- The Kenyan mission, according to Korir SingOei, Principal Secretary of Foreign Affairs, had remained open to facilitate the evacuation of any Kenyans who remained in the war-torn country.
- The king's health has been a source of speculation since 2018 when he underwent heart surgery in Paris. In 2021, he underwent a second round of surgery in Rabat and last February flu forced him to postpone a planned visit to Senegal.
- Hundreds demonstrated Sunday in Morocco's economic capital Casablanca to protest against the surging cost of living in the North African country and urge action by the government, AFP correspondents said.
- Residents of Sudan's capital Khartoum reported a sharp escalation of clashes in several areas of the capital on Sunday after the expiry of a ceasefire deal between rival military factions brokered by Saudi Arabia and the United States.
- The woman, identified as Alicia Moore, 24, parked in a Dillard’s parking lot around noon May 26, leaving two children in the car, according to the arrest report issued by the Oviedo Police Department.
- Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua now says Members of Parliament opposing the contentious Finance Bill, 2023, should not expect any funds for projects such as roads in their constituencies.
- "From tomorrow, the taskforce established by the President to talk to the church and all stakeholders to come up with regulations on registration of churches will begin its sittings. I urge you all to turn up and give your views...'" CS Kindiki said.
- Social organizations have opposed a Bill tabled before parliament seeking to scrap off laws in the Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act which bar public officers from engaging in graft.
- Residents of Kenyatta Road in Juja, Kiambu County are up in arms over persistent noise pollution by newly established entertainment joints in the area.
- Leaders and residents of Kiambu County have reignited the one-man one-vote one-shilling national resources sharing formula which they insist holds key solutions to poor allocation of funds to highly populated constituencies that have been getting raw deals.
- Eugene Wamalwa has signaled that the Azimio la Umoja coalition will resume the anti-government protests if the controversial Finance Bill is now reviewed.
- Five Zimbabwean opposition activists were remanded in custody on Saturday on various charges including assault ahead of elections in August as tensions simmer.
- Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni said on Saturday that 54 Ugandan peacekeepers were killed in an attack last week by militant group al Shabaab on a military base in Somalia.
- When the first astronauts venture to Mars in the future, the crew will need access to healthy, fresh food — but there are no cosmic grocery stores along the way. And the round trip to the red planet is expected to take about three years.
- Rescuers and families searched through mangled train carriages on Sunday for more victims of India's worst rail crash in more than two decades with signal failure emerging as the likely cause.
- Blasts rocked the Sudanese capital Saturday, as fighting between warring generals entered its eighth week, with volunteers forced to bury 180 bodies recovered from combat zones without identification.
- Tensions remained high in Senegal on Saturday after fresh overnight clashes brought the death toll to 15 in the two days since a court convicted opposition leader Ousmane Sonko.
- Twitter's head of trust and safety on Friday confirmed she had quit the company, her departure coming after owner Elon Musk endorsed an anti-transgender video shared on the platform.
- Pope Francis on Saturday voiced immense sadness at this week's train disaster in India, which killed at least 288 people and injured over 900, and offered his prayers and condolences.
- Pope Francis will make an Aug. 31-Sept. 4 trip to Mongolia, one of the most far-flung places he has ever visited and which has only about 1,300 Catholics but is strategically significant for the Roman Catholic Church because of its proximity to China.
- The Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) has denounced attacks currently ongoing in the North Eastern region following the killing of one National Police Reserve (NPR) officer and injuring of two others on Friday.
- Hundreds of people showed up for a mass registration program for People With Disabilities (PWDs) which was done by various government institutions in Nairobi.
- Chaos and fracas marred the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) Party membership registration exercise in Marsabit on Saturday as two rival political parties clashed.
- "Even if you make noise and put sufurias on your head, even if you reject the bill, thinking it won't pass, you don't have the numbers and that's the truth, there's no need." - Gachagua.
- Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law Friday a ban on treatment for transgender minors, making his state the largest in the United States to place restrictions on youth access to such care.
- At least 288 people have been confirmed dead and more than 1,000 injured following the collision between two passenger trains and a goods train in the city of Balasore, in eastern Odisha state, on Friday.
- Lebanon's ambassador to France, Rami Adwan, has been investigated for rape and intentional violence following complaints by two former embassy employees.
- Sudan's warring parties clashed in the capital overnight and into Friday morning after talks aimed at maintaining a ceasefire and alleviating a humanitarian crisis collapsed, prompting the U.S. to issue sanctions.
- Army troops were deployed to parts of the Senegalese capital Dakar on Friday as the city braced for more unrest after the jail sentence for opposition leader Ousmane Sonko.
- Woodley Estate residents have expressed frustration over the neglect of rent records and failure to implement gazetted waiver of rent collection by the Nairobi City Council.