SIX people have been killed after a light aircraft belonging to a medical charity crashed in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, according to a local officials. Charity Amref Flying Doctors said the Cessna plane took off from Wilson airport on Thursday afternoon and was en route to Hargeisa in Somalia when it crashed and burst into flames at a residential building in Nairobi’s Githurai area. Kiambu County Commissioner Henry Wafula said four people on the plane were killed, including doctors, nurses and the pilot – as well as another two people on the ground, while two others were seriously injured. Investigators have…
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THE Zambian government has dismissed claims of dangerous pollution in the Copperbelt mining region, following safety concerns raised by the US embassy. On Wednesday, the US embassy issued a health alert, ordering the immediate withdrawal of its personnel in Kitwe town and nearby areas due to concerns of “widespread contamination of water and soil” linked to a February spill at the Sino-Metals mine. The spill happened when a tailings dam, used to store toxic waste and heavy metals, collapsed into the Kafue River, a key drinking water source, following heavy rain. The US embassy said there was new information that…
MANCHESTER United have made contact with Brighton to explore the conditions of a deal for midfielder Carlos Baleba, according to reports. The 21-year-old enjoyed an impressive campaign for the Seagulls, featuring 34 times in the Premier League and scoring three goals for Fabian Hurzeler’s side. United, who are closing in on their third major addition of the summer in RB Leipzig striker Benjamin Sesko, are among the many suitors of the Cameroon international and have made contact with Brighton through intermediaries, a report has claimed. According to The Athletic, the Red Devils have relayed their interest in the midfielder, who…
GAZA’s already battered healthcare system is in a state of collapse as blood banks run dry and Israeli forces continue targeting clinics and facilities housing patients and displaced families while maintaining an aid blockade. Healthcare officials in the besieged enclave reported on Wednesday that there is a severe shortage of blood as many would-be donors are too malnourished due to a severe Israeli-induced hunger crisis that has so far claimed the lives of 193 Palestinians, including five in the past 24 hours. Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud, reporting from Gaza City, said blood donations are desperately needed across the remaining operational…
UNITED States President Donald Trump has issued an executive order imposing an additional 25 percent tariff on goods from India, as penalty for importing Russian oil. Wednesday’s hike comes in addition to the 25 percent tariff India already faces, making it subject to one of the US’s highest import tax brackets under Trump, at a total of 50 percent. In his executive order, Trump explained that Russia’s continued military actions in Ukraine constituted a “national emergency” and it was therefore “necessary and appropriate” to place heightened tariffs on India, a major consumer of its petroleum products. “I find that the…
A UGANDAN university student who mysteriously went missing two months ago after posting a TikTok video that harshly criticised President Yoweri Museveni’s leadership has been jailed. Elson Tumwine disappeared on 8 June – sparking accusations from opposition figures and activists that he had been abducted and illegally detained by military agents. Following an outcry over his disappearance, he was then reportedly left at a police station in Entebbe in mid-July and was subsequently charged with offensive communication and computer misuse. He pleaded guilty and asked for forgiveness. The magistrates’ court in Entebbe sentenced him to two months in jail on…
THE US will require citizens from Malawi and Zambia to pay a $15,000 (£11,300) deposit for a tourist or business visa, according to the US state department. The 12-month pilot programme aims to curb visa overstays “or where screening and vetting information is considered deficient”, according to a notice published by the state department. Officials say that citizens of countries other than Malawi and Zambia may soon also need to pay a similar deposit, which will be returned at the end of their visit to the US. The US administration has taken several steps to further President Donald Trump’s agenda…
GHANA is in mourning following the tragic loss of two high-ranking government officials, Defence Minister Edward Omane Boamah and Environment, Science and Technology Minister Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed, who were among eight people killed in a military helicopter crash on Wednesday. According to an official statement from the Ghanaian Presidency, the aircraft, a Ghana Air Force helicopter took off from the capital city, Accra, shortly after 9:00am, en route to Obuasi in the Ashanti Region. The chopper, carrying three crew members and five passengers, went off radar during its journey and was later confirmed to have crashed. All eight occupants perished…
FORMER Arsenal footballer Thomas Partey was granted conditional bail on Tuesday after appearing in a London court on rape and sexual assault charges. The 32-year-old Ghana international has been charged with five counts of rape against two women and one count of sexual assault against a third woman. The alleged offences took place between 2021 and 2022, when he was an Arsenal player. Partey was charged on July 4, four days after leaving the Gunners when his contract expired at the end of June. The midfielder stood with his arms behind his back in the dock at Westminster Magistrates’ Court…
ISRAELI attacks have killed at least 83 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip amid a deepening Israel-induced hunger crisis, medical sources have told Al Jazeera, as hospitals in the besieged territory have recorded eight more deaths from starvation and malnutrition. Among those killed on Tuesday were 58 aid seekers, who were shot by Israeli forces as they approached aid distribution sites operated by the United States- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF). Al Jazeera’s Hind Khoudary, reporting from Deir el-Balah in central Gaza, said the “same exact scenario plays out in Gaza every single day” since GHF distribution sites began operating…
