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An Israeli air strike on Saturday, flattened a 13-floor building housing Qatar-based Al Jazeera television and the US news agency the Associated Press in the Gaza Strip.

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The jihadist Islamic State claimed it carried out

The jihadist Islamic State claimed it carried out this week's attack on a mosque on the outskirts of the Afghan capital which left 12 worshippers dead, SITE Intelligence Group reported.

The explosion happened inside a mosque in Shakar Darah district of Kabul province during Friday prayers and shattered the relative calm of a three-day ceasefire agreed between the Taliban and the Afghan government.

IS said its fighters had placed an explosive device inside the mosque and detonated it after worshippers arrived to offer prayers on the second day of the Eid al-Fitr holidays, the US monitor of jihadist groups said late Saturday.

The bombing killed the imam of the mosque, who was leading the prayers.

Friday was also the second day of a three-day ceasefire agreed by the Taliban and the government to mark Eid al-Fitr.

The ceasefire ended late on Saturday, and so far no fighting between the two warring sides has been reported.

The temporary truce was announced after soaring violence since May 1, when the US military began formally withdrawing its last remaining troops from the country.

A series of blasts outside a girls' school in Kabul last week killed more than 50 people and wounded scores, most of them female students.

No group has so far claimed the attack, one of the deadliest in recent years.

In recent weeks, fighting between the Taliban and government forces had surged across several provinces before the ceasefire was agreed, including in the southern provinces of Kandahar and Helmand.#s63

Kenya Red Cross Secretary General Dr. Asha Mohamme

Kenya Red Cross Secretary General Dr. Asha Mohammed said in informal settlements of Nairobi, more than 400 houses were destroyed due to floods, where several people have been reported missing and others are feared dead.

Even though 15 counties are affected, the heavy rains have left a trail of destruction in seven counties of Western Kenya and Nairobi regions.

At least four people were on Thursday, killed after they were swept by floods while crossing Mutuine River in Kibra, Nairobi.

This followed heavy rains that were experienced in the city and its environs on Thursday.

Residents said the four were swept away by the raging water as they tried to cross a bridge there.

Two bodies have been recovered in the Silanga area. Search for the rest is ongoing.

Police and rescuers said they fear more deaths would be reported because of the floods that affected various informal settlements in the city.

Nairobi police boss Augustine Nthumbi said teams had been mobilized to help in the search and rescue missions.

“We are on the ground with other teams to ensure residents are safe,” he said.

Residents of some estates reported flooding in their areas which affected their operations.

Some residents were forced to endure long hours on the road while others were forced to spend the night on the road following heavy rains that continue to pound the capital.

The heavy downpour resulted in heavy traffic gridlock, flooded roads as well as cutting off sections of roads making the movement of traffic a nightmare.

Motorists and commuters alike have had to suffer the consequences of the heavy rains with others forced to spend the night on the road.

The situation has been worsened by ongoing infrastructural developments going on across the city with the construction of the Nairobi Expressway playing a major role in the mess.

Motorists have been forced to wade through flash floods occasioned by heavy rains, with Kenya Meteorological Department warning the rains will continue throughout the week.#s63

The landmark decision by the High Court to scuttle

The landmark decision by the High Court to scuttle the Building Bridges Initiative has drawn sharp reactions from constitutional lawyers over its implication to the country.

Whereas some lawyers celebrated the decision as a bold statement by the Judiciary to stop an illegal process, other legal experts argued that the decision was illegal as the judges themselves violated the Constitution by failing to correctly apply the law in determining the issues raised.

According to lawyer Duncan Okatch, the judges opened a Pandora’s Box where we are likely to see several cases of people challenging some decisions that have been taken by President Uhuru Kenyatta and the
Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC).

“The judges seemed to have even gone against decisions of other judges from the same court on interpretation of the Constitution on some of the issues raised. The implication is that we are likely to see several litigations against actions that have been taken by some institutions,” said Okatch.

Top on the list was the declaration that President Kenyatta violated the Constitution and that he has no powers to initiate changes to the Constitution.

The judges also ruled that civil court proceedings can be instituted against the president or a person performing the functions of the Office of President during their tenure of office and that the steering Committee on the Implementation of the Building Bridges to a United Kenya Taskforce Report established by the president is an unconstitutional and unlawful entity.

Law Society of Kenya (LSK) President Nelson Havi says that the judgment is an indictment on President Kenyatta.

He was of the view that the breach of the Constitution is a serious matter that he can be personally held accountable for.

