Here is a timeline of the major events that led to the takeover of this former French colony off the east coast of Africa.

The planned solemnity of Raila Odinga’s final homecoming was overtaken by raw, public emotion on Thursday as thousands of mourners overwhelmed security at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, breaching barriers in a powerful, chaotic tribute to the fallen statesman.

The country long had the world’s second highest HIV infection rate, but made notable progress and hit key milestones in its fight against the epidemic in recent years.

The Holy Father addressed the World Food Day ceremony in Rome on Thursday.

Sumo wrestlers posed outside London’s Royal Albert Hall on Wednesday, with the sounds of city traffic providing the backdrop ahead of the opening bouts of a five-day tournament.

Morocco welcomed 15 millions tourists in the first nine months of 2025, according to the ministry of tourism.

In a stunning upset, Morocco’s team made history by beating France 5-4 on penalties after a 1-1 draw to advance to the FIFA U-20 World Cup final in Chile.

It said this ‘last resort’ decision was as a result of the extended violent clashes that have threatened the safety of its staff and patients.

Nestlé is cutting 16,000 jobs globally to streamline operations, focus on high-return products, and shore up profitability under new CEO Philipp Navratil.

Violence broke out in Barcelona on Wednesday night as a pro-Palestinian demonstration escalated following a march of around 1,000 protesters towards the Israeli consulate.

The Federal Ministry of Health earlier this week reported 120,496 cases and 3,368 deaths nationwide.

The former president of the Democratic Republic of Congo was seen in public on Wednesday, for the first time since he was sentenced to death in absentia on charges of treason and war crimes for collaborating with rebels.

The update, expected in December, will introduce a stricter age-verification system to confirm users are over 18 before they can access adult materials.

The remains of Raila Odinga, the former Prime Minister of Kenya, have arrived in Nairobi from India. The aircraft transporting his body landed at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) at approximately 9:30 a.m.

Clashes broke out in the southern Tunisian city of Gabes on Wednesday during a rally by protesters denouncing decades of pollution and environmental neglect.

Police clashed with protesters in Douala, the economic hub of Cameroon, after opposition candidate Issa Tchiroma Bakary claimed victory in the October 12 presidential election.

The African Union announced Wednesday that it had suspended Madagascar from its bodies with immediate effect “until constitutional order is restored after a coup that ousted President Andry Rajoelina.

Israel was expected to reopen the Rafah border crossing after Hamas returned more remains of dead hostages.

Sudanese Finance Minister Gibril Ibrahim spoke during the Russian Energy Week Forum in Moscow on Wednesday.

I believe the elections will go well. Unfortunately, Côte d’Ivoire has always experienced pre- and post-election crises

Kenya is in mourning following the death of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, a towering figure in the country’s political landscape who ran for the presidency five times over three decades. Odinga died on Wednesday in India after suffering a heart attack.

In Nairobi, Kenyans took to the streets to pay tribute to the former prime minister, affectionately known as Baba.

The World Meteorological Organisation said in its latest bulletin on greenhouse gases, an annual study released ahead of the U.N.’s annual climate conference, that C02 growth rates have now tripled since the 1960s, and reached levels not seen in at least 800,000 years.

Women and girls in rural Zimbabwe are reviving Nhanga, an ancient custom traditionally used to prepare girls to marriage, and transforming it into a forum to promote gender equality.

More than 300 communities across central and eastern Mexico remained isolated on Tuesday after deadly landslides and flooding swept through the region, leaving at least 64 people dead.

Belgian police used tear gas and water cannon on Tuesday to disperse tens of thousands of protesters who filled the streets of Brussels to denounce Prime Minister Bart De Wever’s proposed austerity measures.

Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina dissolved the lower house of parliament on Tuesday, escalating a deepening political crisis after a military rebellion forced him to flee and go into hiding.

Col. Michael Randrianirina, who led a rebellion by soldiers that ousted President Andry Rajoelina, said he expects to be sworn in as the Indian Ocean country’s new leader in the next few days.

Thousands of protesters filled the streets of Udine on Tuesday ahead of the FIFA World Cup qualifier between Italy and Israel, prompting tight security measures across the northeastern Italian city.

The Israeli military said that one of the four bodies released on Monday was not that of an Israeli held in Gaza.

Speaking in parliament on Tuesday in Cape Town, Ramaphosa said South Africa remains committed to its 2023 legal action. “The peace deal… will have no bearing on the case that is before the International Court of Justice,” he said, adding that Israel must respond to South Africa’s pleadings by Januar

The Democratic Republic of Congo and the M23 rebel group have agreed to create an international body to oversee a ceasefire that has yet to take hold. M23, which receives backing from Rwanda, controls much of North and South Kivu in the country’s mineral-rich east.

It was a massive night in African World Cup qualifying and three giants rose to the occasion.

Cameroon’s Minister of Territorial Administration, Paul Atanga Nji, has rejected opposition candidate Issa Tchiroma Bakary’s claim of victory and accused him of trying to disrupt the electoral process.

Raila Odinga, former Kenyan Prime Minister, dies at Ayurvedic hospital in Kerala at 80 after cardiac failure

A group of 14 people have become the latest West Africans deported from the U.S. to Ghana under an accord between the countries, said a lawyer whose group filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking to block the arrangement.

Morocco’s King Mohammed VI and Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan attended on Monday the foundation stone-laying ceremony for a new aircraft engine complex by France’s Safran Group in Nouaceur, near Casablanca.

Agnès Wanjiru was killed in 2012 after a night out with British soldiers. Her niece met with the UK Defence Secretary on Tuesday to demand the extradition of a former British soldier.

In a dramatic escalation of Madagascar’s political crisis, Colonel Michael Randrianirina of an elite military unit announced Tuesday that the armed forces are taking control of the country.

Aaron Motsoaledi warned, however, that initial distribution of the drug would be limited to nearly half a million people.