META on Tuesday said it shut nearly seven million WhatsApp accounts linked to scammers in the first half of this year and is ramping up safeguards against such schemes. “Our team identified the accounts and disabled them before the criminal organizations that created them could use them,” WhatsApp external affairs director Clair Deevy said. Often run by organized gangs, the scams range from bogus cryptocurrency investments to get-rich-quick pyramid schemes, WhatsApp executives said in a briefing. “There is always a catch and it should be a red flag for everyone: you have to pay upfront to get promised returns or…
RWANDA has said it will accept up to 250 migrants from the US in a deal agreed with President Donald Trump’s administration. Under the scheme the deportees would be given “workforce training, health care, and accommodation to jump start their lives in Rwanda”, government spokesperson Yolande Makole confirmed to the BBC. A condition of the agreement was that Rwanda would have “the ability to approve each individual proposed for resettlement”, she added. The White House has not commented on the deal directly but told the BBC it was constantly talking to countries “willing to assist us in removing the illegal…
GHANA’s government has issued an ultimatum to satellite broadcaster DStv to reduce subscription prices by Thursday, or face a suspension of its broadcasting licence. Minister for Communications, Samuel George, said he had directed the National Communications Authority to initiate suspension proceedings against MultiChoice Ghana, the local operator of DStv, if the company fails to comply with regulatory expectations for a price cut. “I have directed the NCA to act swiftly. “If by the 7th of August DStv has not complied, their broadcasting licence will be suspended,” George said. He accused the company of overpricing its services despite favourable exchange rate…
THE Kano State Government has marked its first-ever International Cultural Day, a colorful celebration aimed at showcasing the state’s rich cultural heritage and reaffirming its role as a historic center for commerce, Islamic scholarship, traditional arts, and craftsmanship. Declaring the event open at the Coronation Hall, Government House, Kano, Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf said the occasion was not only a celebration of the state’s glorious past, but also a strategic step toward positioning culture and tourism as key drivers of economic prosperity and collective pride. This was contained in a statement issued by the Governor’s Chief Press Secretary,…
THE Chief Executive Officer of Atalanta Football Club, Antonio Percassi, has stated that Nigeria’s winger, Ademola Lookman, is only allowed to leave the club this summer, but only to a super top club outside of Italy. In a social media post on Monday, Italian journalist Fabrizio Romano quoted Percassi as saying, “The pact with Lookman was made one year ago when we rejected €20m from PSG. “We told him: we’ll let you leave in 2025 for a super top club and not in Italy. Now, the situation [with Inter] is different… and as always, it’s us deciding.” The forward recently…
MATHEUS Cunha and Manchester City’s Rodri are big admirers of Brighton midfielder Carlos Baleba, who Rio Ferdinand wants Manchester United to sign over striker Benjamin Sesko Matheus Cunha believes a midfielder Manchester United have been urged to sign can win the Ballon d’Or. “I think the club and Coach Amorim should bring Baleba’, he told The mirror. Rio Ferdinand has advised United to abandon their pursuit of Benjamin Sekso and instead go all out for Brighton’s Carlos Baleba. The Red Devils have already bolstered their attack this summer with the acquisitions of Cunha from Wolves and Bryan Mbeumo from Brentford.…
AT least 74 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza since dawn on Monday, including 36 aid seekers, as the United Nations warns that 28 children are dying a day from Israeli bombardment and lack of aid. Israeli media has reported that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will hold a security cabinet meeting tomorrow, as he weighs possibility of launching operation to take full control of Gaza. Hamas says it is open to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) delivering aid to Israeli captives in Gaza if Israel opens “humanitarian corridors” to deliver aid to all people…
BRAZIL’s Supreme Court has issued a house arrest order for former President Jair Bolsonaro, who is standing trial for allegedly plotting a coup. The decision, issued on Monday, comes a day after protests in support of the former far-right president were held across Brazil. Bolsonaro is accused of seeking to overturn the 2022 election, won by his left-wing opponent, current President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. The order was issued by Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who is facing sanctions by the administration of United States President Donald Trump for overseeing the case against Bolsonaro. Moraes said Bolsonaro had violated precautionary…
A WHITE South African farm worker accused of killing two black women says he was forced to feed their bodies to pigs, according to lawyers. Adrian de Wet is one of three men facing murder charges after Maria Makgato, 45, and Lucia Ndlovu, 34, were killed while allegedly looking for food on a farm near Polokwane in South Africa’s northern Limpopo province last year. Their bodies were then alleged to have been given to pigs in an apparent attempt to dispose of the evidence. Mr De Wet, 20, turned state witness when the trial started on Monday and says farm…
AFRICAN leaders, on Monday, resolved to have one Africa-led peace initiative for the conflict in eastern Congo. The Co-Chairs of the Joint EAC-SADC Summit President William Ruto of Kenya and President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe resolved on Friday to have one Africa-led peace initiative for the conflict in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). During a meeting with representatives from the African Union and member states to discuss the security crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, William Ruto of Kenya and President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe led resolutions to merge the mediation and secretariat structures of the EAC…