The terror attack marked one of the deadliest events in a series of assaults within Kenya. In response to the ongoing threat, Kenya deployed its troops to Somalia in 2011, collaborating with international efforts to combat the Al-Qaeda-affiliated group.

“I have done extreme crimes and do not want to be reported in the media,” he said.

The United States has allocated $840 million in humanitarian aid to respond to the conflict in Sudan this fiscal year

The Saudi Foreign Minister said that the situation is deteriorating and poses a threat to the stability of the entire region, calling on all parties in Sudan to return to the Jeddah talks

Egypt’s Foreign Minister, during a meeting in New York, called for international efforts to be coordinated to support humanitarian response in Sudan

In the past year, there were several notable archaeological discoveries, including the earliest known human amputation and the unearthing of a lost city in Iraq following a severe drought.

‘It is illusory and counterproductive to count on MONUSCO to restore peace and stability,’ Felix Tshisekedi says at UN General Assembly

A student has cycled 4,000km (2,500 miles) across West Africa, enduring arrests and blazing heat, for a spot at his dream university.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) announced Wednesday that it has designated four of Rwanda’s genocide memorials as World Heritage Sites. The designation was announced at a session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh. The sites include the Kigali Genocide Memorial in the capital city, the Murambi Genocide Memorial Center in southern Rwanda, the Nyamata Genocide Memorial in eastern Rwanda and the Bisesero Genocide Memorial in western Rwanda, UNESCO said on the social media network X. According to survivors, each of the sites bears distinctive characteristics showing the cruelty with which genocide victims were ruthlessly massacred. The Kigali memorial site, the main one in the country, hosts the remains of 250,000 genocide victims found in the streets, houses, and mass graves in Kigali and surrounding areas. In the Nyamata church in eastern Rwanda, south of Kigali, about 45,000 people who had sought refuge there were massacred in one day. The building was transformed into a memorial representative of other churches in which the victims of the genocide died, according to UNESCO. The Bisesero site on the other hand commemorates the resistance led with traditional weapons including spears, machetes and sticks by Tutsi against the genocide perpetrators. “The historic inscription of the Bisesero, Gisozi, Murambi and Nyamata sites on the World Heritage List increases international visibility and also honors the memory of the victims they represent throughout the world. This recognition strengthens the fight against genocide denial and will serve to educate present and future generations,” Jean-Damascene Bizimana, Rwanda’s Minister of National Unity and Civil Engagement, said in a statement. Philbert Gakwenzire, the head of Ibuka, an umbrella organization that connects the groups that aid survivors of the genocide, said the move would help enhance the preservation of the memorial sites and increase visits to the sites for people to understand the dangers of genocide. Since 2012, local communities, national and international experts, and relevant advisory groups collaborated closely in the process that culminated in Wednesday’s status. In 2018, the United Nations General Assembly designated April 7 as the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi ethnic group, which left about 1 million people dead, mostly Tutsi and moderate Hutus, within a span of 100 days. On Tuesday, UNESCO also inscribed Rwanda’s Nyungwe National Park on the World Heritage List, making it the country’s first site to attain such status.

Region hosted close to 400,000 refugees as of end-August and food aid was halted since May in parts

Nearly 4,000 died in floods caused by Mediterranean storm Daniel in Libya, according to UN figures

President Akufo-Addo has called on the international community to support Africa in the fight against terrorism.

Moroccan Press Council files complaint against French Charlie Hebdo, Liberation for earthquake coverage

South Africa has been cleared to host the annual African Growth and Opportunity Act Forum in November

Tinubu emphasized the importance of security and protection of mining areas in Africa.

Ghana’s James Kwesi Appiah appointed new head coach of Sudan national football team

Sudan’s neighbouring countries’ foreign ministers met at the Permanent Mission of Egypt to the UN to discuss their roadmap to solve Sudan’s crisis

Some employees have confirmed that they haven’t received their salaries for nearly five months since the outbreak of the war

A series of weak to moderate earthquakes have occurred off the southern coasts of the Mediterranean Sea in Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia

The aid is part of a medical air bridge aimed at delivering 62 tons of cancer and kidney failure medications to Sudan

Chairman of Sudanese Sovereignty Council leads delegation to General Assembly, where he is scheduled to deliver speech on Friday

Kagame had previously not clarified his intentions, but he oversaw contentious constitutional changes that enabled him to serve a third term.

Kenya’s president makes announcement after meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart

At UN General Assembly, Cyril Ramaphosa urges fulfillment of annual $100B pledge for climate action, calls for UN reform