According to him, the judge’s reference to the president as a Mr Uhuru amounts to stripping him of his status as a Head of State.#s63

Hundreds of South Africans rallied on Tuesday, aga

Hundreds of South Africans rallied on Tuesday, against Israeli attacks on Palestinians after at least 28 people were killed following clashes over the flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem.

South Africa openly supports the Palestinian cause with formal diplomatic relations established in 1995, a year after the end of apartheid.

Waving the Palestinian green, black, red and white flags, demonstrators marched through the streets of South Africa's second city Cape Town chanting "Free, free Palestine" and "Down Israel, down" causing traffic jams.

"People are dying, people are being displaced, people are being hurt and people are being treated unfairly, and we had the same thing here in South Africa," said school teacher Tasneem Saunders.

It "reminds us of the brutality of police ...of the apartheid system that we used to have," said 56-year-old Kashiefa Achmat.

Similar demonstrations organised by a South African pro-Palestinian movement called Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions were also held in Johannesburg's rich business district of Sandton.

South Africa is among over 130 countries which recognises Palestine as a sovereign state, and it downgraded its embassy in Tel Aviv in 2019.

President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday, expressed the governing ANC party's "condemnation, in the strongest possible terms, of the unlawful evictions of Palestinians from their homes... and the brutal attacks on Palestinian protestors at Al Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock.”

On the Palestinian side, nine children were among at least 26 people killed in the Gaza Strip, and 125 people, while on the Israeli side, rockets killed two women in Ashkelon, sources said.#s63

Final episode of Rabiul Quluub Season two. The kid

Final episode of Rabiul Quluub Season two. The kids celebrate and enjoy the festivities of an Eid Fair with their parents and friends.

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Palestinians wounded in clashes with Israeli polic

Palestinians wounded in clashes with Israeli police at Al-Aqsa mosque compound, filled the halls of an east Jerusalem hospital on Monday, several having lost eyes after being hit by rubber bullets.

Ezzedine, a 19-year-old carpenter from the West Bank city of Nablus, said doctors at the large Makassed Hospital told him he would not regain sight in his left eye after being injured at the flashpoint site.

He said he came to Al-Aqsa to perform Ramadan prayers on Friday night, when police began firing stun grenades and tear gas.

"They want to take a place that's not theirs," he told AFP, referring to Islam's third holiest site, also revered by Jews who call it the Temple Mount.

Israel has insisted it is committed to the rights of Muslims to worship at Al-Aqsa, but has been forced to suppress riots at the compound instigated by Palestinians hurling stones and other projectiles.

More than 700 Palestinians, and more than two dozens of Israeli police agents, have been wounded since Friday, in violence at Al-Aqsa and other parts of Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem.

The youngest of six brothers and sisters, Ezzedine declined to give his last name because he slipped into Jerusalem illegally to pray.

Makassed director general Adnan Farhoud said 100 patients arrived Monday morning, and about 200 people after the unrest first began.

He said most of Monday's injuries were to the head, chest, and upper and lower limbs -- claiming Israeli forces intended to cause significant injury.

When "you mean to harm someone you shoot to the head,” he told AFP.

Police said nine officers were hurt Monday and another 18 injured overnight on Friday.#s63

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir dissolved Parli

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir dissolved Parliament, opening the way for lawmakers from opposing sides of the country's civil war to be appointed under a 2018 peace accord.

President Kiir's decision was announced on public television Saturday evening, but no date was given as to when the new Parliament will begin working.

The setting up of a new legislative body was part of an accord signed in September 2018 between Kiir and Vice President Riek Machar, for years on opposition sides during the five-year civil war that left 380,000 people dead and four million displaced.

Activists and civil society groups welcomed the dissolution of Parliament, saying it was long overdue but also expressing distrust.

"It is a welcome development and we hope that the dissolution (will not) also open the way to a lengthy process towards reconstituting the Parliament," Jame David Kolock, chairman of the South Sudan Civil Society Forum.

In accordance with the 2018 accord, the new assembly will number 550 lawmakers, the majority 332 from Kiir's governing SPLM party.

The parliamentarians will not be elected but nominated by the different parties.

The dissolution of Parliament came on the eve of a visit to the capital Juba by US special envoy to South Sudan Donald Booth.

President Kiir and VP Machar formed a coalition government on February 22, 2020 after nearly a year of delays.

However few provisions of the truce have been honoured, and analysts have warned of a return to war.

The oil-rich country remains severely underdeveloped and poorly managed.

