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Flights halted at Kenyan airport as thousands turn out to receive Odinga’s body

Operations were briefly suspended at Kenya's main airport after thousands of mourners turned out to receive the body of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga

Raila Odinga: Kenyan opposition figure dies at 80

Former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga has died at the age of 80, family sources have told the BBC

Madagascar’s president flees country after Gen Z protests

Madagascar’s president has fled the African nation, the second time that young protesters have toppled a government in weeks of worldwide Gen Z unrest

Israeli hostages and Palestinian detainees freed as Trump hails ‘historic dawn’ in Middle East

Israelis and Palestinians have celebrated as a major hostage and prisoner exchange on Monday marked a significant step towards ending two years of war in Gaza

China sentences 11 members of mafia family to death

A Chinese court has sentenced to death 11 members of a notorious family that ran scam centres in Myanmar, according to Chinese state media

Three West African countries to quit International Criminal Court

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have announced they will immediately withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), labelling it an "instrument of neo-colonialist repression

UK, Canada and Australia recognise Palestinian state but Netanyahu says it ‘will not happen’

The UK now formally recognises a Palestinian state, PM Keir Starmer says in a video statement on social media