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The restaurant was full at the time of the attack
Car bomb kills Somalis watching Euro football final
MOGADISHU — Several people have been killed after a car bomb exploded outside a popular cafe packed with football fans in the Somali capital, Mogadishu.The bomb went off on Sunday night at 22:28 local time as patrons at Top Coffee were watching the Euro 2024 football final between Spain and England.Police said at least five were killed in the explosion and 20 more injured. Security sources later told the AFP news agency the death toll had risen to nine.Militant group al-Shabab said it carried out the attack.The restaurant had been full, with some on the pavement outside as the bomb went off, sending people scrambling for safety, witnesses said."We heard a loud, horrifying explosion during the first half of the game that we were watching. Everyone had to figure out how to save...
July 15, 2024

Car bomb kills Somalis watching Euro football final

Some of the bodies were found in plastic bags dumped in the disused quarry
'Serial killer' arrested after bodies found in Kenya dump
NAIROBI — Kenyan police have arrested a man who they have described as a “serial killer” suspected to have been behind the gruesome murder of nine women whose mutilated bodies were found in a disused quarry used as a rubbish dump.Police say Jomaisi Khalisia, 33, confessed to having killed 42 women since 2022, including his own wife.The suspect was arrested at a bar early on Monday morning as he was watching the Euro final.There has been shock and outrage in Kenya since the first of the dismembered bodies were found on Friday at the Mukuru quarry in the capital, Nairobi.“[He] confessed to have lured, killed and disposed of 42 female bodies at the dumping site, all murdered between 2022 and as recent as Thursday," said Mohamed Amin, head of the Directorate of Criminal...
July 15, 2024

'Serial killer' arrested after bodies found in Kenya dump

Kenya's President William Ruto said he is engaging in extensive consultations to form a broad-based new government
Kenya’s President Ruto fires almost entire cabinet after protests
NAIROBI — Kenyan President William Ruto has fired almost his entire cabinet after weeks of anti-government protests, he announced Thursday.Only Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua and Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi have been left in their posts, the president said.The decision was taken “upon reflection, and a holistic appraisal” of his cabinet, he told reporters from State House Nairobi.“Even with the progress we’ve made, I’m acutely aware that the people of Kenya have very high expectations of me, and they believe that this administration can undertake the most extensive transformation in our nation’s history.”Ruto said he is engaging in “extensive consultations” to form a “broad-based” new government.The Kenyan leader has been at the center of a political...
July 11, 2024

Kenya’s President Ruto fires almost entire cabinet after protests

Heavy rains and engine trouble slowed the journey down
A photographer's 11-day trek to flee war-torn Sudan
NAIROBI — On the eve of his perilous escape from his home country last month, Sudanese photojournalist Mohamed Zakaria left his camera equipment with a friend, not sure if he would ever see it again.He was fleeing el-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur state, which is in the grip of a punishing battle between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).Mohamed had been covering this hot spot of Sudan’s 15-month-long civil war for the BBC. But with the situation growing increasingly desperate, he decided it was time to escape.The RSF escalated a siege of el-Fasher in May, targeting the last army foothold in Darfur.Shortly afterward Mohamed’s house was hit by a shell, another struck as he was trying to get wounded neighbors to hospital. Five people were killed and...
July 10, 2024

A photographer's 11-day trek to flee war-torn Sudan

Bodies of 89 migrants retrieved from Atlantic
NOUAKCHOTT — Coastguards in Mauritania have recovered 89 bodies of migrants from a boat that capsized in the Atlantic Ocean on Monday.Nine people — including a five-year-old girl — were rescued, but dozens more are missing.Survivors say the vessel — a traditional fishing boat — set sail last week from the Senegalese-Gambian border area with 170 people on board. It capsized off Mauritania's southwestern coast.Mauritania is a key transit point for migrants trying to reach Europe from West Africa, with thousands of boats departing from the country last year.The most common destination on the perilous route is Spain's Canary Islands.The Spanish government says nearly 40,000 people arrived there last year — double the number from the previous year.Desperate to get to Europe,...
July 05, 2024

