Lockdowns begin across Africa after COVID-19 cases cross 1,000 in 42 nations; Nigeria shuts all airports to international flights
Meanwhile, two senior representatives in Africa appeared to defy their own travel restrictions to attend another president’s inauguration.
Kabir Khan says India did not win a cricket World Cup match before 1983, Twitter offers fact check
Kabir Khan has directed the upcoming film 83, which is based on India's historic cricket World Cup win in 1983.
Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta to meet with Donald Trump at White House to discuss security, trade
President Uhuru Kenyatta is the second African leader to meet with Trump at the White House. Kenyatta's office says he and Trump will focus on trade and regional security.
Kenya floods: Death toll rises to 15 as heavy rainfall displaces scores of families across nation
Kenyan officials said on Friday that at least 15 people have drowned and scores of families have been displaced across the East African nation during two days of heavy rainfall that caused flooding in urban and rural areas
One Belt One Road: China-built railway biggest Kenya project since independence
Kenya's president has opened the country's largest infrastructure project since independence, a $3 billion Chinese-backed railway project that will eventually link a large part of East Africa to a major Indian Ocean port
Islamic State adapting to military pressure by shifting to 'dark web': UN officials
United Nations: The UN political chief warned on Tuesday that Islamic State terrorist group is adapting to increasing military pressure by shifting to the "dark web."
Kenya University shooting: 147 dead, security forces kill 4 Al-Shabab gunmen
Al-Shabab gunmen rampaged through a university in northeastern Kenya at dawn Thursday, killing 147 people in the group's deadliest attack in the East African country. Four militants were slain by security forces to end the siege just after dusk.