Western countries may not believe Russian President Vladimir Putin secured 87.8% of the vote from a record turnout of 77.5%, but these aren’t strange numbers for African countries. This week, those countries congratulated Putin on his achievement, vowing their continued friendship with Russia.
A bus carrying students from a top Kenyan university collided with a truck on a busy highway after skidding in heavy rain, killing 11 of them and seriously injuring 42, police said.
Kenya has chosen opposition leader Raila Odinga to challenge for the African Union Commission chairperson’s job, which will be vacant in February next year.
Clashes have broken out between government forces and M23 rebels leaving eight UN peacekeepers injured after a brief lull in fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations said.
The Gambian parliament will vote on a bill to reverse the ban on female genital mutilation (FGM) on Monday, which rights groups say could mark a return to women’s rights violations in the largely Muslim West African nation.
South Sudan on Saturday said it would close schools and told children not to play outside as temperatures were set to soar to an exceptional 45 degrees Celsius.
Russia says its full-scale invasion of Ukraine has claimed the lives of 14 South African mercenaries out of 35 fighting on the side of Kyiv since the start of the war in 2022.