By Dominic Wabwireh with other agencies The world has just recorded its hottest 11-year period, according to a new report from the World Meteorological Organization. The study found that 2015–2025 marked the warmest stretch on record, with 2025 ranking among the second or third hottest years, reaching about 1.43°C above pre-industrial levels. Scientists say warming is evident across multiple indicators of the climate system. Oceans reached record heat levels, glaciers continued to lose mass, and both Arctic and Antarctic sea ice recorded some of their lowest extents. Researchers say these trends reflect rising greenhouse gas concentrations driving long-term climate change.…
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A Tunisian court has sentenced human rights activist Saadia Mosbah to eight years in prison and fined her £26,000 ($35,000). Mosbah, who leads the anti-racism group Mnèmty, had been charged with money laundering and illicit enrichment and was arrested in May 2024. The 66 year old has long been a prominent advocate for sub-Saharan migrants in Tunisia, particularly after a 2023 speech by President Kais Saied, which described “hordes of illegal migrants” as a demographic threat. Since President Saied dissolved parliament in 2021, opposition figures and rights groups have warned of a steady erosion of rights and freedoms in the…
Nigeria Invitational Women’s T20 Tournament, Lagos Rwanda 210-3 (20 overs): Utagushimaninde 111* (65); Eshun 1-23 Ghana 88-8 (20 overs): Awuah 31 (56); Murekatete 3-20 Rwanda won by 122 runs Scorecard (external site), external Rwanda’s Fanny Utagushimaninde says it was like “a dream” after becoming the youngest woman to make a Twenty20 international century at the age of 15 years and 223 days. Opening batter Utagushimaninde made an unbeaten 111 from 65 balls on her T20 debut in a 122-run victory over Ghana at a tournament in Lagos, Nigeria. She had reached three figures off 59 balls in the 18th over with a clip…
“Around midnight, I heard the first gunshots,” recalls Joseph Ize Zino, a youth leader in central Nigeria. He was at home when gunmen attacked the village of Zike inhabited by the Christian Irigwe ethnic group. “All of us in the house, we ran. That was how we survived.” As he hid in the fields, the young man listened as the attackers swept down through the village in the hills of Plateau state. “I was just hearing them chanting Allahu Akbar [God is the greatest], saying: ‘We will finish them today.’ “You hear gunshots and people screaming, begging.” They want to…
By Rédaction Africanews and Agencies Turbulence in the fuel markets caused by the US-Israel war on Iran is hitting African airlines hard. Jet fuel prices are soaring worldwide but Africa is particularly exposed. About 70 percent of its jet fuel and kerosene imports come through the Strait of Hormuz – the vital maritime corridor currently under blockade by Iran. Since the start of the conflict last month, shipping though the Strait has almost stopped, removing about a fifth of global oil supplies from the market. For African airlines, jet fuel accounts between 30 to 40 percent of operating costs -…
By Dominic Wabwireh with other agencies More than 100 suspected jihadists have been freed in Mali under a deal to halt attacks on fuel convoys that had paralyzed the capital, Bamako, official and security sources told AFP on Sunday. Since September, the Al-Qaeda-affiliated Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM) had repeatedly targeted tanker convoys, causing acute fuel shortages. A local elected official confirmed the release of “more than 100 jihadists” in exchange for “the opening of a corridor to allow convoys of tanker lorries to pass through.” Truce until Tabaski Several security sources said the truce will…
Kenyans enlisted to fight for Russia in the war against Ukraine will be granted amnesty on their return home, the East African nation’s foreign minister has said. The announcement follows Musalia Mudavadi’s recent visit to Moscow to tackle the issue and where it was agreed that no more Kenyans would be recruited. Under Kenya’s laws it is illegal for the country’s citizens to be conscripted into foreign armies – an offence that can carry up to a 10-year prison sentence. The foreign ministry estimates that 252 Kenyans have been illegally conscripted to fight on the front line – a trend that…
By Dominic Wabwireh with other agencies Torrential rains and flash floods have killed at least 81 people across Kenya this month, authorities said, as heavy downpours continue. In Kisumu County, entire villages have been submerged, with about 1,200 hectares of farmland destroyed and crops swept away. The worst-hit area is Nyakach, where more than 3,000 families have been displaced after the Sondu Miriu River overflowed. “We have lost farmlands due to massive erosion… and many crops,” said local chief Seth Oluoch Agwanda, adding that residents have been moved to more than eight evacuation centres. Flood victims say they have nowhere…
The dust settled on another thrilling edition of the legendary Safari Rally Kenya as the third round of the 2026 FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) concluded Sunday amid scenes of celebration across the Rift Valley. Japan’s Takamoto Katsuta and co-driver Aaron Johnston secured a historic maiden victory in the WRC, conquering the brutal terrain after four days of high drama on the toughest gravel rally in the world. The Toyota Gazoo Racing (TGR) WRT pair inherited the lead during a chaotic Saturday morning when multiple frontrunners retired in the killer Sleeping Warrior stage. TGR team-mates Oliver Solberg, Sébastien Ogier and…
Sudan’s army has denied it carried out a deadly attack on a major hospital on Friday night in a city in the west of the country held by its rivals, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said 64 people – including 13 children, two nurses and a doctor – had died in the strike on el-Daein Teaching Hospital and 89 others had been wounded. “Enough blood has been spilled,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus posted on X, urging the warring parties to end the conflict, which started nearly three years ago. The RSF said…