A helicopter crash in Kenya’s northern Samburu county has left no survivors — with several tourists reportedly on board when it nosedived. The crash happened at Lolokwe Mountain at around 9.13am local time on Wednesday. The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) said the helicopter was heading from the Loisaba wildlife reserve to the Ewaso Nyiro river that flows through…
Liberia has agreed to accept up to 1,200 third-country deportees from the U.S. in the next 12 months. The first group of 20 deportees is expected to arrive on Thursday, the government said in a statement on Tuesday. Since taking office in January last year, President Donald Trump’s administration has struck several deals with African countries on deporting people…
Kenya Airways says the Middle East conflict has pushed up its fuel costs by 72 per cent while delaying spare parts and aircraft maintenance. Acting chief executive officer George Kamal disclosed this on Wednesday during a media briefing in Nairobi. Mr Kamal said fuel now accounted for up to 50 per cent of the airline’s total operating costs. He…
The U.S. Department of Justice has indicted 17 Iranians for coordinating an alleged massive cyber theft, infiltrating 144 U.S. universities, 178 foreign universities, 42 U.S. companies, 11 foreign companies, five government agencies, and two non-governmental organisations. The DoJ said the suspects face a 14-count charge for carrying out a cyber theft campaign between 2013 and December 2017. Federal prosecutors…
Barely after Dr. Ibrahim Bangura emerged at the top of an independent opinion poll tracking the All People’s Congress (APC) flagbearer race, a new question is beginning to shape the political conversation: who should stand beside him if his candidacy ultimately advances to the 2028 presidential contest? That question has now surfaced directly on the APC Repositioning Collective’s WhatsApp…
World Health Organisation says Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is now the deadliest the country has ever faced. WHO, in a statement on Monday, said the disease had killed 2,325 people, surpassing the 2,299 deaths recorded in the DRC’s 2018-2020 outbreak, which was previously the country’s deadliest, according to local authorities. National authorities declared…
