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Performance Contracts are critical instruments for translating strategic priorities into measurable results, strengthening accountability and ensuring that institutional resources and efforts remain focused on achieving organisational objectives. Within the Kenya Air Force (KAF), they provide Formation Commanders and Principal Staff Officers with a clear framework for delivering agreed targets and outcomes. The Commander Kenya Air Force, Major General Bernard Waliaula, presided over the signing of Performance Contracts for KAF Formation Commanders and Principal Staff Officers at the KAF Conference Room on 2 October 2026.…

Strengthening bilateral maritime cooperation, promoting health and wellness and fostering community engagement featured prominently during the three-day port call of Indian Naval Ship (INS) Tarkash at the Port of Mombasa from 29 September to 1 October 2026. The visit provided an opportunity for personnel from the Kenya Navy (KN) and the visiting ship to participate in a series of engagements aimed at enhancing professional interaction, fostering camaraderie and strengthening relations between Kenya and India. The day’s activities on 30 commenced with a morning yoga session conducted onboard INS Tarkash, bringing together KN personnel and the ship’s crew.…

The Military Wives Association of Kenya (MWAK) has rolled out a nationwide mentorship programme across 28 Kenya Defence Forces Sponsored Schools (KDFSS), providing learners with academic, emotional and motivational support as they prepare for the 2026 national examinations and assessments. Under the stewardship of MWAK Chairlady Mrs Grace Kahariri, the programme reached Form Four and Grade Nine candidates in 14 Senior Schools and 14 Junior Schools across the country. The initiative sought to build confidence, strengthen discipline and help learners approach examinations and future academic pathways with a positive mindset.…

President John Dramani Mahama on Friday donated relief items to complement ongoing humanitarian support for victims of the flood that hit seven communities in the Hohoe Municipality of the Volta Region. This follows continuous rainfall in neighbouring Togo, which caused the Dayi River to overflow its banks and flood low-lying areas, particularly the Hohoe Zongo and other riverside communities.…

On 2 October 2026, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, Maxim Ryzhenkov, met the Minister of State for Animal Industry of the Republic of Uganda, Bright Rwamirama, who is paying a visit to Belarus at the head of a delegation from the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries of Uganda. The sides discussed the practical aspects of implementing the agreements reached, notably in the framework of the visit of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus to Uganda in February 2025.…

Mozambique is at a critical juncture to ensure climate resilience for all its people and high-emitting States, donors, home States of foreign investors and international financial institutions must refrain from deepening the country’s fossil fuel dependency, a UN expert said today. At the end of an official visit to Mozambique, Elisa Morgera, the Special Rapporteur on human rights and climate change, identified major opportunities and risks for the protection of human rights at the nexus of the right to development and the right to a healthy environment in Mozambique, in the context of 2026 Super-El-Nino and overshoot.…

The Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) on Friday cautioned against interpreting performance-target achievements as proof that departmental support to struggling municipalities is working. The committee received a briefing from the Office of the Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) on the Department of Cooperative Governance (DCoG), the Department of Traditional Affairs and their entities’ audit outcomes for the 2025/26 financial year.…

A senior Eritrean delegation led by Mr. Osman Saleh, Minister of Foreign Affairs, met yesterday in Washington with Ms. Allison Hooker, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, and Mr. Frank Garcia, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs. In the meeting with the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Minister Osman welcomed the removal of unilateral sanctions, describing it as a positive and vital step towards opening a new chapter in Eritrea–US relations. Minister Osman stressed that Eritrea’s objective is to establish the basis for constructive, mutually beneficial and genuine partnership in the period ahead.…

In response to forecasts of below-normal rainfall during the October–December 2026 period and increasing food security risks across Lesotho, the European Union (EU) is providing €150,000 in humanitarian aid funding to help vulnerable families prepare for the potential impacts of drought. The outlook is associated with a strong El Niño event expected to peak between late 2026 and early 2027, overlapping with Lesotho’s main planting and crop-growing season. The six-month project will run through March 2027, with anticipatory actions beginning ahead of the expected impacts of reduced rainfall.…

The African Union must convene an emergency session on the situation in northern Ethiopia as the latest armed conflict which broke out in the Tigray and parts of Afar and Amhara regions on 21 September expands , Amnesty International said today. Since the outbreak of fresh fighting, the organization has continued to receive credible reports of destruction of civilian objects through shelling and air strikes, intensified forced conscription, and other acts that may constitute violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law.…