Tag: Africa
‘I did not expect it’: Kenya’s Sabastian Sawe welcomed home with jubilant celebrations
Kenya's Sabastian Sawe has returned home to joyous scenes after becoming the first man to run a marathon in under…
Kenya’s leader backtracks after comments mocking Nigerians’ English
Kenya's President William Ruto has been forced to respond to the backlash over his recent remarks suggesting Nigerian-accented English was…
Endangered antelopes flown to Kenya from Czech zoo in ‘historic homecoming’
Four mountain bongos, a rare type of antelope native to Kenya's highland forests, have arrived in Kenya after being sent…
What next for Mali’s military leaders after shock of rebel offensive?
It is hard to overstate the sense of shock reverberating across West Africa after attackers, in co-ordinated assaults, managed to…
France urges citizens to leave Mali after rebel attacks
France has urged its citizens to leave Mali "as soon as possible", after a weekend of co-ordinated attacks by separatist…
Gunmen raid Nigerian orphanage and kidnap children
Eight children are still missing after gunmen raided an unregistered orphanage in Nigeria's north-central Kogi State and kidnapped 23, authorities…