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Preliminary assessments suggest the space object is a separation ring from a rocket
Massive ‘space object’ fragment crashes into remote village in Kenya
NAIROBI — A huge, red-hot object fell from the sky into a Kenyan village on Monday afternoon according to local residents cited by the country’s national broadcaster, prompting an immediate investigation by the national space agency.The object has since been identified as a “fragment of a space object,” the Kenya Space Agency said in a statement Wednesday.The KSA said it has taken custody of the object that landed in the remote village of Mukuku, in the southern county of Makueni, describing it as apparent space junk measuring 2.5 meters (about 8 feet) wide and weighing 500 kg (about 1,100 pounds).“The Agency wishes to clarify that the object, a metallic ring measuring approximately 2.5 meters in diameter and weighing about 500 kg is a fragment of a space object,” the KSA...
January 03, 2025

Massive ‘space object’ fragment crashes into remote village in Kenya

Detective Inspector Titus Phiri
Zambia police officer arrested for releasing prisoners to celebrate New Year’s Eve
LUSAKA — A police officer in Zambia has been arrested for allegedly releasing over a dozen prisoners so they could celebrate New Year’s Eve.Detective Inspector Titus Phiri “forcibly seized cell keys” on Tuesday morning whilst “in a state of intoxication,” Zambia’s Police Service said in a press release on Wednesday.“Subsequently, (Phiri) unlocked both the male and female cells and instructed the suspects to leave, stating they were free to cross over into the New Year,” the police statement said.A manhunt has been launched for 13 detainees who remain at large, according to the police statement. Some had been facing allegations of assault and theft among other crimes, it said.“The Zambia Police Service reiterates its commitment to upholding law and order and assures the...
January 03, 2025

Zambia police officer arrested for releasing prisoners to celebrate New Year’s Eve

Protesters have clashed with police in the capital Maputo, like in this scene from Monday
Hundreds escape Mozambique prison amid election protests
MAPUTO — More than 1,500 prisoners have escaped from a prison in Mozambique, taking advantage of ongoing political unrest triggered by disputed election results, police say.Thirty-three people were killed and 15 injured in clashes with guards, police chief Bernardino Rafael told a press conference.About 150 more fugitives have since been recaptured, he added.Protests erupted on Monday in response to Mozambique's highest court confirming that the ruling Frelimo party, in power since 1975, had won October's presidential elections.Rafael said groups of anti-government protesters had approached the prison in the capital Maputo on Wednesday. Prisoners used the unrest to knock down a wall and escape, he said.Mozambique has been rocked by unrest since disputed elections in October....
December 26, 2024

Hundreds escape Mozambique prison amid election protests

More than 11 million people have fled fighting in Sudan
Sudan slides deeper into famine, experts say
KHARTOUM — War-hit Sudan is sliding into a "widening famine crisis" that has been marked by worsening starvation and a surge in acute malnutrition, an independent group of food security experts says.Famine has spread to five areas, with 24.6 million people — about half the population — in urgent need of food aid, the experts said.The hunger crisis has been caused by the 20-month civil war that has devastated Sudan.Various mediation efforts aimed at ending the conflict between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have so far failed.The army and RSF had jointly staged a coup in 2021, but a power struggle between their commanders plunged the country into a civil war in 2023.It has led to one of the world's worst humanitarian crises, with the UN-backed...
December 25, 2024

Sudan slides deeper into famine, experts say

Venâncio Mondlane has urged his supporters to protest peacefully
Mozambique's opposition leader vows to install himself as president
MAPUTO — Mozambique's main opposition leader, Venâncio Mondlane, has declared that he will install himself as president on 15 January after rejecting his defeat in presidential elections.His announcement came as his supporters staged violent protests across the country to demand an end to the 49-year rule of the Frelimo party.The capital Maputo was like a ghost town on Christmas Eve, with almost all businesses shut and people staying at home to avoid being caught up in the worst unrest in the city since Frelimo rose to power at independence in 1975.Frelimo's offices, police stations, banks and factories have been looted, vandalized and set ablaze around the country. Since Monday, at least 21 people have been killed in the unrest, the interior minister said late on Tuesday.The...
December 25, 2024

