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KAMPALA/NAIROBI — More than 40 people are now known to have died after multiple landslides struck Kenya and Uganda's mountainous border region last week."I lost a grandmother, a maternal aunt, an uncle, two sisters, a family friend and a cousin. They were staying together in Kaptul village," Felix Kemboi told the BBC on the Kenyan side.So distressed was the 30-year-old Felix that he struggled to put the experience into words.On both sides of the border, many people are still missing and search and rescue teams have been sent out to find them, amid warnings that more landslides could occur."As heavy rainfall continues to be experienced across several parts of the country, the risk of landslides, especially along the Kerio Valley region, is heightened," warns Kenyan Interior Minister...
November 04, 2025
Agony for families as landslide death toll climbs in Uganda and Kenya
October 31, 2025
Protests spread across Tanzania after elections marred by unrest
October 31, 2025
'We saw people murdered in front of us' — Sudan siege survivors speak out
October 30, 2025
Sudanese paramilitary group accused of killing hundreds in North Darfur hospital
October 29, 2025
Fear of mass killings as thousands trapped in besieged Sudan city
October 28, 2025
Eleven dead after plane carrying German and Hungarian tourists crashes in Kenya
YAOUNDE — Cameroon's 92-year-old President Paul Biya has been declared the winner of heavily disputed elections by the Central African country’s Constitutional Council.Biya, got 53.7% of the vote compared to the 25% of his main challenger Issa Tchiroma Bakary, has been re-elected for an eighth term that could keep him in office until he is nearly 100, according to official results announced on Monday.“Hereby proclaimed President-elect: the candidate Biya Paul,” said Clement Atangana, president of the Constitutional Council.Biya, 92, took office in 1982 and has held a tight grip on power ever since, doing away with the presidential term limit in 2008 and winning reelection by comfortable margins.Biya came to power, elbowing aside his patron and predecessor Ahmadou Ahidjo,...
October 27, 2025
World’s oldest head of state, Cameroon’s 92-year-old Paul Biya, wins eighth term
October 27, 2025
A coronation, not a contest — Tanzania's first female president faces little opposition
October 27, 2025
UN pleads for safe passage for civilians trapped in war-hit Sudan city
October 27, 2025
Mali shuts schools and universities as blockade worsens fuel crisis
