “towering statesman” over decades of upheaval, died at the age of 80 on Wednesday during a health visit to India — a political earthquake that leaves the east African nation on an uncertain path.Emotional scenes of mourning broke out across Kenya for its perennial opposition figure, who ran unsuccessfully …
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga has died at the age of 80 during a health visit to India, local police said Wednesday — a political earthquake that could transform politics in the east African nation.Odinga was the perennial opposition figure of Kenyan politics, running unsuccessfully for the presidency on five occasions, most recently in 2022. Affectionately …
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga dies in IndiaWed, 15 Oct 2025 08:35:47 GMT Read More »
