- Sporadic gunfire rang out in Port-au-Prince Friday night, an AFP correspondent there heard, as residents desperately sought shelter amid the recent explosion of gang violence in the Haitian capital.
- The U.S. embassy in Russia warned that "extremists" had imminent plans for an attack in Moscow, hours after Russian security services said they had foiled a planned shooting at a synagogue by a cell from the Afghan arm of Islamic State.
- Nigeria's President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday sent troops to rescue more than 250 pupils kidnapped by gunmen from a school in the country's northwest in one of the largest mass abductions in three years.
- The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating a United Airlines flight that lost a tire while taking off from San Francisco International Airport, damaging several cars in a parking lot before the plane safely landed at Los Angeles International Airport, the agency said.
- Embattled Kisii Deputy Governor Dr. Robert Monda will know his fate on Thursday next week when the Senate decides whether to uphold the impeachment motion or reject it.
- Bishop Margaret Wanjiru has rescinded her earlier sentiments directed towards President William Ruto and his deputy Rigathi Gachagua following a raid on her church premises.
- The walk to women freedom and liberation from the male-dominated society began several years ago, thanks to Clara Zetkin of Germany and the likes of Wangari Maathai of Kenya.
- CAK has lodged an appeal with the National Environment Tribunal seeking to halt the construction of the Ndunyu Njeru-Ihithe highway that would cut through the Aberdares ecosystem.
- President William Ruto has made fresh changes to the Foreign Service docket by nominating new Ambassadors, High Commissioners, and Permanent Representatives in Kenya’s missions abroad.
- A son of Sudan's army chief and de-facto leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has been seriously injured in a road accident in Turkey, a local media report said.
- The government has ordered all government agencies, independent commissions and public universities to exclusively air their TV and radio advertisements through State-owned broadcaster KBC.
- President William Ruto has promoted Major General Charles Muriu Kahariri to the esteemed rank of Lieutenant General, appointing him as the Vice Chief of the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF).
- The Food 4 Education initiative has now become a shared dream for policymakers in Kenya, and over 31 million meals have been served to school children in Kenya.
- Residents of Wangige, Ndenderu and Karura Kanyungu are appealing to the Kenya National Highways Authority and Kenya Power to reconnect the busy road with street lights which have been off for over six months as a result of vandalism.
- Frank Habineza has received death threats, been imprisoned, forced into exile and defeated during previous attempts to unseat Rwanda's veteran President Paul Kagame, but he is determined to try again, even if he deems the contest "unbalanced".
- Interior Cabinet Secretary (CS) Prof. Kithure Kindiki has ordered the immediate nationwide transfer of junior law enforcement personnel who have been stationed at a single location for more than three years.
- President Joe Biden launched a scorching attack on his "dangerous" election rival Donald Trump in Thursday's State of the Union address, delivering a barnstorming performance to make his case for four more years.
- Gunmen have kidnapped more than 280 pupils during a raid on a school in northwest Nigeria, a teacher and a resident said, in one of the country's largest mass abductions.
- Bishop Margaret Wanjiru of the Jesus is Alive Ministries has issued a scathing rebuke to President William Ruto and his deputy Rigathi Gachagua following a contentious raid on her church premises by police officers.
- Hamas said its delegation had left Cairo on Thursday amid ongoing negotiations on a ceasefire accord in Gaza that mediators hope to achieve before the start of Ramadan early next week.
- An Israeli tank crew killed a Reuters reporter in Lebanon in October by firing two shells at a clearly identified group of journalists and then "likely" opened fire on them with a heavy machine gun in an attack that lasted 1 minute and 45 seconds, according to a report into the incident published…
- An endangered red panda has been found alongside 86 other animals inside luggage at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport, Thailand’s Customs Department said in a statement Wednesday.
- Suspected Islamist insurgents kidnapped 50 people, mostly women, in northeastern Nigeria this week, local officials and a resident said on Wednesday, the latest mass abduction by fighters who have waged an insurgency for more than a decade.
- When Mohammed Asfan from India's Hyderabad city travelled to Russia to work as a "helper" in the army, his family never imagined he would end up fighting in the Ukraine war, much less die there.
- It’s about to get easier for some foreign travelers to visit China, with the government announcing plans to extend its visa exemption policy to six additional European countries.
- More than 80 families who had fled their homes at Kagir village in Baringo North were forced to move for the second time, following a fresh attack on Wednesday that left one person dead.
- This is after he was found guilty of the murder in a ruling delivered by Lady Justice Grace Nzioka on February 9, bringing the murder trial that began circa 2018 to a close.
- That’s the lesson a Kansas City family living in the Northland learned after a Taylor Swift song helped bring a family member back from a week-long coma.
- ODM party leader Raila Odinga has picked former Governors Hassan Joho and Wycliffe Oparanya to lead the political outfit should he succeed in his bid to become the next AU Commission Chair.
- Kisii Deputy Governor Dr. Robert Monda will defend himself on the floor of the Senate after a motion seeking to set up a 11-member committee to hear the charges flopped on the floor of the House.
- The commission has filed several cases in Nairobi's Environment and Land Court against private entities and former Land Commissioners accused of engaging in questionable real estate transactions.
- A joint Parliamentary committee is presently considering NADCO recommendations on proposed amendments to the Constitution and various other statutes.
- The two suspected Al-Shabaab terrorists found guilty of plotting a bomb attack at the Milimani Law Courts in 2018 have both been sentenced to 19 years behind bars