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Kenya’s Ministry of Health reported that the country’s positivity rate stood at 1.2% Monday after 1,318 samples were tested with 16 returning positive. The total number of confirmed cases in the country now stands at 252,688 from a total of 2,675,023 cumulative tests conducted since March, 2020. Kakamega and Meru…

Sudan’s military detained the prime minister and other civilian leaders on Monday and declared a state of emergency in a coup that endangered the country’s fragile transition from authoritarian rule to democracy. Lt. Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, speaking at a news conference on Monday afternoon, said the military had taken…

Police officers in Busia have arrested eight suspects in connection to the chaos that broke up during a visit by H.E the Deputy President Dr. William Ruto in Busia yesterday. The eight are part of a rowdy group that stoned and blocked motorists in Korinda area. They indiscriminately pelted stones…

Military forces detained a number of senior Sudanese government figures on Monday, the country’s information ministry said, as the country’s main pro-democracy group called on people to take to the streets to counter an apparent military coup. The ministry said the internet had been cut off and military forces closed…

A fatal blast that killed one person and injured three others at a popular roadside eatery in the outskirts of the Ugandan capital Kampala was an act of terror, police said on Sunday. Police spokesman Fred Enanga told reporters that the attackers arrived at the pork restaurant in northern Kampala…

The French military Thursday announced the killing of Nasser Al Tergui, a leading member of the Katiba Serma terrorist group affiliated with al-Qaeda, last week in Mali. In a statement, the French military said he was killed in an airstrike carried out by Barkhane military forces on Oct. 15. There…

The Eswatini government has directed the country’s main telecoms operator, MTN, to shut down social media giant Facebook, reports say. The move is in a bid to curb pro-democracy protests that have been going on for months amid calls for political reforms. Privately-owned pro-opposition Swaziland News website reported on the…

Morocco is banning flights to and from the UK because of rising coronavirus case rates. Airlines cancelled several flights between the countries on Wednesday before the suspension comes into effect at 11.59pm. Latest figures from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control show the north African country’s weekly rate…

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas tested positive Tuesday for COVID-19 and is isolating at home, the agency said. The secretary has been fully vaccinated and is experiencing only “mild congestion,” DHS said in a statement. The agency said he will work from home under the protocols recommended by the U.S.…

King Mswati III has ordered the immediate and indefinite closure of schools in Eswatini. This follows a protest by students and learners boycotting lessons and calling for free schooling, as well as an end to the King’s rule. “The past week has been marred by a spate of riots and…