Kenyan President William Ruto is hosting a national prayer day to seek God’s intervention on challenges facing the country including drought and hunger. The interdenominational event is being held at…
Equatorial Guinea: WHO to meet over Marburg virus outbreak
The World Health Organization says it’s to hold an emergency meeting on the outbreak of the Marburg virus in Equatorial Guinea. Nine people have died from the haemorrhagic fever, and…
Rwanda: Schools to get Starlink internet
Rwanda will prioritise education institutions in its plan to roll out low-cost internet delivered by Starlink, an internet initiative owned by SpaceX, a company founded by US billionaire Elon Musk,…
Eritrean: President Afwerki – US of supported rebels in Ethiopia’s civil war
Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki has accused the US of supporting Tigrayan rebels during the recently concluded civil war in northern Ethiopia. In a Sunday interview with local media, the president…
Syria: Mother and baby rescued twice in three days
A Syrian mother and her newborn baby are recovering after being rescued from the rubble of her earthquake-hit home twice in a week, a charity says. Dima was seven months…
South Africa: Schools suspended amid flooding in SA province
A municipality in South Africa’s Mpumalanga province has suspended schooling and health services amid heavy floods. The floods have damaged roads and homes, leaving many families in Nkomazi Municipality displaced.…
South Africa: Equatorial Guinea vice-president’s superyacht and homes seized
South African officials have seized a superyacht and two palatial homes owned by Equatorial’s Guinea’s Vice-President Teodoro Nguema Obiang. A court ordered the seizures after local businessman Daniel Janse van…
Tanzania: Government unveils ‘largest’ ship in Great Lakes region
Tanzania has floated a locally built cargo and passenger ship in the Lake Victoria port of its north-western city of Mwanza. The vessel, which the government says is the biggest…
Turkey: Earthquake fault lines mapped from space
It seems almost insensitive to start to have a deep dive into the science behind Monday’s earthquake events in Turkey. More than 22,000 people are already confirmed dead and an…
Ukraine: Elon Musk’s SpaceX firm bars Kyiv from using Starlink tech for drone control
SpaceX has limited Ukraine’s ability to use its satellite internet service for military purposes – after reports that Kyiv has used it to control drones. Early in the war, Ukraine…