Former Beninese president and current Senate President Patrice Talon has intensified efforts to reunify the Celestial Church of Christ, a religious movement divided by competing leadership claims for more than four decades. Talon’s intervention reflects concerns extending beyond internal church administration. The process touches on public order, religious governance, national heritage and Benin’s position as […]

Kenya’s long-running effort to reform the National Police Service has returned to the national spotlight following the publication of a taskforce report that former Chief Justice David Maraga says the government failed to release and fully implement. Maraga, who chaired the National Taskforce on Police Reforms, published the complete report after issuing President William Ruto’s […]

The body of King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, the late Omukama of Uganda’s Tooro Kingdom, has been returned home following his death in the United States at the age of 34. King Oyo died on August 27, 2026, while receiving cancer treatment in the United States. His remains arrived in Uganda on Friday, […]

Kenyan authorities have activated nationwide contingency measures as forecasters warn that a strengthening El Niño could bring above-normal rainfall during the October–December 2026 short-rains season. The government is preparing for flooding, landslides, displacement, disease outbreaks and extensive damage to roads and other essential infrastructure. National and county agencies are working with humanitarian organizations, security services […]

Niger’s military government has accused France of helping to organize and incite a failed mutiny in the capital, Niamey, further deepening tensions between the two countries. France has firmly rejected the allegation, describing it as completely unfounded and another attempt by Niger’s military authorities to blame Paris for the country’s internal difficulties. Following a Council […]

The Nigerian Presidency has dismissed reports suggesting that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is facing criminal proceedings in the United States, explaining that the ongoing case in Washington, D.C., is a civil dispute concerning the disclosure of government records. In a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, […]

A Kenyan police officer has been arrested following the fatal shooting of a 45-year-old woman at a General Service Unit mess compound in Naiberi, Uasin Gishu County. The victim, identified as Doris Murei Nandi, was reportedly romantically involved with the suspect, Police Constable Nathan Kirwa. Kirwa was serving as an armed bodyguard attached to Uasin […]