Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta (right) and Deputy President William Ruto Kenya’s ruling party appears to have cracked down the middle, creating factions that are aligned to either President Uhuru Kenyatta or Deputy President William Ruto . President Kenyatta has on occasion criticised his deputy for his early campaign to succeed him at the expense of

A British Royal Navy patrol vessel guards the oil supertanker Grace 1, that’s on suspicion of carrying Iranian crude oil to Syria, as it sits anchored in waters of the British overseas territory of Gibraltar, historically claimed by Spain, July 4, 2019. REUTERS/Jon Nazca An Iranian cleric warned Britain on Saturday about Tehran’s retaliation for

Two Cuban doctors abducted along Kenya’s troubled border with Somalia in April are alive, Cuban Health Minister Jose Angel Portal said on Friday. At a press conference in Havana, Portal said Cuba was doing everything it could to recover the kidnap victims and has so far received no ransom demands from the kidnappers, as some

A British Royal Navy patrol vessel guards the oil supertanker Grace 1, that’s on suspicion of carrying Iranian crude oil to Syria, as it sits anchored in waters of the British overseas territory of Gibraltar, historically claimed by Spain, July 4, 2019. REUTERS/Jon Nazca An Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander threatened on Friday to seize a

Photo/Reuters More than two dozen countries formally called on Thursday for a United Nations investigation into thousands of killings in Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs, activists said. Iceland submitted the draft resolution backed by mainly European states, they said. The text urges the government to prevent extrajudicial executions and marks the first time

Alpha Conde an all powerful miner president Upon his election in 2010, Conde claimed he would strengthen Guinea as a democracy and fight corruption in his country, but he and his son have since been implicated in a number of corruption scandals mostly related to the mining industry,and suspected of election rigging. Condé who had

Sensitisation. Some of the teenage mothers attend a sensitisation meeting against early marriages in Kapchorwa District, another district with rampant cases of child pregnancies. DOKOLO. Authorities in Dokolo District are battling early child marriages and pregnancies, which they say have significantly contributed to the high school dropout rate. About 55 per cent of girls dropped

FILE PHOTO: The Rock of Gibraltar, historically claimed by Spain, is seen from El Saladillo beach in Estepona, southern Spain January 14, 2019. REUTERS/Jon Nazca/File Photo British Royal Marines and officials in Gibraltar have detained the supertanker Grace 1 suspected of carrying crude oil to Syria, in breach of European Union sanctions, the government of

Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi Death of fashion designer Khalid Al Qasimi, 39, ‘unexplained,’ say British police The son of the crown prince of the UAE has been found dead in his U.K. home, according to local reports. Khalid Al Qasimi, who founded a fashion brand and exhibited collections in London and Paris, was

Photo/Somali Times Somaliland Leader is in Guinea is visit seen as cementing relations as it seeks international recognition. Mr Muse Bihi arrived in Conakry for a two day visit where he has been received by his host Alpha Konde. The latest move from Somaliland is one of the latest diplomatic charm offensive that the country