Despite the peace deal, brutal communal conflicts often over cattle raiding continue, with more than 1,000 killed in violence between rival communities in the last six months of 2020.#s63

Eid Mubarak to all our Muslim followers. May this

Eid Mubarak to all our Muslim followers. May this festival bring forth abundant blessings to everyone. May unity, human fellowship, symbiotic happiness and universal love spread in our hearts. #s63 #EidMubarak #EidUlFitr

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Tens of thousands of Ethiopian Muslims gathered at

Tens of thousands of Ethiopian Muslims gathered at a central square in Addis Ababa on Tuesday night, for a massive evening iftar meal, praying for peace at a time of national upheaval.

The event, the first of its kind in the capital, came as Africa's second-most populous country gears for elections planned for early June despite a six-month-old war in the northern Tigray region and persistent ethnic violence in several other hotspots.

"There are many things that worry us as a nation, so we wanted to unite and pray," 30-year-old Firdus Said told AFP.

"We need the country to be peaceful and we want our domestic unity to be strengthened," she added.

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, winner of the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize, sent troops into Tigray in November to oust the once-dominant regional ruling party, the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF).

He said the move came in response to TPLF attacks on army camps.

His tenure has also seen persistent strife among the country's diverse ethnic groups, a trend that analysts fear could worsen during the charged election cycle.

Muslims make up about one-third of the country's population of 110 million, outnumbered by Orthodox Christians.

Tuesday's event, the Grand Ethiopian Street Iftar, was originally supposed to happen on Sunday night, but security forces wielding batons and tear gas broke it up.

The government said the altercations were the result of a miscommunication between officials and organisers, but some Muslim leaders said they took offence at the slight.

Samir Ahmed, one of the event's organisers, said the objective was to throw one of the biggest public iftars in the country's history.

The proceedings on Tuesday, ultimately unfolded without any sign of tensions.#s63

Gunmen on Monday, kidnapped 10 worshippers from a

Gunmen on Monday, kidnapped 10 worshippers from a mosque near Nigeria's northwestern border with Niger.

Police indicate security forces managed to rescue dozens of others.

Northwest and central Nigeria have increasingly become a hub for criminal gangs known locally as bandits who raid villages, killing or abducting residents for ransom.

The gunmen stormed the mosque around 0100 GMT in the town of Jibiya in Katsina state, where 47 people were observing an overnight vigil during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, state police spokesman Gambo Isa said.

"The bandits kidnapped 40 worshippers from the mosque and herded them into the bush," Isa said.

Muslims observe night-long vigil in the last 10 days of Ramadan where they throng mosques for prayers.

Kidnapping attacks on mosques in Nigeria are rare.

The kidnappers were believed to have come from Dumburum forest in neighbouring Zamfara state where they maintain camps, Isa said.

Gangs keep base camps in Rugu forest which straddles Zamfara, Katsina, Kaduna and Niger states.

Criminal gangs are driven by financial motives and have no known ideological leanings.

But security experts say there is growing concern they are being infiltrated by jihadists waging a 12-year old insurrection in Nigeria's northeast.#s63

Adnan, a Palestinian from east Jerusalem, vowed ru

Adnan, a Palestinian from east Jerusalem, vowed rubber bullets fired by Israeli police would not deter him, “Silence is not an option" in defence of Arabs in the Holy City, he said.

East Jerusalem, the majority Palestinian part of the city annexed by Israel in 1967, has been hit by some of its worst unrest in years.

Hundreds of Palestinians have been wounded and dozens arrested in confrontations with police who have been hit with stones and other projectiles hurled by mainly young and male Palestinian protesters, who have also torched cars and dumpsters.

Friday night saw violent clashes following evening Ramadan prayers at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, Islam's third holiest site, a flashpoint area also sacred to Jews -- who call it the Temple Mount -- where tensions trigger swift global alarm.

For 20 year-old-Adnan, who like many Palestinians in east Jerusalem refused to give his name for fear of Israeli police retribution, protesters are responding to what he said was as a persistent effort by Jewish settlers to expel them from the city.

"We are here, in the street, to say that we are not going leave," he told AFP.

Several events have triggered the flare up in east Jerusalem, which Palestinians claim as the capital of their future state.

Protester Mohammed, who also refused to give his last name, argued each incident is linked to an unavoidable reality facing Palestinians in the city.

"The Israelis want us to work for them, but they don't want us to live here," he said.

Earlier this year, an Israeli court ruled in favour of Jewish settlers seeking to evict Palestinian families from their homes in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood, just north of the Old City. #s63

On Monday, Israel launched deadly air strikes on G

On Monday, Israel launched deadly air strikes on Gaza, in response to a barrage of rockets fired by Hamas and other Palestinian militants, amid spiralling violence sparked by unrest at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

At least 20 people were killed, including nine children and a senior Hamas commander, and 65 others wounded, Gaza authorities said.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that Hamas had crossed a "red line" by directing missiles towards Jerusalem and that the Jewish state would "respond with force".

