🚨 Samantha Lewthwaite: The British Terror Suspect on the Run for over 20 years. Ms Lewthwaite, was first thrust into the spotlight after the 7 July bombings in London in 2005, as the widow of bomber Germaine Lindsay, who killed 26 people when he blew up a Piccadilly Line Tube train near King's Cross. She was also suspected to have masterminded the Kenya Shopping mall attacks, but later Al Shabaab group denied that any woman was involved. Will she ever be caught, or it was a creation of the war loving western world?

🚨 MOST CAPITALIST NATIONS IN AFRICA REVEALED Mauritius, Seychelles and Botswana are the most capitalist countries in Africa, according to a new ranking published last week and reported by Agence Ecofin. The Global Capitalism Index was established by researchers at the University of Virginia in the United States. Using data going from 2009 to 2025, it studies the economic and institutional characteristics of 161 countries to assess the quality of these countries' market systems. Coming in 48th place, Mauritius is the highest African nation in the Index, followed by Seychelles in 50th and Botswana in 52nd place. Namibia (59th), Cape-Verde (66th), Rwanda (74th) or Morocco (85th) are also among the 10 highest ranked on the continent.

🚨 Ebola update: Ugandans returning home from DR Congo -- which has been hit by its worst ever Ebola outbreak -- will be required to spend 21 days in quarantine, the health ministry said Sunday. The DRC, which shares a border with Uganda, has recorded more than 4,600 deaths since it declared its 17th Ebola outbreak in May. The virus has killed more than 15,000 people in Africa over the last 50 years.

🚨 Kenyans hit the streets to protest election the Election Amendment Bill passed by Parliament. The bill modifies requirements for results transmission, drawing criticism from figures like David Maraga and Justin Muturi over transparency concerns, while the IEBC defends the integrity of the electronic transmission process

🚨 MASSACRE in oil-rich and disputed ABYEI: At least 153 people have been killed in a drone strike on a market in the disputed Abyei region, where a fire at a nearby fuel depot continued to burn on Tuesday. Local officials blamed Sudan’s military for Monday’s attack, which also left dozens injured. The motive for the attack was not immediately clear, and the AP could not independently verify who carried it out. The oil-rich Abyei region’s status was left unresolved by a 2005 peace agreement that ended decades of civil war and remained unsettled when South Sudan became independent in 2011. A proposed referendum stalled over disagreements about who could vote PHOTO: abyei region.

South Sudan's local voting is still 'Queue behind your candidate format' In Africa secret ballot has had its fair share of criticism for aiding rigging. In South Sudan, 'all eyes can see'

🚨 The United Nations announced that at least 80 people were killed and 27 injured in drone strikes targeting the Abyei region on October 19. 📹 Video Courtesy

🚨 DEVELOPING: Tanzanians hit the streets over rising cost of living. SAMIA Suluhu must go.

🚨 Lieutenant Colonel Halima Maryan Lahaga 📹 Video Courtesy

🚨 A multi storey building that was under construction collapses on Kenya's Eastleigh Business District. 'it went down like one struck by a drone' 📹 Video Courtesy

🚨 Fighting in the border town of Moyale—located between Ethiopia's Oromia and Somali regions—has forced hundreds of Ethiopians, mostly women and children, to cross into Kenya's Marsabit County since October 21, 2026 Kenyan police said on Thursday that hundreds of Ethiopians, mostly women and children, crossed into Kenya through several entry points in Moyale, including the Sessi, Kore, Biashara, Foundation and Miti areas. The Kenya Red Cross said it was setting up temporary shelter and distributing essential items including cereal and porridge flour. “The response will initially reach 1,000 households,” the Kenya Red Cross said in a statement on Thursday.

🚨 DEVELOPING - Kenya -Ethiopia border flares up, military and police intelligence on high alert as refugees cross over

🚨 AFRICA KILLS HER SON. Tanzania seeks death penalty for opposition young winger. Pambalu, a member of Chadema's national council and former leader of the party's youth wing, is accused of intending to "persuade the public to cause obstruction of the General Election" in 2025, the charge sheet read. The document accused him of "conducting endless protests... for the purpose of intimidating (the) Executive of the Republic of Tanzania." Pambalu is the second Chadema official to face treason charges after party leader Tundu Lissu. Lissu's trial, seen by observers as largely political, is set to wrap up shortly. "I'm informed that our John Pambalu has been charged with treason," Chadema's deputy chairperson John Heche told a public meeting in the northern city of Arusha. "I know that they plan a similar case for me but I will not run away from my own country," Heche said, vowing that Chadema "will fight to the end."

🚨 Kenya hands over Comesa chairmanship to Zimbabwe

Africa CDC calls an Ebola crisis summit as Nigeria records its first case Dr. Jean Kaseya, director general of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said the Oct. 28 meeting would “strengthen our collective response.”

Samora Machel month

🚨 KENYA - Tremor in Turkana, swallow miners. Several gold-mining shafts have collapsed in Lomerugo, Turkana County. It is believed that the cracks and collapsed emerged after an earth tremor in the restive rift valley region, raising fears that several artisanal miners may be trapped underground. Images from the mining site show extensive cracks running through the dry ground, heightening concerns about the safety of miners believed to have been inside the underground pits when the incident occurred. Despite the arrival of national government officials and the Kenya Red Cross at the site, no miners had been reported rescued, and no bodies of those feared dead had been retrieved by the time of reporting. The absence of confirmed rescue outcomes has intensified concerns among those following developments at the gold mines, as uncertainty persists over the fate of the missing miners. Via Turkana County News Online.

🚨 Ethiopian Prime Minister calls for stronger trade ties with Kenya “We rise as rivals. We build as partners. In Ethiopia, we call this spirit Madama. It means synergy,” Abiy Said. The Ethiopian leader who recently won the election is a Noble Peace Prize laureate, 2019.

🚨 São Tomé and Príncipe is developing a small-scale, high-value vanilla industry to diversify from aging cocoa plantations. Local producers yield roughly 300 kilograms of cured pods per year, working with organizations like L'Atelier Vanilha to supply fine-dining kitchens in Europe. Annual output is low at about 300 kg, focusing on boutique quality rather than mass market scale.

🚨 Nigeria and Kenya report Ebola cases despite being miles away from DRC, the epicentre. Both countries have blamed flights from Uganda, a country that managed to contain the disease. Kenya has reached 9 Ebola cases, while Nigeria has one. Uganda shares its border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) directly to the west, running roughly 877 to 950 kilometers from the southern tripoint with Rwanda up to the northern tripoint with South Sudan.