The French leader called on international oversight to ensure the most advanced systems mankind has ever created, are not controlled by a small number of powerful actors, or get used as instruments to oppress people.

The United Nations says it has received just one-fifth of the funding needed to prepare for food crises linked to the El Niño weather phenomenon.

Retired President Uhuru Kenyatta with the late ODM leader Raila Odinga. PHOTO/UGC. By PATRICK MAYOYO Retired President Uhuru Kenyatta’s declaration that the late ODM leader Raila Odinga actually won the 2022 presidential election is not a statement that Kenya can simply swallow and move on from. It demands questions. Four years after the election, Uhuru now says he remains convinced that Raila won. Speaking at a Jubilee Party National Executive Council meeting in Nairobi on 22 September 2026, he said his party had done everything possible to help Raila become president and that, in his view, Raila had won the vote. Uhuru also questioned how Azimio could win substantial numbers of parliamentary and county seats yet lose the presidency. But here is the uncomfortable question: if Raila won, how did William Ruto end up being declared president? The official record is not ambiguous. The IEBC declared Ruto the winner with 7,176,141 votes, or 50.49 per cent, against Raila’s 6,942,930 vote...

The 2017 Maina Kiai decision remains highly relevant. In that landmark judgment, the Court of Appeal held that presidential results declared by constituency returning officers are final. PHOTO/UGC. By PATRICK MAYOYO The High Court’s recent decision upholding the national tallying and verification of presidential election results has reignited one of the most consequential constitutional debates in Kenya’s democratic journey: where exactly does the authority to determine presidential election results begin and end? I have followed this debate closely, not merely as a citizen interested in electoral governance but also as a journalist who has spent years reporting on democracy, accountability and public institutions. On September 22, the High Court dismissed petitions filed by Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah and opposition leaders led by Kalonzo Musyoka and Rigathi Gachagua. The petitioners had challenged the role of the national tallying centre, arguing that presidential results declare...

In an interview with FRANCE 24 on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, Trump's Africa envoy Massad Boulos said that each side in Sudan feels it "could get a decisive military victory". Asked about Western Sahara, he acknowledged there is no "imminent solution that we can feel or touch". He also rejected Rwanda's accusations of bias over US sanctions, saying they "can easily be reversed".

Tigray's rebel authorities say they are now in a "full-blown war" with the Ethiopian government, as fighting spreads into the neighbouring Amhara and Afar regions. Ethiopia's federal army says 272 rebels were killed and 260 wounded in the north, while FRANCE 24 spoke to Jervin Naidoo, Political Analyst at Oxford Economics Africa, to assess the seriousness of the escalation and explain what is driving the renewed violence in northern Ethiopia

Africa has more than $4 trillion in domestic financial assets, but only a small share reaches infrastructure and productive businesses. New financing structures in Rwanda, East Africa and Morocco show how that gap could be narrowed.

Two South African creative entrepreneurs explain how to move from hobby to income, covering startup costs, pricing, customer acquisition, digital sales and the challenges of scaling.

By Prof. MarkAnthony Nze The FBI could not answer for the DEA — but the DOJ could bind both Record in focus — ECF No. 48, Memorandum Opinion (April 8, 2025). This volume examines that opinion; subsequent developments require separate records. The FBI could not answer for the DEA. U.S. District Judge Beryl A. Howell […]

A passenger boat carrying roughly 100 people and cargo capsized on Lake Tanganyika near the Congolese village of Mapera on Thursday, killing at least 41 people and leaving crews searching for others still unaccounted for, provincial officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo said. Norris Mulongoyi, transport minister for DRC’s Tanganyika province, told the Associated […]