"We will not tolerate attacks on our territory, our capital, our citizens and our soldiers. Those who attack us will pay a heavy price," said Netanyahu, who held meetings with the heads of the army and the Shin Bet security agency.

Israel's army said 150 rockets had been launched from Gaza, dozens of which were intercepted by the Iron Dome Aerial Defense System, with no casualties reported.

The military said it had targeted "two rocket launchers, two military posts", a tunnel and eight Hamas operatives in Gaza.

Hamas sources confirmed to AFP that one of their commanders, Mohammed Fayyad, had been killed.

Tensions in Jerusalem have flared since Israeli riot police clashed with Palestinian worshippers on the last Friday of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, in the city's worst disturbances since 2017.

Nightly unrest since then at the Al-Aqsa compound in annexed east Jerusalem has left hundreds of Palestinians wounded, drawing international calls for de-escalation and sharp rebukes from across the Muslim world.

Israel seized east Jerusalem in 1967 and later annexed it, in a move not recognised by most of the international community.

Diplomatic sources told AFP that Egypt and Qatar, who have mediated past Israeli-Hamas conflicts, were attempting to calm tensions.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken strongly condemned the rocket attacks by Hamas, saying they "need to stop immediately”.#s63

Barely a week after restoring diplomatic ties, Ken

Barely a week after restoring diplomatic ties, Kenya has banned all flights to and from Somalia with immediate effect.

Although no reason was given, Kenya Civil Aviation Authority Director General Captain Gilbert Kibe said it was an order they are implementing and he will not disclose details of who gave the orders and why.

This comes days after Qatar brokered a deal which saw Mogadishu and Nairobi restore their diplomatic relations.

Last week, Somalia announced it had restored diplomatic ties with Kenya amid maritime boundary rows and pledged respect for sovereignty.

President Mohamed Farmaajo's spokesperson Abdirashid Hashi said the latest move was in the interest of the two countries and based on mutual benefit and respect.

“In the interest of good neighbourliness, the Federal Government of Somalia resumes Diplomatic ties with Kenya based on mutual benefit and respect for sovereignty, territorial integrity, non-external interference, peaceful co-existence and equality,” he said.

Hashi said President Farmaajo and his Kenyan counterpart Uhuru Kenyatta were grateful to the Emir of Qatar for his intervention which saw the two agree.#s63

Israeli police and Palestinians clashed for a seco

Israeli police and Palestinians clashed for a second night on Thursday, in annexed east Jerusalem, amid a controversial land rights case over the fate of Palestinian families threatened with eviction.

The legal case centres on the homes of four Palestinian families on land claimed by Jews, with violence flaring ahead of a Supreme Court hearing on the issue.

The clashes are the latest unrest to rock the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood near Jerusalem's walled Old City, where land disputes between Palestinians and Jewish settlers have fuelled hostility for years.

Israeli police said on Thursday, they had arrested seven people for "assault", and deemed the situation "under control", after Palestinian protesters were reported to have hurled projectiles at a tent set up in front of a house of Jewish settlers.

The protester also traded insults with far-right Israeli lawmaker Itamar Ben-Gvir, who made an appearance in Sheikh Jarrah where he was heard repeating in Hebrew "this house is ours".

Thursday's scuffles followed violence from Wednesday night, when 22 Palestinians were wounded, according to the Red Crescent.

Eleven people were arrested on Wednesday night, the police said.

"This land is Palestinian land... and we, the inhabitants of the neighbourhood, we cannot accept that this land is theirs, this land is ours," said 77-year-old Nabeel al-Kurd, one of those facing eviction.

Earlier this year, a Jerusalem district court ruled the homes legally belonged to the Jewish families, citing purchases decades ago.

The Jewish plaintiffs claimed their families lost the land during the war that accompanied Israel's creation in 1948, a conflict which saw hundreds of thousands of Palestinians displaced from their homes.#s63

Education CS George Magoha said 2020 KCSE exam can

Education CS George Magoha said 2020 KCSE exam candidates performed better compared to those from the previous year.

While announcing the results today at the Mitihani House in Nairobi, the CS said that all the 747,161 students who sat the exam will be absorbed in universities, colleges as well as TVET institutions.

Magoha said that 893 students scored As in the 2020 exam, compared to 627 recorded in 2019.

The CS also said that Turkana county had the highest number of overage candidates.

Bungoma had the highest number of underage candidates. Underage candidates are those aged 16 years and below.

Those who scored C+ and above were just over 143,000.

