- Mohamed Bazoum, the democratically elected president of Niger, said he is being kept isolated and forced to eat dry rice and pasta by the military junta.
- Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Dr Alfred Mutua has travelled to Mozambique in preparation for his boss, President William Ruto’s visit to the country.
- Morticians have condemned IG Japheth Koome over his recent remarks that politicians hired dead bodies from morgues and portrayed them as victims of police brutality.
- The Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Alliance has reiterated that it will not engage in discussions of power sharing with the Kenya Kwanza administration during the ongoing bi-partisan talks between the two parties that commenced on Wednesday.
- In the last 24 hours, the county of Uasin Gishu has been met with an unprecedented protest from a section of its residents over the misappropriation of funds dedicated to offering scholarships for over 200 students residing in the county.
- The toll could climb further as authorities initially recorded 11 people missing in the town of Wintzenheim, with President Emmanuel Macron describing the disaster as a "tragedy".
- According to lawyer Shadrack Wamboi, the case is being brought in the public interest to discourage greed and dishonesty among the many unscrupulous motor vehicle dealers whose desire in business is to make profits at any cost, regardless of the violation of others' rights or the loss of time and…
- Police in Homa Bay County are investigating an incident where unknown criminals broke into four national government offices and made away with computers, cameras and other office items.
- Five people are hospitalised at the Mama Lucy Hospital in Nairobi in an incident where a police officer opened fire at the Dandora Total Railway Cross.
- President William Ruto and his deputy Rigathi Gachagua will not be receiving an increment of their salaries in the 2023/24 salary increment for public and state officers.
- The National Authority for the Campaign against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA) has begun investigations into reports on fentanyl abuse in Mombasa County.
- One ticket sold in Florida has won Tuesday night’s estimated Ksh.226.4B Mega Millions jackpot – expected to be the largest in the lottery’s history – according to the lottery’s website.
- Even a healthy young person will die after enduring six hours of 35-degree Celsius (95 Fahrenheit) warmth when coupled with 100 percent humidity, but new research shows that threshold could be significantly lower.
- The "five men who had kidnapped and raped a woman in the city of Marand in May 2022 were executed today (Wednesday)," the judiciary's Mizan Online website announced.
- The death toll of elderly people who have died through suspected witcraft practices in Kilifi County has reached 138 between 2020 to mid-2022, human rights organization Haki Yetu has said.
- Giacomo Chiapparini, 74, had entered the aging room to check the automatic robot used to clean the cheese rounds during the aging process in his company’s warehouse, according to the Bergamo Carabinieri.
- The World Bank is pausing approval for new public finance projects in Uganda over the country's adoption earlier this year of a widely criticized bill criminalizing same-sex conduct.
- While objects made using meteoritic iron have been found in Turkey, Greece, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Egypt, Iran, Russia and China, such artifacts have previously only been discovered at two sites in central and western Europe, both in Poland
- The complaint came after the seven finalists in the contest, held in the capital Jakarta from July 29 to August 3, were unexpectedly asked to strip for a supposed body check two days before the pageant's crowning ceremony.
- Kenya's government and the opposition are set to launch talks Wednesday aimed at resolving a bitter political feud following a spate of deadly protests over electoral reforms and the high cost of living.
- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un tours arms factories, inspects artillery plants and even fires a gun in newly released photographs that appear to offer a rare glimpse into the secretive state’s weapons facilities.
- War-torn Sudan is at risk of major disease outbreaks, with thousands of unburied corpses remaining out in the open and the country's health and sanitation infrastructure destroyed, Save the Children warned Tuesday.
- A group representing survivors of the Rwandan genocide Tuesday expressed anger and disappointment at a UN appeal court ruling that a suspect should be urgently considered for release after he was declared unfit for trial.
- A total of 98 people have been arrested in connection with child sex abuse, and 13 children rescued from harm, US and Australian authorities said Tuesday, more than two years after two FBI agents were killed investigating an alleged international pedophile ring.
- An Italian cheesemaker died on Sunday after being crushed by thousands of rounds of Grana Padano cheese in the aging room of his factory in Bergamo, northern Italy, local authorities said.
- South Korean authorities began a massive operation on Tuesday to relocate nearly 40,000 teenage scouts from around the world, after they were forced to change venues for a 12-day gathering that had become plagued with problems.
- Ethiopian Airlines on Tuesday cancelled flights to Bahir Dar, the capital of Amhara, announcing it would not fly to any airports in the region following clashes between local fighters and federal troops.
- The late Professor Micere Githae Mugo has been hailed as an innate scholar who greatly contributed to the literary arts and human rights during her lifetime.
- The Opposition has now faulted the government over the newly unveiled university and colleges funding model, claiming that it has denied over half a million students an opportunity to continue with their education.
- A family in Waa area, Kwale County is demanding for justice following the death of their kin at the hands of traffic police in Salam, Makueni County.
- First, understanding how an internet shutdown works shows whether or how it can be circumvented. This makes it possible to support affected communities.
- The Cabinet has sanctioned the improvement and commercialization of six sugar millers in a bid to address the plight of sugarcane farmers in the country.