Kenyan court charges cult leader Paul Mackenzie over 52 more deaths
Mackenzie has been charged with organised criminal activity, radicalisation, and facilitating ‘terrorism’.
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‘We’re in darkness’: Humanitarian crisis deepens as S Sudan violence surges
Humanitarian operations have been impeded by attacks, looting and restrictions on movement.
A Kenyan Turkana girl fetches water for her herd of goats from a well dug on a dried-up water pan in the drought-hit village of Lopii, Turkana East, Kenya. [Daniel Irungu/EPA]
Locals share food rations distributed by World Vision Kenya as Nalemkais village in Turkana County endures severe drought. [Patrick Ngugi/AP Photo]
Elizabeth Lochaki, 54, a Kenyan Turkana woman, feeds her goats some prepared wild Doum palm fruit in drought-hit Kaaruko village, Turkana East. [Daniel Irungu/EPA]
A Kenyan Turkana man leads his herd of goats to a water point where locals have dug wells on a dried-up water pan in drought-hit Lopii village. [Daniel Irungu/EPA]
Locals queue to receive food aid during a severe drought in Lomekulu village, Turkana County, Kenya. [Patrick Ngugi/AP Photo]
The drought in Kenya, particularly across arid and semiarid counties, remains severe with prolonged below-average rainfall causing food shortages, water scarcity and livestock losses. [Daniel Irungu/EPA]
A Kenyan Turkana girl washes clothes after fetching water from a well dug on a dried-up water pan. [Daniel Irungu/EPA]
Nawaar Ekadeli, 60, a Kenyan Turkana woman, crushes a wild Doum palm fruit in drought-stricken Kaaruko village. [Daniel Irungu/EPA]
A man stands at a watering point with his camels in Turkana County, Kenya. [Patrick Ngugi/AP Photo]
Mandera County along Kenya's borders with Ethiopia and Somalia has seen no rain since May and is now on the point of a full-blown water emergency. [Daniel Irungu/EPA]
Abdi Nurrow Mohamed, 50, carries a weak calf that lost its mother to drought at his homestead in Banissa. [Tony Karumba/AFP]
A carrion bird perches on a pile of bones from livestock that have died from the drought in Banissa. In drought-hit northeastern Kenya, villagers have been forced to drag their dead livestock to distant fields for burning to keep the stench of death and scavenging hyenas away from their homes. [Tony Karumba/AFP]
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Somalia, Saudi Arabia sign agreement on military cooperation
The MOU comes as Somalia seeks regional support against Israel’s recognition of the breakaway region of Somaliland.
In Nigeria’s Woro, massacre leaves a community devastated and in ruins
Residents say armed men kidnapped dozens of women and children after killing of about 200 people in Kwara State.
Ethiopia demands Eritrea ‘immediately withdraw’ troops from its territory
In recent months, Addis Ababa has accused Eritrea of supporting rebel fighters on Ethiopian soil.
From: Talk to Al Jazeera
Somalia’s president on Israel, Somaliland and rising regional tension
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Israel’s Somaliland move, US pressure, security fears and Somalia’s political future.
Published On 8 Feb 2026
EXPLAINER
Understanding the value of gold: Prices, global reserves, and market trends
Gold prices have quadrupled in one decade, attracting investors amid economic uncertainty and geopolitical tensions.
Houthi supporters gather for a demonstration in Sanaa, the Houthi-controlled capital, rallying against Israel and showing solidarity with Palestinians. [Ahmed Mohammed/AFP]
Thousands of mourners gathered in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Saturday to bid farewell to victims of Friday's catastrophic suicide bombing at a Shia mosque. The community assembled for funeral prayers, arranging coffins as they mourned the attack that killed at least 32 worshippers and wounded 170 others. [Anjum Naveed/AP Photo]
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani in Doha. Addressing the 17th Al Jazeera Forum on February 7, 2026 — a three-day conference analysing Middle East geopolitical shifts — Araghchi criticised what he described as a "doctrine of domination" enabling Israel to enhance its military capacity while advocating for regional disarmament of other nations. His comments coincided with Iran's latest nuclear discussions with the United States, following the breakdown of earlier talks when Israel initiated an unprecedented bombing campaign against Iran last June, leading to a 12-day conflict. [Handout/Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs via Reuters]
Tents housing displaced Palestinians stand amid destroyed and heavily damaged buildings in the Muqusi area of Gaza City. According to the Ministry of Health, Israeli forces have killed at least 576 Palestinians and wounded 1,543 in Gaza since the October 10 "ceasefire". The ministry reports that the total death toll during Israel's genocidal war on Gaza since October 7, 2023, has reached 72,027, with 171,651 people injured. [Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP]
Syrian government forces have entered the northeastern city of Qamishli, a key Kurdish-majority stronghold of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), following a ceasefire agreement. Military vehicles were seen driving along city roads as troops moved in. The deal ends weeks of escalating tensions and armed clashes with advancing government forces, establishing a framework for the SDF's integration into Syria's state institutions. [Bakr Alkasem/AFP]
Thousands gathered in the town of Bani Walid to mourn at the funeral of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the most prominent surviving son of Libya's former dictator Muammar Gaddafi, following his assassination on Tuesday. [Khaled Suleiman/Reuters]
A resident stands amid the charred remnants and destroyed homes in Woro, Kwara State, after an attack that killed nearly 200 people across Nigeria's Kwara and Katsina states. This marks the deadliest outbreak of violence the region has experienced in months. These attacks unfold against the backdrop of Nigeria's escalating security crisis, fuelled by armed rebellion activity and criminal gangs. [Light Oriye Tamunotonye/AFP]
Smoke billows from the aftermath of an Israeli air raid on a building in the southern Lebanese village of Ain Qana. On February 2, Israel's military conducted air raids across multiple locations in southern Lebanon after announcing planned attacks on Hezbollah targets and issuing evacuation warnings for buildings in two villages. Although a November 2024 truce aimed to halt more than a year of hostilities, including two months of full-scale war between Israel and the Iran-backed group, Israel has continued with regular strikes on Lebanon while maintaining troops in five areas it considers strategically important. [Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP]
A displaced Sudanese woman carries plastic water containers at the Abu al-Naga displacement camp in Gadarif state, approximately 420km east of the capital, Khartoum. On February 5, United Nations-backed experts warned that famine is spreading throughout Sudan's western Darfur region, as the ongoing war between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has left millions hungry, displaced, and without access to humanitarian assistance. Since April 2023, the conflict has killed tens of thousands of people, displaced 11 million, and created what the UN describes as one of the world's worst humanitarian crises. [AFP]
Amid plummeting temperatures, workers restore damaged sections of Kyiv's Darnytska combined heat and power plant following Russian air attacks. These recent attacks on Ukraine's power infrastructure have left millions without electricity, heat and water amid freezing temperatures, plunging the war-torn nation into a new humanitarian crisis. [Roman Pilipey/AFP]
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Somalia is the missing pillar of Red Sea and Gulf of Aden stability
Somalia’s stability is essential to securing global trade corridors and regional security.
Somalia’s Mohamud slams Israel’s ‘interference’, rejects base on Somaliland
Somali president promises to confront Israeli military presence amid reports of base plan in breakaway Somaliland.
