TWO people have been shot dead in the central Kenyan town of Nanyuki amid protests against US plans to establish an Ebola isolation centre at a military base nearby, the BBC has learnt. One of the victims was shot in an area close to the Laikipia Airbase where a demonstration was taking place. He died after being brought to the town’s hospital by friends. The other victim was already dead when he was taken to the hospital by soldiers. The circumstances of their deaths are not clear, and officials have not commented on the matter. A police spokesman told the…
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SOUTH African police warned anti-immigration groups Wednesday against taking the law into their own hands after two Mozambicans were killed in the first deaths linked to protests against illegal migrants. The Mozambicans died in the southern coastal town of Mossel Bay after a small demonstration against illegal migrants on Friday, one of several held in centres across the country in recent weeks. The Mozambique government said Monday five of its citizens had died in “xenophobic attacks” but South Africa’s security coordination body again rejected this toll. Lieutenant-General Tebello Mosikili did, however, confirm that the two Mozambican deaths were “during activities…
MANCHESTER City’s Antoine Semenyo and former Arsenal midfielder Thomas Partey were included in Ghana’s World Cup squad as coach Carlos Queiroz left it to the last minute to finalise his 26-man selection. Ghana face Wales in Cardiff on Tuesday in a friendly before flying to North America for their fifth World Cup, where they are in a tough Group L with England, Croatia, and Panama. The midfield includes Villarreal’s Partey, 32, who is due to stand trial in the UK at a later date on rape and sexual assault charges. He has pleaded not guilty. Veteran Leicester City attacker Jordan…
UNITED States Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, has disclosed that Iran’s Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, appears to be assuming a more active role in the country’s affairs as negotiations between Tehran and Washington continue following the April 8 truce. Rubio made the remarks on Tuesday while testifying before the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, saying there are indications that Khamenei, who has not been seen publicly since US air strikes killed his father and predecessor on the first day of the war, is alive and increasingly involved in decision-making. “I think there are indications out there that he is increasingly…
AT least seven people have been killed after a drone hit a bus in the Russian-controlled Donetsk region of Ukraine, as both sides escalate attacks. The Russian-installed head of the region, Denis Pushilin, said on the Telegram messaging platform on Wednesday that the bus was travelling between Moscow and Simferopol in Crimea. “A further 11 people sustained injuries of varying severity, and all are receiving the necessary medical care,” he added. Russia’s state news agency Tass reported that the Investigative Committee has opened a criminal investigation under the category of “terrorist attack”, according to its spokesperson Svetlana Petrenko. Meanwhile, the…
TWO men from Mozambique were killed in South Africa’s Mossel Bay, authorities have said. In an earlier statement, the Mozambican government said five of its nationals had been killed “as a direct consequence of xenophobic attacks”. But the police in South Africa did not give a motive and an investigation is ongoing. Tensions have been rising in South Africa in recent weeks following protests calling for tougher action against illegal migration. Some African nations say it has resulted in violence against their citizens, which South African authorities have not confirmed. The deaths of the men aged 27 and 43 on…
AN international court on Monday rejected a claim by Rwanda for Britain to pay more than £100 million ($135 million), it said London still owed from a scrapped deal to deport migrants. Judges from the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague ruled that Britain was not liable for two years of outstanding costs from the scheme that was shelved in 2024. In 2022, former UK prime minister Boris Johnson sealed a deal with Kigali to send to Rwanda migrants arriving in Britain via “dangerous or illegal journeys” in small boats or lorries. But the scheme hit legal and…
THE priority for Arsenal this summer is to finalise a new contract with Arteta, whose current deal expires at the end of next season. BBC Sport revealed last month that talks over fresh terms were shelved in order for the club to focus on the end of the campaign. With Arsenal’s historic season now over, the process will pick up again during the summer. Nothing is expected to be finalised before Arteta returns from holiday. But it is understood that there was positive progress during initial conversations, amid expectation within the Emirates that it is a case of when, not…
IRANIAN officials have warned that Israel’s escalating attacks on Lebanon and ongoing hostilities in Gaza threaten to derail the ongoing ceasefire negotiations with the United States which continue to drag on. Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi suggested on Monday that the mounting Israeli invasion of Lebanon and its strikes on the country, alongside the continued US siege of Iranian ports, constitutes a violation of the ceasefire. “The ceasefire between Iran and the US is unequivocally a ceasefire on all fronts, including in Lebanon,” Araghchi said in a social media post. “Its violation on one front is a violation of the ceasefire…
THE French navy with support from the United Kingdom has intercepted an oil tanker suspected of being part of Russia’s sanctions-busting “shadow fleet”. French President Emmanuel Macron announced the interception in a post on X on Monday, saying the Tagor was boarded on Sunday in the Atlantic. The post included a video showing a person rappelling from a helicopter onto a ship. “It is unacceptable that boats skirt international sanctions, violate the law of the sea and finance the war that Russia has been waging for more than 4 years against Ukraine,” Macron wrote. “These ships, that don’t respect the…
