The Presidency on Tuesday said that returned $311 million which was part of the money allegedly stolen by the late former Head of State, Gen. Sanni Abacha has been allocated for infrastructure development in the country.

Social justice advocate Martha Wangari Karua has come out to strongly oppose the testing of the coronavirus vaccines on Kenyans.

Kenyan researchers are awaiting approval for clinical trials of three drugs in the treatment of Covid-19, the Daily Nation newspaper reports.

Ongoing flooding in Kenya has claimed the lives of another 164 people, a Kenyan government official said Monday.

Veteran diplomat Noureldin Sati has been appointed Sudan's ambassador to the US.

Six people, including two pilots, were killed when a plane carrying medical supplies crashed in south-western Somalia on Monday, authorities said. “The cause of the accident is not yet known,” government spokesman Ismael Mukhtar Omar told DPA.

Tragedy struck at the Coca Cola Market in Onitsha, Anambra State, yesterday, when a 22-year-old man, Mr Cletus Chisom, was reportedly stabbed to death by a security guard monitoring the use of face mask in the market.

Rwanda has loosened restrictions after 45 days of coronavirus lockdown, even though a nationwide night-time curfew will be enforced and movement in and out of the capital, Kigali, is prohibited

Fifty persons from Zamfara state hidden inside Lorry loads of fruits were on Sunday intercepted in Ilorin by officers of Kwara state police command.