USA: Friends TV comedy star Matthew Perry dies at 54

US actor Matthew Perry, best known for playing wisecracking Chandler Bing in the hit ’90s TV sitcom Friends, has died at the age of 54. The actor was found dead…

Kenya: Pro-Palestine protesters briefly detained

Kenyan police have released three people who were arrested for participating in a pro-Palestine meeting in the capital, Nairobi. The three were freed on Sunday without charges after widespread criticism…

Tanzania: AUthorities sign the contested port deal with UAE firm

Tanzania has signed a 30-year port management agreement with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), despite opposition to the deal. Under the agreement, Dubai Port (DP) World will run four berths…

Nigeria: Supreme court hears presidential poll challenge

Nigeria’s Supreme Court has begun hearing the opposition’s challenge to the February 2023 presidential election result. The poll was won by Bola Tinubu but his main opponents – Atiku Abubakar…

Niger: Hundreds of French troops leave base for Chad

Nearly 200 French soldiers have left Niger’s south-western Ouallam town amid ongoing withdrawals from the Sahel nation, state-owned Tele Sahel TV station reports. It said that 193 French soldiers based…

DRC: Rebels recapture town in fresh fighting

Fighting has again erupted in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo between pro-government forces and rebels from the M23 group. Residents say the rebels have occupied the town…

Maldives: President Mohamed Muizzu wants India out

“We don’t want any foreign military boots on Maldivian soil… I promised this to the people of the Maldives and I will live up to my promise from day one.”…

Argentina: Presidential election head for run-off vote

Argentina’s economy minister Sergio Massa has defied expectations by winning more than 36% of the vote in Sunday’s presidential election, putting him on course for a run-off contest with far-right…

South Africa: President to attend Cairo summit on Gaza conflict

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa is set to attend a peace summit in Cairo on Saturday, to discuss how to bring an end to the Israeli-Gaza conflict. He was invited…

Kenya: Four die in crush at Heroes Day celebrations

Four women have died and 13 other people were seriously injured in Kenya during a crush before an event to celebrate Heroes, or Mashujaa, Day. The accident occurred outside a…