HEALTH authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo are celebrating after five patients, who had Ebola and now recovered, were allowed to leave hospital. The current outbreak is suspected to have killed almost 250 people. But those infected can get better and officials stress that people should seek medical help if they believe they have contracted the virus. On Sunday, there was a ceremony for a group of four nurses who were discharged from a hospital in Bunia, the provincial capital of Ituri, the epicentre of the outbreak. “You are living stories that this outbreak can be stopped,” World Health…
VOTING in Monday’s general election was suspended in parts of Ethiopia’s Oromia and Amhara regions due to security concerns, but long voter queues were seen elsewhere, electoral commission head Melatwork Hailu announced. Conflict in parts of Africa’s second most populous country had already meant that many would not be able to take part in the seventh election since the end of the Marxist military regime in 1991. In fact, the whole northern region of Tigray, which is trying to recover from a civil war that ended in 2022, has been totally excluded from the poll. Overall, while more than 50,000…
TOBI Amusan of Nigeria blasted to victory in the women’s 100m hurdles at the Rabat Diamond League in Morocco on Sunday. The Nigerian world record holder won her first Diamond League race of the 2026 season after breaking her own meeting record at the event. She stormed to the win in 12.28 seconds to match her season’s best and finish easily ahead of the pack. Meanwhile, Devynne Charlton of the Bahamas was second, finishing in 12.40 seconds, as Dutch athlete Nadine Visser finished third in 12.47 seconds. With the win, Amusan also broke the previous meeting record of 12.45 seconds,…
DOZENS of people have been killed in an explosion in northeast Myanmar near the border with China, local media and a rebel group have said. The exact death toll in Sunday’s blast in the village of Kaung Tat in Shan State was not immediately clear. Local news website The Irrawaddy reported that at least 46 people, including six children, were killed and more than 70 wounded due to a blast at an explosives depot. A rescue worker told the Shwe Phee Myay news agency that 55 people were killed. Several houses were damaged in the explosion at around 12:30pm local…
THE Israeli military has captured the strategic site of Beaufort Castle in southern Lebanon, in what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described as a “decisive shift” in its offensive against Hezbollah. It comes as ground troops move ever deeper into Lebanese territory beyond their original demarcation line of the Litani river. The UK, France and Germany criticised Israel’s latest escalation, as the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) warned more residents to evacuate a larger swathe of southern Lebanon. Lebanon’s prime minister has accused Israel of carrying out “collective punishment”. The latest evacuation warning is the second time in recent days that Israel…
THE U.S. said it struck Iranian military sites at the weekend and Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Monday it had targeted a U.S. base in response, the latest in a series of exchanges amid negotiations to end the three-month-old war. The strikes on Iran’s Gulf coast were in response to “aggressive Iranian actions that included the shootdown of a U.S. MQ-1 drone that was operating over international waters,” the U.S. Central Command said in a post on X. “U.S. fighter aircraft swiftly responded by eliminating Iranian air defences, a ground control station, and two one-way attack drones that posed clear…
POLLS have opened in Ethiopia’s general election as conflict rages in parts of the country, meaning many people will not be able to vote. In fact, the whole northern region of Tigray, which has been trying to recover from a brutal civil war that ended in 2022, has been totally excluded from the poll. It is the seventh election since the downfall of the military regime in 1991 – an upheaval that led to Eritrea’s secession two years later – and it takes place as Ethiopia’s relations with its northern neighbour are once again dangerously fraught. The media is tightly…
POLICE in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo fired shots in the air after angry crowds attempted to reclaim the bodies of loved ones who had died at an Ebola treatment centre in Mongwalu, two local journalists told the BBC. Sunday’s unrest continued throughout the day, the reporters said. The treatment centre, in a hospital compound, was the same place that was targeted overnight on Friday into Saturday, when an isolation tent was set ablaze. The body of a dead Ebola victim is highly infectious and can lead to the virus spreading further when prepared for burial. There…
ARSENAL coach Mikel Arteta admitted Champions League winners Paris Saint-Germain are the best team in the world after his team fell to defeat in the final on penalties on Saturday. Following a 1-1 draw after extra-time, PSG clinched the Champions League for a second consecutive season with a 4-3 shoot-out victory. Arteta said all he was feeling was “pain,” and admitted his Arsenal side, who won the Premier League this season, was not at the same level as the French champions who dominated the ball throughout. “I want to congratulate PSG, Luis (Enrique, the coach) in particular, because in my…
IRAN has reasserted its control over the Strait of Hormuz, warning that foreign commercial and military vessels will be targeted, if they do not comply with regulations governing passage through the strategic waterway. The announcement on Saturday came after the United States signalled that President Donald Trump was close to a decision on a potential deal with Iran, but Tehran denied an agreement had been reached. “The management of the Strait of Hormuz is exercised with full authority by the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran,” the operational headquarters of Iran’s armed forces, Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, said…