Lamu: Police boss announces transport curfew to curb terror attacks

By Rahma Rashid,

Security chiefs in Lamu have announced a strict curfew halting all transport vessels from operating at night following a recent spate of terror attack...

Lamu curfew

Federer admits ‘breakdown’ after Bogota match cancelled

By Reuters,

Roger Federer admits he suffered a “bit of a breakdown” during last month’s tour of Mexico and South America after rioting in Colombian capital ...

Bogota , breakdown , Roger Federer

15 bodies, including those of 6 children, found after Sri Lanka raids

By VOA,

Sri Lankan security forces have exchanged gunfire with an armed group in Kalmunai in the eastern region of the country. A military spokesman says 1...

Sri Lanka

Foreign groups likely behind Sri Lanka attacks, U.S. ambassador says

By Reuters,

The scale and sophistication of the Easter Sunday attacks on churches and hotels in Sri Lanka suggested the involvement of an external group such as I...

Sri Lanka bomb attacks

Foreign groups likely behind Sri Lanka attacks, U.S. ambassador says

By Reuters,

The scale and sophistication of the Easter Sunday attacks on churches and hotels in Sri Lanka suggested the involvement of an external group such as I...

Sri Lanka

More detentions as death toll in Sri Lanka attacks rises to 359

By Reuters,

Sri Lankan police said on Wednesday they had detained 18 more people for questioning over the Easter Sunday attacks on churches and hotels, claimed by...

Death toll rises to more than 200 after coordinated explosions rock Sri Lanka

By CNN,

At least 207 people were killed and hundreds more wounded in a series of bomb blasts that hit luxury hotels and churches across Sri Lanka on Easter Su...

Sri Lanka government declares curfew, shuts down access to major social media sites

By Reuters,

The Sri Lankan government declared a curfew with immediate effect following eight explosions that killed nearly 140 people, and mostly targeted church...

Sri Lanka

U.S. says supports transition in Sudan led by civilians

By Reuters,

The United States supports a democratic and peaceful transition in Sudan led by civilians who represent all Sudanese, the State Department said on Thu...

Morgan Ortagus , Sudan , United States

Head of Sudan’s military council steps down, a day after Bashir toppled

By Reuters,

Sudan’s military minister stepped down abruptly on Friday as head of the country’s transitional ruling military council after only a day in the po...

Bashir , military , Sudan

Sudan faces a future without al-Bashir

By VOA,

Protest leaders and analysts predict more change as Sudan adjusts to a new reality, without the president who led the country for three decades. In...

Sudan

I was 11 when Omar al-Bashir came to power. Terror is all his people have ever known

By CNN,

For most people in Sudan, Omar al-Bashir is the only leader they have ever known, his 30-year rule defined by brutal oppression and astounding politic...

Bashir , Nima Elbagir , Sudan

Sudan military declares 3-month state of emergency

By CNN,

The Sudan military has declared a three-month state of emergency. Minister of Defense Awad Mohamed Ahmed Ibn Auf on Thursday addressed the nation i...

Awad Mohamed Ahmed Ibn Auf , Bashir , Sudan military

Govt declines to lift curfew in Olpusimoru

By Citizen Reporter,

The government has declined to lift the 6pm to 6am curfew it placed on residents of Olpusimoru Ward following tribal clashes. Narok County commissi...

Olpusimoru

Nigerians get ready for election day, again

By CNN,

Nigerians are expected to cast their ballots on Saturday, seven days after the country's presidential and parliamentary elections were abruptly postpo...

Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari , Nigerian elections

Gunbattle with militants kills four Indian soldiers, civilian in Kashmir

By Reuters,

Four Indian soldiers and a civilian were killed in a gunbattle in disputed Kashmir on Monday, a police official said, as India launched a hunt for sus...

Indian , Islamist militant group , Kashmir

12-year-olds suspected of carrying knives could be jailed and banned from social media

By CNN,

Children as young as 12 could be hit with social media bans, curfews and potential prison time under new measures being introduced by the British gove...

British Government. , Sajid Javid , social media , UK Home Office

Chinese movie star pleads not guilty to sexual assault in Australia

By Reuters,

Chinese movie actor Gao Yunxiang and a producer pleaded not guilty in an Australian court on Friday to charges of sexual assault, setting the course f...

chinese , Gao Yunxiang

Zambian president swears in new army chief Sikazwe

By Reuters,

Zambian President Edgar Lungu on Monday swore in Lieutenant General William Sikazwe as head of the armed forces. At the ceremony, he told Sikazwe t...

Edgar Lungu , Sikazwe , Zambia

Sudan detains nine opposition leaders ahead of planned protest

By Reuters,

Authorities in Sudan have arrested at least nine opposition leaders and activists, a group of civil society groups said on Friday, ahead of fresh anti...