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Over 1,800 people flee overnight wildfire near Huertgenwald in western Germany, as extreme heat and dry winds push flames towards residential areas.
Singapore criminalises AI-generated explicit images made without consent, with offenders facing up to two years in jail under new laws taking effect on Monday.
Zambia suspends vote counting nationwide following reports of violence targeting election staff, theft of marked ballot boxes; decision to be reviewed in 24 hours.
Zambia Electoral Commission resumes vote counting, with the first results expected at 11:00 pm Kenyan time.
Liverpool FC owners Fenway Sports Group agree to sell a 30pc stake to a consortium backed by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in a Sh288.5 billion deal.
Burkina Faso ruling junta forces 44 journalists through military-style patriotism training as crackdown on independent press widens.
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Food assistance to 240,000 vulnerable refugees in South Sudan will end by September due to funding shortfalls, UN agencies say.
Chaos erupted after goons attacked a DCP convoy led by former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua on Friday.

https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/politics/article/2001555353/gachagua-slams-ruto-defends-uhuru-as-goons-attack-convoy
Panic has gripped the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leaders allied to party leader Oburu Oginga ahead of the planned Linda Mwananchi rallies scheduled for Sunday.

https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/politics/article/2001555354/odm-in-panic-mode-ahead-of-linda-mwananchi-rally-in-homa-bay
President William Ruto’s Vision 2060 has begun with a paradox: the government is asking Kenyans to help shape the country’s development agenda for the next 34 years, yet the institution expected to organise and drive that process has not been clearly established.

https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/politics/article/2001555346/rutos-vision-2060-plan-raises-questions-over-who-will-run-the-show
Seven people killed, scores injured after a matatu ferrying 54 passengers rolls into a ditch at Inyoni Village in Kalamba, Makueni County.
DCI recover M16 rifle loaded with five bullets, suspected to have been used to commit four murders across Isiolo and Meru counties.
Powerful earthquake kills 20 people off Flores Island in East Indonesia; authorities say 6 injured, 2 still buried in debris.