Kenya's Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has set October 17 for the fresh presidential election ordered by the country's Supreme Court after nullifying the August 8 electoral victory of incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta.
Officials in Kenya have said that the fire outbreak at a school dormitory that killed 9 teenage girls was started deliberately. Kenya's education minister Fred Matiangi said on Monday that arson was to blame for the incident.
The President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe has slammed the late Nelson Mandela, former president of South Africa blaming him for the economic issues confronting his country.
Judges in Kenya have condemned the country’s president, Uhuru Kenyatta who on Friday attacked the judiciary following the Supreme Court’s ruling nullifying his election victory on August 8.
Almost 100 inmates escaped from a prison in the Ivory Coast on Sunday, the latest in a string of jail breaks in the west African country, officials said.
Kenya's President, Uhuru Kenyatta has spoken angrily about the nullification of his electoral victory by the country's Supreme Court on Friday and has vowed to “deal with” the Judiciary.
Suspected Boko Haram militants killed 18 people in northeast Nigeria on Friday, according to local witnesses and officials, the latest in an escalating number of lethal attacks in the region.