Kenya flooding death toll climbs to 70 since March

[ad_1] More than 120,000 people have been displaced, Kenyan government says, with 22 others injured and eight reported missing.Flooding and heavy rains in Kenya have killed at least 70 people since mid-March, according to a government spokesperson, twice as many...

Mandela’s world: A photographic retrospective of apartheid South Africa

[ad_1] Photographer Jurgen Schadeberg (1931-2020) spent most of his life documenting the struggle against apartheid. Years before his death in 2020, Schadeberg shared some of his iconic images - and the stories behind them - with Al Jazeera. On April...

At least 155 killed in Tanzania as heavy rains pound East Africa

[ad_1] More than 200,000 people and 51,000 households have been affected by the rains, Tanzania’s prime minister said. Flooding and landslides in Tanzania caused by weeks of heavy rain have killed 155 people and injured 236 others, the country’s prime...

Children among 16 dead after asylum-seeker boat capsizes off Djibouti: UN

[ad_1] At least 28 others are missing after a boat carrying 77 asylum seekers sinks, according to the UN’s migration agency. At least 16 people are dead and 28 others are missing after a boat carrying asylum seekers capsized off...

Cashew kernel exports touch a 7-year low at $339 million in FY23-24

[ad_1] India’s cashew exports in value terms touched a seven-year low at $339.21 million for the financial year 2023-24, a decline of around 4.8 per cent over the previous year’s $356.32 million. In rupee terms, the cashew exports were ₹2,808.80...

UK law to send asylum seekers to Rwanda passed after months of wrangling

[ad_1] The controversial law is expected to come into force within days with the first deportation flights in weeks.A controversial United Kingdom government bill to send asylum seekers to Rwanda has finally secured the approval of the upper house of...

Kiptum remembered in Kenya’s London marathon double

[ad_1] Kenya’s Peres Jepchirchir and Alexander Mutiso Munyao won the women’s and men’s elite races on a poignant day at the London marathon.Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir won the London marathon in a women’s-only world record as Alexander Mutiso Munyao’s victory...

Nigeria’s Tunde Onakoya sets global chess record with 60 hour nonstop game

[ad_1] The 29-year-old chess player and child education advocate played in part to raise money for underprivileged children.A Nigerian chess champion has broken the world record for the longest chess marathon after playing unbeaten for more than 58 hours in...

Togo approves constitutional reform changing how president is elected

[ad_1] Those opposed to the changes fear they could allow further extensions to President Faure Gnassingbe’s rule.Lawmakers in Togo have approved changes to the constitution linked to presidential term limits and how presidents are elected, which some opposition politicians and...

UK returns looted Ghana artefacts on loan after 150 years

[ad_1] The objects were stolen from the court of the Asante king during the 19th century Anglo-Asante wars.The United Kingdom has returned 32 gold and silver treasures stolen from the Asante Kingdom more than 150 years ago in what is...
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