Mozambique's opposition leader vows to install himself as president

An Inter-denominational church in modern architectural design in Abuja, Nigeria. (Files)
Stampedes at Christmas charity events kill 67 people in Nigeria
ABUJA — Stampedes at three Christmas charity events across Nigeria have tragically left at least 67 people dead in the past week, many of them children.At least 35 children were killed in southwestern Oyo state on Wednesday. And on Saturday, 22 people died in south-eastern Anambra state while 10 died in the capital, Abuja, where more than 1,000 people had gathered at a church to receive clothes and food.Here's why people in Africa's most populous country are risking their lives for holiday donations.“There is hunger in this Nigeria. Every Nigerian needs food,” one woman, in tears, told the local Arise television after the stampede in Abuja.The economic crisis is blamed on the government’s policies to save money and attract investors, which have contributed to pushing the...
December 23, 2024

Stampedes at Christmas charity events kill 67 people in Nigeria

Nelson Amenya
The student who blew whistle on Kenya airport controversy
NAIROBI — Kenyan business student Nelson Amenya has been hailed as a hero by those campaigning for greater transparency in the deals his government makes with private firms.Recent Kenyan history is littered with stories of huge contracts that have resulted from corruption – and despite laws that are supposed to prevent this from happening, there are suspicions that it continues to take place.Thirty-year-old Amenya, who is studying in France for an MBA, leaked details on social media of what he said was a proposed agreement between Kenya and the Adani Group, an Indian multinational, in July.It concerned the management of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) – the country's, and region's, biggest airport, which is long overdue a complete overhaul."The first feeling I...
December 20, 2024

The student who blew whistle on Kenya airport controversy

A French Army soldier giving a bottle of water to a resident in the Indian Ocean French territory of Mayotte, Wednesday Dec.18, 2024
French troops deliver aid to Mayotte ahead of President Macron's Thursday visit
PARIS — French military personnel brought food and water to the inhabitants of Mayotte as the French overseas territory continue to deal with the aftermath of Cyclone Chido. Chido is the worst storm to hit the island in 90 years and brought with it wind speeds exceeding 220 kph as it made landfall on Saturday.The shipment contained bottled water, canned food and basic first aid kits to address some of the island’s most pressing needs in the early days of recovery.Troops distributed food and water to victims of the cyclone, many who’ve been displaced as the rushing winds destroyed their homes.French authorities say the distribution of 23 tonnes of water began on Wednesday. The availability of clean drinking water continues to be a major problem for Mayotte’s residents.French...
December 19, 2024

French troops deliver aid to Mayotte ahead of President Macron's Thursday visit

 A headshot of Segun Olowookere
Nigerian man promised pardon after 10 years on death row for stealing hens
KANO — A Nigerian man who has spent 10 years on death row for stealing some hens and eggs has been promised a pardon by the governor of the southwestern Osun state.Segun Olowookere was 17 years old in 2010 when he was arrested along with his accomplice, Morakinyo Sunday.They were said to have attacked the home of a police officer and another person with an old-fashioned wooden gun and a sword but only got away with the poultry.In 2014, Justice Jide Falola of the Osun State High Court sentenced the two to death by hanging after finding them guilty of forcefully breaking into the police officer's house and stealing his belongings.There was an outcry across Nigeria at the time as many felt the sentence was too harsh.The duo were subsequently moved to the notorious Kirikiri maximum...
December 18, 2024

Nigerian man promised pardon after 10 years on death row for stealing hens

This photo provided December 15, 2024 by the Civil Security shows rescue workers clearing an area in the French territory of Mayotte, after Cyclone Chido caused extensive damage
Widespread destruction after 100-year cyclone pummels French territory
MAMOUDZOU — Reports of widespread damage are emerging from Mayotte after a 100-year cyclone ripped across the French archipelago Saturday, inflicting devastation that one resident likened to an atomic bomb, with hundreds and possibly even thousands of feared victims.“The situation is catastrophic, apocalyptic,” Bruno Garcia, owner of Hotel Caribou in Mamoudzou, Mayotte’s capital, told CNN-affiliate BFMTV.“We lost everything. The entire hotel is completely destroyed,” Garcia said. “There is nothing left. It’s as if an atomic bomb fell on Mayotte.”Mayotte lies in the Indian Ocean off the east coast of Africa, just west of Madagascar. Made up of two main islands, its land area is about twice the size of Washington DC.Cyclone Chido, a category 4 storm, tore through the...
December 16, 2024

Widespread destruction after 100-year cyclone pummels French territory

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