Category: International

  • Pakistan railway bomb blast kills at least 24

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    Police say at least 24 people have been killed after a bomb exploded at a railway station in Pakistan’s Balochistan province. Dozens of others were injured in the blast, which happened as a popular morning train was about to leave Quetta station in southwestern Pakistan for Peshawar. A militant group, the Balochistan Liberation Army, said…

  • Rwandan man arrested over phone theft in Mombasa

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    A Rwandan man police believe to be the receiver of stolen mobile phones around Kisauni, Mombasa was arrested on Wednesday. Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) said they arrested Ndaziziye Augustin Umurundi at his residence after intelligence reports. “A thorough search of the premises uncovered a trove of ten mobile phones and a…

  • Ex-NYS procurement boss jailed for seven years in fraud case

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    NAIROBI Hendrick Nyongesa, a former head of procurement at the National Youth Service (NYS) has been sentenced to seven years in prison after being found guilty of falsifying a document contrary to Section 347(a) as read with Section 349 of the Penal Code. Additionally, Nyongesa has been sentenced to five years in prison for breach…

  • World reactions as Donald Trump wins US presidential election

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    Republican Donald Trump has won the US presidential election in a stunning comeback, The Associated Press news agency reports, with his projected victory in Wisconsin clearing the 270 Electoral votes needed to secure a return to the White House. Speaking in West Palm Beach, Florida, before the latest results came in, Trump pledged to bring a “golden…

  • ‘Don’t worry!’ Former DP Gachagua’s message to Mt Kenya region

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    Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has defended the apparent silence from his Mount Kenya backyard a week after his impeachment. Speaking on Friday in Limuru, Kiambu County, the ousted deputy president reassured his supporters that they shouldn’t be worried regarding the political future of the region, urging them to remain calm. Gachagua heaped praise on…

  • 23 Police officers injured in students’ riot

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    KENYA 23 police officers from Bungoma Police Station are nursing injuries after they confronted students of Bungoma National Polytechnic who had staged a riot at the college.  According to a police report obtained by Citizen Digital, the protests ensued on Tuesday when police officers were dispatched to quell the chaos.  The students, however, retreated and…

  • Rwandan government critic jailed

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    RWANDA A Rwandan YouTuber has been sentenced to seven years in prison for breaching the country’s laws on genocide denial. Rashid Hakuzimana, who was arrested in 2021, denied all the charges, which also included inciting ethnic division and spreading false information for claiming that anyone who dares to challenge President Paul Kagame in elections is…

  • Cameroon officials refute President Biya’s rumoured poor health

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    YAOUNDE Cameroon’s 91-year-old president, Paul Biya, is in good health, the government said on Tuesday in a statement, calling widespread reports saying otherwise “pure fantasy.” Biya has not been seen in public since attending a China-Africa forum in Beijing in early September. His failure to appear as scheduled at a summit in France last weekend stoked speculation…

  • Kenya Deputy President Gachagua Impeached

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    KENYA The Kenyan National Assembly has impeached Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua on grounds of corruption, following a decisive vote of 281 in favor and 44 against. This development makes Gachagua the first deputy president in Kenya’s history to be impeached and ordered to leave office. However, questions remain about whether he will immediately vacate his…