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Gunmen believed to be al Shabaab militants torched two lorries in an attack in Shebtakurrow area, Tarbaj, Wajir County.  Police said the two canters were headed for Wajir from Mandera when the incident happened on Monday morning. One of the vehicles was carrying construction stones while the other had delivered several kilos of khat when they were targeted and attacked. The attackers stopped another lorry that had delivered the khat and ordered the driver with his turnboy to step out. The crew had offered a lift to four National Police Reservists who were headed for Wargaduud area in the same…

Former President Donald Trump was rushed to safety on Sunday after what the FBI called an apparent assassination attempt at Trump’s golf course in West Palm Beach.  The incident comes almost exactly two months after a shooting at a Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, which left Trump wounded and one supporter dead. Details are still emerging from the latest incident and about the suspect, named by US media as Ryan Routh. Here is what we know so far. How was the suspect spotted? The incident unfolded at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, about 15 minutes from…

The 2024 Primetime Emmy Awards were handed out Sunday night, with Hacks taking home a surprise best comedy series win. The show’s star Jean Smart won best actress in a comedy series. Hacks was a surprise winner over The Bear, which won best comedy series last year. However, the latter did collect four other big wins, including acting nods for three of the show’s cast members: Jeremy Allen White (best lead actor in a comedy series), Liza Colón-Zayas (best supporting actress, becoming the first Latina to ever win in the category) and Ebon Moss-Bachrach (best supporting actor). In addition, Christopher…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Yemen’s Houthis will pay a “heavy price” after a missile fired by the group landed in central Israel. The Israeli military said the missile landed in an uninhabited area early on Sunday, but that shrapnel indicated air defence systems had failed to destroy it before it entered Israeli airspace. It added that it was investigating how the missile was able to reach so far into Israeli territory. The strike marks the first time a missile fired by the group has reached central Israel, which is around 2,000km (1,240 miles) from Yemen. The Israel…

Twenty-four people have been killed in Haiti after a fuel tanker exploded, according to local authorities. Dozens more people have been left seriously injured – some suffering burns to 80% of their bodies, according to Haitian Prime Minister Garry Coville. The incident happened on Saturday near the commune of Miragoane, about 100km (60 miles) west from the capital Port-au-Prince. According to media reports, the tanker collided with another vehicle and began leaking fuel onto the road. The explosion happened as people were rushing to collect the spilt fuel. “It’s a horrible scene we’ve just witnessed,” Mr Coville said at Port-au-Prince…

Genoa snatched a 1-1 home draw with Roma in the final seconds on Sunday to continue their positive start to the Serie A season. Koni De Winter headed home Genoa’s leveller in the sixth minute of added time at a packed Stadio Luigi Ferraris to deny Roma a first win of the campaign. Artem Dovbyk looked to have shot Roma to victory when he prodded home in the 37th minute after Niccolo Pisilli’s effort was spilled by Pierlugi Gollini. But De Winter’s first Serie A goal gave Genoa their second late home draw of the new season after also stunning…

At least 30 people, including three children, were injured when a Russian guided bomb hit a high-rise residential building in Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine on Sunday. “The rescue operation in Kharkiv continues. A Russian air strike. An ordinary residential building, a multi-storey building, was damaged. There is a fire and rubble between the 9th and 12th floors,” President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on the Telegram messenger app. He posted photos of smoke and fire billowing out of the windows of a multi-storey building. All windows had been blown out. Kharkiv governor Oleh Syniehubov said civilian infrastructure was also damaged. Kharkiv, Ukraine’s…

Speaker of the National Assembly Moses Wetang’ula Sunday called for the swift reconstitution of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC). His appeal comes ahead of Parliament’s resumption after its recess. Speaking to the congregation, Wetang’ula emphasized the urgency of addressing the IEBC issue as there were many pending commission activities which had stalled due to lack of commissioners. He spoke when he attended a solemn service at Chebukwa Catholic Church in Bungoma County. “We cannot afford further delays on boundary reviews or pending by-elections in our wards and constituencies. I urge those obstructing this process to reconsider their stance…

Immediate former Deputy Inspector General of Kenya Police Douglas Kanja will know his fate Wednesday September 18 when Members of Parliament debate and vote on whether to approve his nomination as the next Inspector General of Police. The National Assembly resumes business on Tuesday, September 17, and top of the agenda the following day is the motion on the appointment of Kanja as the IGP. It would be the last stage of the approval process after Senators unanimously approved Kanja’s nomination to become the next top cop. The joint committee of National Assembly Administration and Internal Security and Senate Internal…

Interior Cabinet Secretary Prof. Kithure Kindiki appointed a National Steering Committee to oversee the implementation of reforms proposed by the Maraga Taskforce within the National Police Service, Kenya Prisons Service and National Youth Service. This will take place in the next three years. The committee will be chaired by the Principal Secretary of the State Department for Internal Security and National Administration Dr Raymond Omollo and includes Principal Secretaries from the National Treasury, Correctional Service, Public Service and Cabinet Affairs. The other members of the committee include the Solicitor General, Inspector General of Police, the Commissioner Generals of the Kenya…

At least five people were Sunday September 15 morning killed in a road accident in Denyenye area in Kwale County. The victims were all pillion passengers on a motorcycle, police said The police said the accident involved a lorry and a motorcycle. According to police, one person sustained serious injuries in the 1 am incident along Likoni-Kombani Road. Police said the rider of the motorcycle was carrying five pillion passengers at the time of the accident The lorry had stalled on the road when the rider who was speeding rammed onto it from the rear side. As a result, five…

Ballerina Michaela Mabinty DePrince, who performed with Beyoncé and was seen by many as a trailblazer, has died at the age of 29. A spokesperson announced her death on her personal Instagram page and in a statement her family said she was an “unforgettable inspiration to everyone who knew her or heard her story”. The cause of death has not been given. DePrince made a remarkable journey from suffering as an orphan in war-torn Sierra Leone to numerous accolades in the world of international dance. Her family said her death had been “sudden”, adding: “Michaela touched so many lives across…

Venezuelan authorities say they have arrested three US citizens, two Spaniards and one Czech citizen suspected of plotting to destabilise the country. Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello said hundreds of weapons had also been seized, and that the detainees were plotting to assassinate Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and other top officials. It comes two days after Washington sanctioned 16 Venezuelan officials who are closely aligned with President Maduro, following his disputed election victory. The Venezuelan government said the Spaniards detained were linked to Madrid’s National Intelligence Centre (CNI). However, Spanish government sources have told local media the two do not belong…

A man who attacked Comoros President Azali Assoumani with a knife, wounding him slightly, has been found dead in prison in unclear circumstances, the public prosecutor said on Saturday. The attack on the president took place on Friday September 13 afternoon during a funeral for a well-known religious leader in a village near Moroni. Prosecutor Ali Mohamed Djounaid said the dead man was a 24-year-old soldier identified as Ahmed Abdou from the village of Salimani-Itsandra, where the funeral took place. He had attacked the president and a relative of the late religious leader with a “kitchen knife”, the prosecutor said, before…

South Sudan’s government has decided to postpone a long-delayed national election until December 2026, the presidency said on Friday, underscoring the challenges facing the country’s fragile peace process. “The presidency, under the chairmanship of President Salva Kiir Mayardit, has announced an extension of the country’s transitional period by two years as well as postponing elections, which were initially scheduled for December 2024 to December 22nd, 2026,” Kiir’s office said on Facebook. South Sudan has been formally at peace since a 2018 deal ended a five-year conflict responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths, but violence between rival communities flares frequently.…