Kenyan media outlets are reporting the man in charge of a polling station in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, has been found dead days after his family reported him missing. Local reports say the body of Daniel Mbolu Musyoka was found in a forest in Loitoktok at the foot of Mt Kilimanjaro…
The government of Angola has hired a law firm to represent its interests and those of the widow of the former President José Eduardo dos Santos, Ana Paula dos Santos, amid a row within the family on the late leader’s burial. The older children of the former president want to…
7 children are reported to have been killed by an improvised bomb explosion in Togo. Witnesses said they were woken by a loud blast late on Saturday in the Savanes region in the north of the country. Islamist militants linked to Islamic State and al-Qaeda have attacked numerous targets in…
According to Japan’s National Broadcaster, Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has died. Abe, 67, who remains Japan’s longest serving prime minister, was shot while giving a campaign speech. The suspected attacker – reported to be a man in his 40s – was tackled at the scene and arrested. Shinzo…
The UK is sending its first long-range missiles to Ukraine, the defence secretary has said, despite a threat from Russia to the West. Ben Wallace said the M270 multiple-launch rocket system will help Ukraine defend itself against Russia. The government has not confirmed how many weapons will be sent, but…
North Korea has temporarily taken over as head of a top nuclear disarmament forum at the United Nations. It comes as the country was earlier this year accused of testing an intercontinental ballistic missile, which are banned by the UN Security Council. However it assumed the presidency of the Conference…