A 5-year-old girl has been killed in South Sudan when a World Food Program-contracted aircraft struck a house while attempting to land in bad weather in the capital, Juba.
Kenya's newly elected legislators, who can earn as much as $10,000 a month in salary and perks, will oppose cuts by the wage-setting body that will turn them into "beggars", a parliamentary service commission member said on Wednesday.
The tension that characterized Kenya’s general elections doesn’t seem to be over yet after supporters of the opposition leader, Raila Odinga set ablaze a banner congratulating President Uhuru Kenyatta for winning the disputed presidential election.
Police in Kenya have arrested a man who allegedly murdered his 26-year-old date she met on Facebook, the Daily Nation reports. The suspect, Richard Nyakina, was arrested in Kisii on Friday after he disclosed the exact place he committed the crime.
Two Switzerland nationals have been murdered in Kenya’s Mombasa town of Kiembeni. The two, an elderly couple were found murdered after arriving in Mombasa from Switzerland, according to officials.
Paul Kagame was inaugurated on Friday to serve for the next seven years as President of Rwanda after winning re-election this month with nearly 99 percent of the vote.
Al-Shabaab militants on Friday attacked a village in Lamu, Kenya killing at least three persons and torching houses, according to local media the Nation.
