Nairobi, Kenya CNN — Kenyan opposition leader and former prime minister Raila Odinga has called for weekly nationwide protests against the high cost of living, in a brief address to demonstrators flanking his motorcade in Nairobi Monday. Moments before, police fired tear gas and water cannons at his car as they blocked his supporters from entering … Read More “Kenya opposition leader calls for weekly protests after being tear-gassed by police | CNN” »
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Chilobwe, Malawi CNN — Tropical Cyclone Freddy has killed at least 326 people after it ripped through southern Malawi, the country’s Department of Disaster Management Affairs told CNN Thursday. The resulting devastation has left survivors trapped and fighting for survival. Chilobwe, one of the hardest-hit areas, is a township near the city of Blantyre. Located … Read More “Cyclone Freddy survivors dig with bare hands for victims as death toll reaches 326 | CNN” »
CNN — Eritrea has punished the family members of thousands of alleged draft evaders during a conscription drive intended to bolster its military campaign in neighboring Ethiopia, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday. Women as old as 71 were arbitrarily detained and expelled from their homes as the authorities sought to locate their missing relatives, … Read More “Eritrea persecuted relatives of military draft dodgers, rights group says | CNN” »
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CNN — Kenyan runner David Rudisha, a two-time Olympic 800m gold medalist, survived a plane crash in Kenya on Saturday, according to a statement from the non-profit conservation organization Big Life Foundation. Rudisha and five others were leaving an event known as the Masai Olympics in Kimana, Kenya when the small airplane they were on … Read More “Kenyan double Olympic gold medalist David Rudisha survives plane crash | CNN” »
CNN — The body of Lemekani Nathan Nyirenda, a fighter recruited by the mercenary group Wagner for combat operations in Ukraine, was returned to Zambia on Sunday. Nyirenda’s body arrived at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport in the capital Lusaka and was accompanied by Zambia’s Ambassador to Russia, Shadreck Luwita, its foreign ministry said. The body … Read More “Body of Zambian national killed fighting in Ukraine returns home | CNN” »
CNN — Zambia’s police service says it is investigating the deaths of 27 men, all believed to be Ethiopian nationals, whose bodies were found on Sunday “dumped” by the roadside near the capital, Lusaka. Police spokesman Danny Mwale said in a statement that a total of 28 victims were found abandoned along Chiminuka road in … Read More “Survivor found ‘gasping for life’ among bodies of 27 men dumped on Zambian roadside | CNN” »
CNN — Russia pardoned a Zambian prisoner so that they could be deployed to Ukraine, where they died fighting for the Wagner mercenary unit, Zambia’s foreign affairs minister said Friday. Zambian national Nathan Lemekhani Nyirenda was “pardoned on 23rd August, 2022 in order to join the military operation, in exchange for amnesty,” the minister, Stanley … Read More “Russia pardoned Zambian prisoner ‘to join military operation in Ukraine,’ says minister | CNN” »
Arshad Sharif’s family demand justice as they grieve ‘kind-hearted’ journalist killed in Kenya | CNN
Nairobi, Kenya CNN — When a prominent Pakistani investigative journalist was shot dead by Kenyan police on a dirt road on the outskirts of Nairobi, the questions began swirling immediately. How did he come to be there? Why did the police shoot at his vehicle? And did his outspoken reporting – often critical of the … Read More “Arshad Sharif’s family demand justice as they grieve ‘kind-hearted’ journalist killed in Kenya | CNN” »
Reuters — Gunfire was heard on Monday from inside a besieged hotel in the Somali capital that was attacked on the weekend, a nearby resident and a police officer said, while parliament said it had postponed a scheduled session. The Villa Rose hotel, near the presidential residence, was stormed on Sunday by attackers of al … Read More “Gunfire heard inside besieged Somalia hotel as security forces battle attackers | CNN” »