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The police prevented the protesters from reaching the Jesus Winner Ministry church
President's church donation sparks Kenyan clashes
NAIROBI — Police in Kenya have fired tear gas to disperse protesters who tried to occupy a church that was recently given a substantial donation by President William Ruto.The gift to the Jesus Winner Ministry in the Roysambu suburb of Nairobi of 20m shillings ($155,000; £120,000) drew criticism from some young Kenyans struggling with the high cost of living.Ruto has defended his donation and has offered a similar gift to another church in Eldoret.Last year, both Kenya's Catholic and Anglican leaders rejected donations, arguing that there was a need to protect the church from being used for political purposes.Several people have been arrested during the clashes, which saw protesters try to get into the church and light fires and use rocks to block nearby roads.But the church service...
March 10, 2025

President's church donation sparks Kenyan clashes

Abu Shouk is home to hundreds and thousands who were forced to flee their homes
Many feared dead in Sudan after shelling hits crowded market
KHARTOUM — Dozens of people in the Sudanese state of North Darfur are feared dead following heavy shelling on a camp for displaced people.The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) attacked a crowded market at Abu Shouk, a camp on the outskirts of the city of el-Fasher, for roughly two hours on Tuesday evening, a local official told the BBC.The camp is home to over half a million displaced people and the assault on its market is the second in three days.El-Fasher is the last major town in Darfur under army control and has been under siege by the RSF for almost a year.Tuesday's attack on Abu Shouk took place at the busiest time of day. The camp's population are mostly Muslims, who are observing the holy month of Ramadan, and many were out shopping at the market, preparing to...
March 06, 2025

Many feared dead in Sudan after shelling hits crowded market

Jordan Bita says he kept away from main roads, trekking through bush, to avoid the advancing rebels
Men risk drowning to flee conscription by Congolese rebels
RUGOMBO, Burundi — Jòrdan Bita preferred to risk his life swimming across a roaring river than stay at home and be conscripted by rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.The 25-year-old clung on to a black bin bag with some possessions as he used the strong currents to navigate his way across the Rusizi river, which forms the border between DR Congo and Burundi.This was the last stage in a desperate journey to escape to safety in Burundi as the conflict in eastern DR Congo escalates, with M23 rebels capturing the cities of Goma and Bukavu in the last five weeks."I managed to flee safely... because I was crossing through the forest and moving along the bushes instead of the main road," he told the BBC after climbing up the bank on the Burundian side and wiping the water...
March 05, 2025

Men risk drowning to flee conscription by Congolese rebels

The community kitchens, like this one photographed in December, have provided a vital lifeline for many
'People will starve' because of US aid cut to Sudan
NAIROBI — The freezing of US humanitarian assistance has forced the closure of almost 80% of the emergency food kitchens set up to help people left destitute by Sudan's civil war, the BBC has learned. Aid volunteers said the impact of President Donald Trump's executive order halting contributions from the US government's development organization (USAID) for 90 days meant more than 1,100 communal kitchens had shut. It is estimated that nearly two million people struggling to survive have been affected. The conflict between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has killed tens of thousands of people, forced millions from their homes and left many facing famine since it erupted in April 2023. The kitchens are run by groups known as emergency response...
February 25, 2025

'People will starve' because of US aid cut to Sudan

The Sudanese army has been making major advances in recent weeks
Sudan army ends two-year siege of key city
KHARTOUM — The Sudanese army says it has broken a near two-year siege imposed by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on the key southern state capital of el-Obeid.The breakthrough came hours after the RSF signed a political charter in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, to establish a breakaway government in areas under its control.The RSF and the army have been in a vicious battle for power since April 2023, with tens of thousands of people killed and millions forced from their homes.The war has split the country, with the army controlling the north and the east while the RSF holds most of the Darfur region in the west and parts of the south.El-Obeid, the capital of North Kordofan state, is a strategic hub connecting the capital, Khartoum, to Darfur. This is the latest army advance in...
February 24, 2025