Simiyu Wanjala from Murangá High School emerged as the top student in the 2020 KCSE results.

This comes as Kenya High School shone in the results released by Education CS George Magoha at Mtihani House.#s63

Israel vowed on Sunday, to restore order in Jerusa

Israel vowed on Sunday, to restore order in Jerusalem after hundreds of Palestinian protesters were wounded in weekend clashes with Israeli security forces, as a key court hearing on a flashpoint property dispute was postponed.

The area around the revered Al-Aqsa mosque has seen several nights of violence, the worst since 2017, fuelled by a years-long bid by Jewish settlers to take over nearby Palestinian homes in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem.

Israeli police again faced off against mostly young Palestinians at several locations in east Jerusalem late Sunday.

Police fired stun grenades and "skunk" water cannons spraying foul-smelling water at Palestinians outside the Old City's Damascus Gate and scuffled with youths in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood, amid other isolated flare ups across the area.

The Palestinian Red Crescent reported a total of seven injuries from Damascus Gate and Sheikh Jarrah, including four hospitalizations.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday, defended Israel's response to the protests and rioting in east Jerusalem.

But the Israeli role in the hostilities -- especially Friday's clashes at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, Islam's third holiest site -- has met widespread criticism.#s63

In this episode, the kids get a reminder on the si

In this episode, the kids get a reminder on the significance of laylatul qadr and the prayer to recite during this holy night.

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The world's oldest person, a Japanese woman aged 1

The world's oldest person, a Japanese woman aged 118, has given up her spot in the Olympic torch relay due to a surge in Covid-19 cases across the country.

Kane Tanaka from Fukuoka in southern Japan had been planning to use a wheelchair to carry the torch when it passes through the city on Tuesday.

But her family said in a statement obtained by AFP on Friday, Tanaka would no longer participate because "the spread of the coronavirus has not been contained.”

The government on Friday, extended a virus state of emergency in Tokyo and other areas, and also imposed the restrictions in Fukuoka and one other region.

The measure, in place until May 31, restricts commercial activity but is less strict than the blanket lockdowns seen in other countries.

"The care home where Kane lives has banned visitors to prevent germs from coming inside and has so far ensured the safety of its residents," her family said.

The family said they had been looking forward to the "precious and rare" opportunity and had wanted the public to be inspired by Tanaka -- who they said is in good health.

Their statement was issued via Nippon Life Insurance, an Olympic sponsor that had invited Tanaka and her family to participate in the relay.

Tanaka was born on January 2, 1903, the same year as American entertainer Bob Hope and British author George Orwell.

The Wright brothers had the first successful flight that year, and Marie Curie became the first woman to win a Nobel prize.

Several sections of the torch relay have been moved off-road to prevent people gathering to watch -- and Fukuoka's governor has said he wants it to be pulled from public roads there.

Japan's government and Olympics organisers insist the Games will go ahead safely, although polls show most Japanese people support cancellation or another delay.#s63

Mother's Day takes place on Sunday, May 9th, 2021.

Mother's Day takes place on Sunday, May 9th, 2021. It is a day to celebrate and honor all mothers. For mothers affected by the Tigray conflict, there is no reason to celebrate at the moment.

Women, especially mothers, have been on the front lines since the beginning of the conflict and are disproportionately affected by persecution and sexual violence.

Ethiopia's Tigray war has separated thousands of children from their parents, and many now face "dire" and dangerous conditions in displacement camps, the Charity Save the Children said on Tuesday.

"Many of these children were separated from their parents while fleeing for their lives during the conflict. Others have lost parents to the violence," the group said in a statement marking six months since fighting began.

Some children are "not in safe care arrangements," housed "in single rooms where more than 50 people sleep," it said, pointing to the risk that they could be exposed to physical or sexual violence.

The UN's International Organization for Migration reported in mid-April, more than one million people were displaced in Tigray, including 4,056 "separated" and 917 "unaccompanied" children.

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed sent troops into Tigray last November, to detain and disarm leaders of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), the regional ruling party that once dominated national politics.

Save the Children is far from the only group sounding the alarm about sexual violence, which has been rampant during the conflict.

The International Rescue Committee said on Monday, rape was "being used as a weapon," and that women and girls faced "widespread abuse including mass rape and exploitation."

"Women are having to engage in sexually exploitative relationships, receiving small amounts of money, food and/or shelter to survive and feed their children," said Victor Odero, policy and advocacy adviser for the International Rescue Committee.

The US and EU are clamouring for the withdrawal of Eritrean troops, who have been implicated in some of the worst attacks on civilians documented so far, including brutal gang rapes.#s63

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