Kenya: Nairobi donates food to Somalia

Drought-stricken Kenya has donated a planeload of relief supplies to neighbouring Somalia. The donation has been met with an uproar on social media as more than a quarter of Kenyans…

USA: Musk pledges to remove Twitter imposters after celebrity protests

Elon Musk has said he will remove Twitter accounts that impersonate others amid a backlash over the billionaire’s decision to offer the platform’s blue check mark to all users for…

Syria: At least 9 killed after attack on displacement camps

At least nine people were killed and dozens wounded after Syrian government forces targeted tent settlements of displaced families in the rebel-held northwestern province of Idlib. Opposition activists and first…

India: Pollution curbs lifted in New Delhi capital despite ‘very poor’ air

Primary schools will reopen in the Indian capital this week and curbs will be lifted on certain construction activities, authorities said, after pollution levels improved to the “very poor” category…

Cyprus: Archbishop Chrysostomos II of Cypriot Orthodox Church dies aged 81

The head of Cyprus’s dominant Orthodox Church, Archbishop Chrysostomos II, has died at the age of 81, according to his doctors. A forceful character who faced down pro-Russian elements in…

South Africa: President Ramaphosa denies wrongdoing in farm scandal

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has denied wrongdoing in testimony to a parliamentary panel examining whether he should face impeachment over an alleged cover-up of a heist at his farmhouse,…

Ethiopian: Government and Tigray forces establish hotline following truce

The Ethiopian government and Tigrayan forces have established a telephone hotline following a truce struck last week, the African Union’s chief mediator Olusegun Obasanjo said on Monday as both sides…

Russia: Mercenary force Wagner opens first official headquarters

Russia’s previously secretive Wagner Group, a private mercenary force, has opened its first official headquarters in the Russian city of Saint Petersburg. The group, controlled by Yevgeny Prigozhin, a close…

China: President Xi calls for avoidance of nuclear war

China’s president has pressed world leaders to stop making threats and prevent the use of nuclear weapons in Europe and Asia as rhetoric over Russia’s war in Ukraine continues to…

Somalia: Five killed in suicide bombing at Mogadishu military training camp

A suicide bomber has detonated his explosives near a military training camp in Somalia, killing at least five people and wounding 11 others, according to the state-run SONNA news agency.…