Bodies of 89 migrants retrieved from Atlantic

Clouds of tear gas can be see in downtown Nairobi
Tear gas fired at anti-government protesters in Kenya
NAIROBI — Kenyan police have fired tear gas in the capital, Nairobi, and the coastal city of Mombasa to disperse anti-government protests.In both city centers, many businesses have remained closed. Demonstrators have also taken to the streets of other cities including Kisumu.Human rights groups say since the protests against a controversial finance bill began two weeks ago 39 people have been killed by security forces.President William Ruto has since dropped the proposed tax increases - but the demonstrations have morphed into calls for him to resign and anger over police brutality.Cars can be seen burning amid chaotic scenes in Mombasa as protesters clash with police.The clashes in Nairobi have forced magistrates to put off hearings at a court in the city, the Daily Nation newspaper...
July 02, 2024

Tear gas fired at anti-government protesters in Kenya

The ANC was forced into a coalition deal after May's elections
South Africa's new coalition government unveiled
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has unveiled a new coalition government, after his ruling African National Congress (ANC) party lost its parliamentary majority in May's elections.He said "the government of national unity... is unprecedented in the history of our democracy".The ANC will have 20 out of 32 cabinet posts, while the Democratic Alliance (DA) - until now the main opposition party - will hold six. Six other portfolios are shared amongst smaller parties.The shrinking of ANC support in the elections reflected public frustration over its poor record on delivering basic services and tackling unemployment, poverty and corruption.The ANC under Nelson Mandela achieved its aim of ending white-minority rule in South Africa in 1994.In the new...
July 01, 2024

South Africa's new coalition government unveiled

Thursday's protests were smaller and less violent than earlier in the week
Kenyan court allows military deployment to quell protests
NAIROBI — Kenya's High Court has approved the use of military force to restore order, following days of anti-tax protests that at some point overwhelmed police.More than 20 people have reportedly been killed in the nationwide protests that are largely led by young people opposed to government plans to increase taxes.Armored military vehicles patrolled streets in the capital, Nairobi, on Thursday as police fired tear gas to disperse protesters, who had threatened to storm the presidential palace.A judge said that the military deployment was critical to protect government installations but gave the authorities two days to clarify how long the deployment would last, along with its rules of engagement."To deploy the military in a blanket manner without defining their scope of...
June 28, 2024

Kenyan court allows military deployment to quell protests

At least 22 people were reportedly killed in Tuesday's protests
Police fire tear gas at renewed Kenya protests
NAIROBI — Kenyan police have fired tear gas to disperse groups of protesters who have started gathering in the capital, Nairobi.There has been heavy deployment of security forces, including the military, and roads are blocked around key buildings in the capital ahead of the protests.This comes two days after 22 people reportedly lost their lives in protests against tax hikes, which saw part of parliament set alight.The next day, President William Ruto bowed to pressure and said he would withdraw the finance bill containing the unpopular tax proposals.The demonstrators had vowed to gather again in the city center to mourn those killed.Some also vowed to march to the president’s official residence, State House.Other prominent people linked to the protests have been warning against this...
June 27, 2024

Police fire tear gas at renewed Kenya protests

Doctors leave a medical camp they set up for protesters in a Nairobi cathedral after being forced out by military personnel
Five killed and parliament ablaze in Kenya tax protests
NAIROBI — At least five protesters were shot dead by police in Kenya and a section of parliament went up in flames as demonstrations against new tax proposals escalated on Tuesday.An angry crowd broke through police lines to storm parliament in the capital Nairobi before setting parts of it ablaze.In an address on Tuesday evening, President William Ruto said all means would be deployed to "thwart any attempts by dangerous criminals to undermine the security and stability of our country".He has deployed the military to quell the protests.Protests against an unpopular finance bill, which includes several tax rises, have been ongoing for days. But they escalated on Tuesday as MPs passed an amended bill.Protesters broke into parliament, vandalizing the interior and setting parts of...
June 26, 2024

Five killed and parliament ablaze in Kenya tax protests

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