Sudan army ends two-year siege of key city

Families feel they have little choice but to leave the camps - and will have to make their journey home by foot
Rebels leave families devastated in wake of DR Congo advance
GOMA — Heshima winces in pain as he tries to shift his weight, sweat beading on his face. The slight 13-year-old sits on a bed in a tent in the grounds of an overcrowded hospital in Goma city in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.Heshima's left leg is a bandaged stump, his stomach is streaked with burn marks, and both of his parents have been killed.A relative, Tantine, tells us who is to blame: M23 rebels — backed by Rwanda and battling the Congolese army, known as the FARDC. The rebels now control the two largest cities in this mineral-rich area, which borders Rwanda."It was a Sunday," she says. "There was fighting between them and the FARDC. They dropped the bomb, and I lost six members of my family."The M23 portray themselves as freedom fighters,...
February 19, 2025

Rebels leave families devastated in wake of DR Congo advance

Members of the Congolese Red Cross and Civil Protection unload the bodies of the victims of the recent clashes in Goma for burial, on February 3, 2025
150 female inmates raped and burned to death during Goma jailbreak 
GOMA — More than 150 female prisoners were raped and burned to death during a jailbreak last week when fleeing male inmates set fire to a prison in Goma, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a United Nations spokesperson has said.UN Human Rights Office spokesperson Seif Magango told CNN that most of the 165 female prisoners who were raped by escaping male inmates died in the fire.Between nine and 13 female inmates, “all of whom had also been raped,” survived the blaze, Magango added, citing a judicial source in the DRC.“We did not independently verify the judicial official’s report ourselves, but we do consider his account to be credible,” Magango told CNN Thursday.The male inmates, some of whom were killed by prison guards, plotted a mass escape on January 27 as the...
February 07, 2025

150 female inmates raped and burned to death during Goma jailbreak 

Members of the M23 armed group arrive in a pickup truck at the compound where residents gather for a protest against the Congolese government, expressing support for the M23 armed group in Goma on January 31, 2025
Rebels declare ceasefire in DR Congo for 'humanitarian reasons'
GOMA — The alliance of rebel groups in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have declared a humanitarian ceasefire starting on Tuesday.In a statement, the group – which includes the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels – cited "humanitarian reasons" for the ceasefire, after it has been capturing territory in eastern parts of the country.The UN said at least 900 people have been killed and 2,880 injured in recent fighting in and around Goma, DR Congo's largest eastern city, after it was seized by rebels.The G7 nations and the EU have condemned the offensive as a flagrant violation of DR Congo's sovereignty.The alliance of rebel groups – known as the Congo River Alliance – has accused the Congolese military of killing people using aircrafts to bomb areas it holds.It added it...
February 04, 2025

Rebels declare ceasefire in DR Congo for 'humanitarian reasons'

Black people only own a small proportion of South Africa's land
Trump threatens to cut funding for South Africa over land policy
JOHANNESBERG — US President Donald Trump has said he will cut all future funding to South Africa over allegations that it was confiscating land and "treating certain classes of people very badly".Last month, President Cyril Ramaphosa signed into law a bill that allows land seizures without compensation in certain circumstances.Land ownership has long been a contentious issue in South Africa with most private farmland owned by white people, 30 years after the end of the racist system of apartheid.There have been continuous calls for the government to address land reform and deal with the past injustices of racial segregation.South Africa's president responded to Trump by post on X: "South Africa is a constitutional democracy that is deeply rooted in the rule of law,...
February 03, 2025

Trump threatens to cut funding for South Africa over land policy

TikTok star Khaby Lame receives a T-shirt from UNICEF Regional Director for West and Central Africa Gilles Fagninou - Dakar, Senegal -
World’s most popular TikTok star Khaby Lame joins UNICEF as goodwill ambassador
DAKAR — Khaby Lame, the world’s most popular TikTok personality, has been appointed as UNICEF goodwill ambassador.The 24-year-old Senegal-born influencer, who never says a word in videos watched by millions of followers, addressed the youth in his native country and said that being a UNICEF ambassador will allow him to “see all the world and its problems.”“It’s a true honour to be appointed as a UNICEF goodwill ambassador and be part of an organization that puts children’s rights front and center every day,” Lame said in a statement.“From my own experience as a child fearing poverty, struggling to find my passion at school, and losing my job during the COVID-19 pandemic, to finding my place and calling in the world, I know that all children can thrive when they are given...
February 03, 2025

World’s most popular TikTok star Khaby Lame joins UNICEF as goodwill ambassador

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