Eighteen suspects in the 2021 assassination of Haitian president Jovenel Moise have been transported to Florida to stand trial, US officials said Sunday. Moise, 53, was gunned down on July 7, 2021, at his private residence by a hired group of about 20 military-trained Colombian mercenaries. His security detail did not intervene to protect him. “Today’s multi-location and international arrests underscore the FBI’s continued commitment to bringing all participants in this plot to justice,” FBI special agent Brett Skiles said on X. In the same post, federal prosecutor Jason Reding Quinones said: “18 transported in military plane from Haiti to…
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The Elkana Jacob Foundation was recognised by the NyaliSub-County Peace and Cohesion Committee for its contribution to peacebuilding, youth engagement and community cohesion. The foundation received a Certificate of Appreciation on Monday, September 21, 2026, during activities marking the International Day of Peace in Nyali. The certificate cites the foundation’s support for youth empowerment, sustainable peace integration and the 2025 and 2026 International Day of Peace celebrations. It also recognisesits support for peace and cohesion activities, including integration and Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (PCVE) training. The 2026 International Day of Peace is being observed under the theme “Invest in…
Scottish DJ Calvin Harris has been celebrating writing his name into the record books after performing for an estimated 1.6m people in Sao Paulo earlier this year. The musician from Dumfries received recognition from Guinness World Records (GWR) for the largest attendance for a DJ set by a single artist. He took to social media to highlight the award for what he described as a “truly insane day” which he said could only have happened in Brazil. GWR said it had been reported that his headline appearance had forced the closure of the Rua da Consolação with some fans fainting…
Eldoret will this week host Kenya’s celebrations to mark UN Tourism Week as the country seeks to diversify its tourism offering beyond the traditional coastal and wildlife destinations. The week-long event, running from September 21 to 27 at the University of Eldoret, will be held under the theme “Digital Agenda and Artificial Intelligence to Redesign Tourism.” The celebrations will spotlight digital technologies and artificial intelligence (AI) as emerging tools for enhancing Kenya’s tourism industry, with a focus on innovations, start-ups, digital solutions and best practices in travel technology and smart tourism. Tourism Principal Secretary Julius Bitok said the event would…
As the Ebola disease outbreak, caused by the Bundibugyo virus, continues to spread in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) and Epicentre, its epidemiological research centre, are launching BRAVO- an important study that will follow frontline workers over time to assess the effect of the ERVEBO vaccine. The study is integrated into the Ministry of Health-led outbreak response. No vaccine or treatment specifically targeting Bundibugyo virus is immediately available. Conducted with the Ministry of Health, Africa CDC, the Congolese National Institute for Biomedical Research (INRB) and scientific partners, this study will document and evaluate…
Iran’s top negotiator said Sunday that Tehran had conveyed to Washington through mediators its conditions for reopening the strategic Strait of Hormuz, which it has blockaded throughout the Middle East war. The two foes are locked in a stalemate, months into the conflict that began with US-Israeli strikes on Iran in late February. Tehran has since maintained a stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping route for the world’s oil and gas, while Washington is pushing a campaign to choke the Islamic republic’s ports and economy. “Our messages and the explanation of our conditions have been clearly conveyed…
A gold mine collapsed in northern Sudan killing at least 10 people and injuring 21 others, two survivors told AFP on Sunday after overnight rescue efforts. Since war erupted in April 2023 between Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the war efforts of both sides have been largely funded by the country’s billion-dollar gold trade, in addition to foreign backers. Shafts of the Awny mining area near Sudan’s border with Egypt collapsed on Saturday. By Sunday morning “10 bodies had been recovered and 21 injured miners pulled out”, said one of the survivors who was working at…
Three suspects have been detained in South Africa in connection with the murder of a woman in an area east of Johannesburg – the last of nine recent cases in that region that has shone a spotlight on the level of violence against women in the country. Under pressure to solve the spate of murders which has involved victims’ bodies being dumped on a roadside, police have described the arrests of the three – a man and two women – as a “breakthrough”. Referring to all nine cases, acting police chief Lt Gen Puleng Dimpane said her officers were “working…
A UN report has concluded that recent US airstrikes on vessels allegedly trafficking drugs breached international law and could constitute crimes against humanity. The report by Special Rapporteur Ben Saul said since September last year there had been at least 68 US strikes in the Caribbean and Pacific, outside US territorial waters, which killed more than 220 people. Saul said that even if targets could be identified as members of designated terrorist groups, they had not staged an armed attack on the US which would trigger a right to self-defence under international law. The report comes two days after the…
CNN, Politico and MS NOW have said they will sue the Trump administration after the three US media outlets were barred from the White House. President Donald Trump announced the ban on Friday, accusing the organisations of writing “fiction or lies” about his team. The companies said their reporters were denied access to the building on Saturday. In a joint statement on Monday, they said they were pursuing legal action to “protect our First Amendment rights and defend the principle that the government does not decide what the press reports”. Posting on Truth Social shortly afterwards, Trump said the White…
Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has urged Mt Kenya leaders to respect elders and heed their call for unity, saying political differences should not be allowed to tear apart communities with a shared history, interests and aspirations. Prof Kindiki said he had taken seriously the elders’ call for him to spearhead reconciliation and unity in the region ahead of the 2027 General Election. He said he would honour the elders’ guidance as he reaches out to communities in Mt Kenya East and West and works to rebuild a common political voice. “I have heard you and I will do so as…
Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA) and Strathmore University have secured six relay squad berths in the upcoming Open Lanes Varsity Invitational finals following a rigorous two-day knockout stage. The qualified teams join Kenyatta University for the grand finale on October 3, 2026, at Nyayo National Stadium, where top university runners will clash for the championship title. The final spots will be decided next week as teams from JKUAT, the University of Nairobi, and Riara University meet in the ultimate qualification round. Beyond the title, four standout student-athletes will earn an all-expenses-paid trip to compete in South Africa’s elite running…
Several of the rebel groups which have been fighting the Ethiopian authorities in different parts of the country have announced they have formed an alliance to remove the government in Addis Ababa. The alliance brings together the Fano militia in Amhara, the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) and four other smaller groupings in a coalition named Alliance for Survival. The seven groups accuse Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government of presiding over “war, genocide, mass destruction, and utter poverty”, claiming Ethiopia is at risk of disintegration. Federal authorities have not yet responded. Ethiopia has faced years of…
In his 82nd birthday reflections, President Yoweri Museveni did something unusual. He named names. He named a year. And in doing so, he demolished a narrative that has been carefully constructed in sections of the Kenyan media—that Uganda’s fuel troubles were a product of the Government-to-Government (G-to-G) arrangement that Kenya signed in 2023. They were not. The shortchanging began in 2019, four years before the G-to-G deal existed. https://t.co/3Sjm5coIzF— Yoweri K Museveni (@KagutaMuseveni) September 20, 2026 Museveni’s account is unambiguous. “It was a Kenyan Senator called Jirongo who told me this around 2019,” he wrote. “I immediately tasked the then…
Gemini model accessed the internet and hacked other companies during a test of its cybersecurity capabilities, the first known example of the company’s AI systems autonomously committing such an act. The hacks occurred in May during a cybersecurity test conducted by Irregular, an independent company that conducts cybersecurity evaluations. During a standard testing evaluation, Gemini found public information online and guessed credentials to access three websites it thought were within the scope of its test, Heather Adkins, Google’s vice president of security engineering, said in a statement. “We ensured the three entities were made aware, and we worked with our…