Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth is expected to announce the firings of 20% of admirals and generals across the US Armed Forces, according to US media. The announcement is anticipated Wednesday at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia, adding to an earlier round of personnel cuts in 2025. There are over 800 active-duty generals and admirals across the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force and Space Force, according to the latest defence department tally. The last time Hegseth assembled military leaders at Quantico, in September 2025, he criticised the department as being too “woke” and slammed its leaders for being out…
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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have accused an international photographer of “extraordinary recklessness” for looking into the grounds of the school attended by their children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet. Two men, both wearing backpacks, were spotted circling the perimeter of the school, with police later identifying one of them as an international press photographer. A spokesman for Prince Harry and Meghan called it “an unacceptable intrusion into the privacy of children”. Harry, Meghan, and their children returned to the UK last month after living in California for six years. The BBC understands that the two men were observed…
The High Court in Kisii has temporarily restrained Kisii Senator Richard Onyonka from repeating or publishing allegations that Governor Paul Simba Arati uses goons, violence and criminality to deal with issues in Kisii County. Justice Prof. Nixon Sifuna issued the temporary injunction in a defamation case filed by Arati against Onyonka over a press statement issued in June 2025. In the statement, Onyonka accused Arati of hiring goons and criminals to attack a Senate team that had visited Kisii County to audit and oversee its books and expenditure. Arati sued the senator, arguing that the allegations portrayed him as violent,…
The execution of Tennessee inmate Christa Pike has been halted an hour before it was due to happen. Pike, 50, has been awaiting execution since she was convicted and sentenced to death in 1996 for the murder of Colleen Slemmer. In their ruling on Wednesday, judges from the Sixth Circuit Appeals court said they needed more time to consider the arguments in Pike’s case. It is unclear how long the pause will last. This latest ruling comes after the US Supreme Court denied a reprieve and the Tennessee governor declined to grant Pike’s request for clemency earlier this week. Her…
The Political Parties Disputes Tribunal (PPDT) set aside the decision by the Office of Registrar of Political Parties declining to reserve the name Linda Mwananchi Movement. PPDT ordered the Registrar to reserve the name within seven days. The Tribunal found that the Registrar’s decision to decline the reservation of the name was without legal justification and amounted to a denial of the applicants’ right to form or participate in the formation of a political party. “The decision by the Registrar declining to reserve the name Linda Mwananchi is hereby set aside,” the Tribunal ordered. The Registrar was consequently directed to…
The EU proposed to delay new rules to cut planet-warming emissions from methane Tuesday, warning of a tough winter ahead with “very high” oil and gas prices owing to the US-Iran war. EU energy chief Dan Jorgensen suggested the rules be pushed back by one year to “relax” pressure on energy markets, after holding talks with ministers from the bloc’s 27 nations in Dublin. “There’s no doubt that we are approaching a winter that’s going to be challenging,” Jorgensen told reporters after the talks. Energy prices have soared due to the war in the Middle East. Gas prices more than…
A senior FBI official has made an unusually public request to the hacking group ShinyHunters, telling the cybercriminals on Tuesday they should get in touch following a wide-ranging breach of the bureau’s job site. In a video address posted to X on Tuesday, FBI Assistant Director Brett Leatherman said the recent arrest of a Dutch man in connection with the ShinyHunters investigation should serve as a warning. “Other groups believed anonymity or their friends would protect them, and they were wrong,” said Leatherman, who leads the FBI’s Cyber Division. “You know how to find us, and we know how to…
Turkish authorities have seized a plane belonging to Iran’s Caspian Airlines at Istanbul Airport, an official said Tuesday, with Turkish and Iranian media linking it to an unpaid three-million-euros($3.4 million) debt. The seizure took place on Monday after passengers had boarded the Boeing 737, which was waiting to take off when officials detained it on the basis of a court-issued seizure order, Turkey’s state news agency Anadolu said. The reports did not mention the recently imposed US sanctions against Iranian airlines as Washington seeks to economically isolate the Islamic Republic. In a written response to AFP, a Turkish government official…
The Sunshine Development Tour will make its first foray into West Africa this week when the Lakowe Lakes Classic tees off at Lakowe Lakes Golf Club in Lagos, Nigeria from 2nd to 4th October, bringing together 139 players from 10 countries for the inaugural West African event on the Tour. The three-day tournament will feature a strong field of 115 professionals and 24 amateurs, with players from Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Togo, Canada, Cameroon, Rwanda and Uganda set to compete for a share of the US$50,000 prize fund. Beyond the prize money, players will also be looking to…
Andy Burnham has suggested rejoining the EU is among options the government could examine to reshape the UK’s long-term relationship with Europe. The prime minister told the BBC the current Brexit settlement had caused “more harm than good” and he wanted to look at “what is doable” to repair relations. It comes after he pledged in his Labour conference speech on Tuesday to explore closer ties with the bloc at a delayed summit later this year. The move could set up a huge dividing line at the next general election, with the Conservatives accusing him of trying to “reopen old…
Five crew members of an oil tanker seized by pirates off the coast of Somalia were killed before local security forces retook the vessel, a senior regional official has told the BBC. Puntland Deputy Information Minister Bile Qabowsade said the five were killed by pirates before regional forces boarded MT Hoarner 25. He said the dead included three Pakistani nationals, one Indian and one national of Myanmar. Four other crew members were injured, including three Pakistanis and one Indian. The tanker, which was carrying about 18,500 barrels of oil destined for the Somali capital, Mogadishu, was seized in April by…
Fatima Zahra El Mansouri has been named Morocco’s first female prime minister, after her centrist Authenticity and Modernity Party (Pam) won the most seats in last week’s parliamentary elections. Her appointment makes her only the second woman to lead a government in the Arab world, after Tunisia’s Najla Bouden. She was named by King Mohammed VI, who chose her as prime minister over the country’s football chief Fouzi Lekjaa, a top politician from the same party. El Mansouri, 50, has been the mayor of Marrakesh for a number of years and also served as a minister in the previous coalition…
Companies expanding across East Africa face a recurring structural question: which decisions belong at headquarters, and which belong with the team on the ground. Gene Grand argues that most operators get this balance wrong in a specific and predictable way, centralising the decisions that should be local and localising the ones that should not be. Why “one Africa” strategies underperform Grand’s starting point is that Africa is frequently treated by international operators as a single market with fifty-four minor variations, rather than as fifty-four distinct markets that happen to share a continent. Research from the McKinsey Global Institute supports this…
Interior and National Administration Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has declared a one-month amnesty for individuals holding illicit firearms, ammunition and other small arms and light weapons to voluntarily surrender them to the authorities. The amnesty was announced on Tuesday during the launch of Africa Amnesty Month 2026 at the Kenya School of Government in Nairobi. Inspector-General of Police Douglas Kanja delivered Murkomen’s speech during the event, where the CS urged individuals and groups in possession of illegal weapons to use the amnesty period to surrender them without fear. Murkomen said voluntary disarmament was critical to reducing armed conflict and strengthening…
Edward Rukidi Kijanangoma has been crowned king of Uganda’s Tooro kingdom. The new monarch has long been a familiar face in the East African nation, where for many he was known not as the heir to the throne, but as a storyteller: a long-serving anchor and editor at the state broadcaster. But the 56-year-old – now King Edward Rukidi Kijanangoma Nyabongo I – has become the subject of media attention himself as his rise to the Tooro throne sparked controversy and widespread reactions beyond the country. Tooro is one of Uganda’s four main officially recognised historical kingdoms. For the last…