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Kenya has announced its second Ebola death, a 65-year-old quarantined relative of the first victim, saying all cases are in one cluster with no evidence of community spread.

The WHO says the Ebola outbreak spreading from Congo is growing more complex, with Nigeria’s first case now under investigation after cases in Kenya.

Namibia’s contested Petroleum Amendment Bill has cleared its second reading, after an opposition walkout, over concerns it concentrates energy oversight in the presidency.

KEY POINTS Twin brothers Kegomodicoe Lekone and Keabecoe Lekone, both 52, were killed on October 21. A witness reportedly saw a man flee in a white Chevrolet Aveo after the …

KEY POINTS Nigeria confirmed an Ebola case in a woman who returned from Uganda on October 7, 2026. Uganda says travel through the country alone does not prove that the …

KEY POINTS Former Rwandan soldier Robert Kabera was found beheaded in a village near Kampala, Uganda. Kabera had become a vocal critic of President Paul Kagame after going into exile. …

KEY POINTS Nigerian Kenneth Chibuzor and two South Africans will return to court on December 9 over a slain runner’s smartwatch. Chibuzor remains in custody, while the other two suspects …

Mauritius has lifted a nighttime curfew imposed during a rare wave of violent protests over water shortages and the cost of living, with at least 188 people arrested.

Kenya has confirmed its eighth Ebola case, a 49-year-old patient attendant likely exposed to the country’s first case, as the DRC outbreak passes 9,400 cases.

The UAE has backed Ethiopia’s government in the Tigray war while Saudi Arabia stays silent, but neither is shown to have decisive influence over the fighting.