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Kenya's new deputy president sworn in as his predecessor challenges his impeachment in court
Kenya’s new deputy president has been sworn into office, two weeks after his predecessor was overwhelmingly voted out in an impeachment motion in parliament over allegations of corruption and ...World - ABC News - November 1 -
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Kenya cancels airport and energy deals with Adani group after the US indicts the Indian tycoon
Kenya’s president says he has cancelled multimillion-dollar airport expansion and energy deals with Indian tycoon Gautam Adani after U.S. bribery and fraud indictments against one of Asia’s richest ...World - ABC News - 3 days ago -
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Nigeria’s president orders the release of 29 children facing death penalty over protests
Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has ordered the release of 29 children facing the death penalty after being arraigned for allegedly participating in protests against the country’s worst ...World - ABC News - November 4 -
Nigeria releases 29 children who potentially faced death penalty for alleged involvement in protests
Nigerian authorities have released 29 children who have been detained for over two months and potentially faced the death penalty for their alleged participation in protests against the country’s ...World - ABC News - November 5 -
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Nigeria’s army chief, who led country through one of Africa's longest conflicts, dies
Nigeria’s army chief, Lt. Gen. Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja, who led soldiers through a critical period in the fight against Islamic extremists in the West African nation’s hard-hit northeast, has died ...World - ABC News - November 6 -
Nigeria signs $1.2 billion deal with Chinese state-owned company to revamp key gas plant
Nigeria has inked a $1.2 billion deal with a Chinese firm to revitalize a gas processing facility, a move that officials say could propel the African country to a leading position in aluminum ...World - ABC News - November 13 -
Cutting-edge labs, a rainforest gallery and guesthouse: Nigeria to open art museum for 21st century
With a campus-style layout inspired by ancient Benin City, the Museum of West African Art has the potential ‘to be amongst the best in the world for holding returning objects’. . Benin City in ...World - The Guardian - 6 days ago -
Nigeria celebrates victory over South African rivals with Miss Universe runner-up
Chidimma Adetshina crowned Miss Universe Africa and Oceania after she was stripped of South African identity documents. Beauty queen Chidimma Adetshina’s second place in this year’s Miss Universe ...World - The Guardian - 6 days ago -
Miss Universe runner-up to move to Nigeria after South Africa nationality row
Furore over whether Chidimma Adetshina was really South African led to invitation to represent Nigeria. A beauty queen who pulled out of the Miss South Africa competition when her nationality was ...World - The Guardian - 4 days ago -
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Nigeria turns to natural gas as transport prices soar after petrol subsidies were removed
Nigeria faces its worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation after the government ended costly subsidies that made petrol affordable for many in Africa’s most populous countryWorld - ABC News - 10 hours ago -
Warriors' Curry (ankle) to miss at least 2 games
The Golden State Warriors announced that an MRI of Stephen Curry's sprained left ankle Monday did not detect any structural damage and described the injury as a left peroneal strain.Sports - ESPN - October 28 -
Hizbollah appoints new leader after Nasrallah assassination
At least 60 people killed in Lebanon and dozens in Gaza in latest Israeli bombardmentsBusiness - Financial Times - October 29 -
Dozens killed as Spanish region hit by year's worth of rain in eight hours
Rescue workers are searching for missing people after Spain was hit by severe flooding.Top stories - BBC News - October 30 -
Flash floods kill at least 95 people in Spain
At least 95 people have been killed and many others are missing after torrential rain caused flash flooding in southern and eastern Spain, local authorities said Wednesday.Top stories - NBC News - October 30 -
Flash flooding leaves at least 51 dead in Spain
Spanish authorities said 51 people have died after flash floods swept away cars, turned village streets into rivers and disrupted transportation. Rainstorms caused flooding in a wide swath of ...Top stories - NBC News - October 30 -
Catastrophic Flooding in Spain Kills at Least 95 People
More than a year’s worth of rain fell overnight in some areas, washing away bridges and flooding towns.World - The Wall Street Journal - October 30 -
Devastating floods kill at least 60 in Spain
Parts of Spain are recovering from severe flooding that killed at least 60 people. CBS News foreign correspondent Chris Livesay has more.Top stories - CBS News - October 30 -
At least 12 dead in Mexico steel plant explosion
An explosion at a Simec-owned steel plant in Mexico’s central Tlaxcala state in the early hours of Wednesday killed at least 12 people, state authorities said.Top stories - NBC News - October 30 -
Floods in Spain’s Valencia Region Kill at Least 95
About 1,000 soldiers from emergency response units deployed to the affected areas, and the death toll was expected to rise after one of the worst natural disasters to hit the country in recent years.World - The New York Times - October 31
