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About 100 children who were abducted from a Catholic school in central Nigeria last month have been freed, authorities say. Niger state’s police chief, Adamu Abdullahi Elleman, and Bishop Bulus Dauwa Yohanna, who is in charge of the school as the local leader of the Catholic community, both told the BBC that they had received confirmation of the students’ release. They said the news had been confirmed by the president’s national security advisor, but Bishop Yohanna said it was not clear when the children would be reunited with their parents. More than 250 students and 12 staff were kidnapped from…

The head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has described an attack on a kindergarten and hospital in Sudan, which he said killed 114 people, as “senseless”. Drones were used to attack the facilities on Thursday in the town of Kalogi, in the South Kordofan region, with 63 children said by the UN to be among the dead. The Rapid Support Forces (RSF), one of the sides in the country’s raging civil war, was accused by both its enemy, the army, and a medical organisation, the Sudan Doctors’ Network, of mounting the attack. In another development, the RSF…

Two senior military officials taken hostage during Sunday’s attempted coup in Benin have been freed, a government source has told the BBC. It remains unclear how they were released or if other hostages are still being held. Security forces are continuing a manhunt for those involved in the plot, who remain at large. A group of soldiers appeared on state TV early in the morning to announce they had taken over in the West African country, and gunfire was heard near the presidential residence. However, President Patrice Talon later announced that the situation was “totally under control” in the West…

The prosecution tightened its case in the ongoing Shakahola massacre trial after three witnesses shared harrowing accounts that painted a grim picture of the events linked to Pastor Paul Mackenzie’s Good News Church. Appearing virtually before Justice Diana Kavedza at the Mombasa High Court, the prosecution presented the day’s first witness, Abel Kaire Oyalo, whose deeply emotional testimony momentarily brought proceedings to a standstill. Speaking from Kisii, Oyalo recounted how his once stable family life crumbled after his wife abandoned their Kenya Assemblies of God (KAG) church in Gachie, Kiambu County, and embraced Mackenzie’s teachings. “Suddenly, my wife’s lifestyle changed,”…

Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi nominated a senior spy agency official as the next Director General of the Financial Reporting Centre (FRC). Mbadi picked a lawyer who is the head of legal at the National Intelligence Service (NIS) Naphtaly Kipchirchir Rono, to replace his spy colleague Saitoti Maika. Maika had served his full term. Rono was picked from a list of six top candidates whose names were sent to him after an interview. Rono’s name was sent to the National Assembly last week for vetting. He will now have to wait a little bit longer as MPs have proceeded to…

A man was found dead with stab wounds he inflicted on himself in a suspected suicide mission in Suna, Migori County. The incident happened after the man’s one and half-year-old daughter died in hospital following a disciplinary attempt that went bad. The body of Kennedy Omondi Ouru, 27 was found lying in a house with stab wounds in the left ribs. This was Sunday evening long after his daughter had died. Police concluded the stab wounds were self inflicted and in suicide mission. The body lay in a house in Kamagambo A village on December 7 with a knife loosely…

As Vodacom moves to acquire additional shares in Safaricom, the Government of Kenya (GOK) has secured strict undertakings aimed at safeguarding national interests. These conditions accompany the deal under which Vodacom will become a majority stakeholder in Kenya’s largest telecom operator. Under the agreement, Vodacom must commit that: 1. No major layoffs — There shall be no redundancies of staff, except in the ordinary course of business. 2. Foundations must be preserved – The existing charitable organisations Safaricom Foundation and M-Pesa Foundation must continue to operate, with full support from Vodacom. 3. Government consultation for expansion — Any new expansion…

Police are pursuing a driver who fatally hit two Finns nationals along Limuru Road, Nairobi. The victims were pedestrians when they were hit by a speeding car on Sunday December 7, 2025 evening, police said. The victims were identified as Mohamed Osman, 60 and Carfoon Hussain, 58. The car was moving from Gigiri direction towards Ngara when the driver lost its control and veered off the road hitting the two who were on the pedestrian way, witnesses and police said. Osman died on the spot while his female colleague was pronounced dead on arrival at the nearby Aga Khan Hospital.…

The Jubilee Party leadership in Nyaribari Masaba threw its weight behind former Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu, endorsing him as the party’s preferred candidate for the Kisii gubernatorial race in the upcoming 2027 elections. The announcement was made during a delegates’ meeting at Nyanturago Friday, where local party officials praised Machogu’s public service record and described him as the most prepared candidate to steer the county toward sustainable development. It would be Machogu’s second attempt at the Kisii governorship slot after he was floored by incumbent Kisii Governor Simba Arati in the 2022 polls. He is currently said to be holding…

A 14-year-old boy drowned in a river as he bathed with other colleagues in Kodete, Nyando, Kisumu County. The boy was a grade seven pupil at Oroba Junior Secondary School in the area. He had visited his uncle in the area and later went with other children to bathe in the river near the home. His four colleagues said they found he was missing minutes after he had drowned and the body was later retrieved and taken to the mortuary pending an autopsy. Meanwhile, a robbery with violence suspect escaped from a hospital he had been admitted to at the…

Mbagathi Hospital is set for a major breakthrough in diabetes care following the commencement of construction of a fully equipped clinic, Chief Executive Officer Dr. Alexander Irungu announced. The new facility is expected to improve access to diabetes services for the more than 150,000 people living with diabetes within the hospital’s catchment area. “Currently, the hospital’s diabetes clinic operates just once a week, forcing patients to endure review intervals of up to four months—delays that often lead to complications and poor disease control,” Dr. Irungu said. The clinic forms part of the Centre for Driving Change (CDC) initiative, which aims…

A police rider died after being involved in an accident in Embu Town. Police said corporal Simon Njiru who was attached to the Embu Police Station was on Sunday December 7, 2025 involved in an accident and sustained serious head injuries. He was rushed to the hospital where he succumbed to the injuries. The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy. More than 20 people were at the weekend killed in separate road accidents, police said. Elsewhere in Muthurwa area, Nairobi, a police officer was stabbed and injured in an attack by four men. Police said their colleague…

Detectives are investigating an incident where a 16-year-old boy was found dead after suspected murder in a village in Macalder, Migori County. The incident happened Sunday in Got Orango area, police said adding his body was found in a compound of a neighbour. The body did not have any visible injuries when it was discovered, police said, adding it was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and investigations. The owner of the compound where the body was found was arrested a few hours later for grilling. Police said they were yet to establish the motive of the murder. In…

A group of 14 Congolese nationals were at the weekend detained by police for being in the country illegally. The group was found stranded at a petrol station in Busia Town on Saturday December 6, 2025, police said. They were waiting for a driver of a van to pick them to Nairobi where they were headed to, they told the police. They are believed to have entered the country through ungazetted routes in the area, police said. Police added the group did not have any documents for their travel. The smuggler switched off his mobile phone and vanished on learning…

Three miners died after a shaft collapsed and trapped them at a gold mining site in Savane area, Kakamega County. The incident happened on Saturday December 6 evening in Wangoto village, police said. Police said the group had ventured into the shaft to dig out gold proceeds when the walls collapsed. Other miners rushed to their rescue in vain. They retrieved the bodies of the three minutes later. Police said those killed were aged 18, 25 and 26 and were identified as Brytone Wendo, Elvis Shamora and Joseph Amuhaya. The bodies were moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and…