KENYA: Protests erupted in the capital Nairobi today as a nationwide public transport strike kicked off in protest against rising fuel prices.

Commuters were stranded in various suburbs and the city centre remained deserted as motorists with private vehicles opted to stay home as protesters burned tyres on major roads.

Kenya’s fuel prices hit a record high on Friday with the diesel price increasing by 23.5 per cent and petrol by 8 per cent.

UKRAINE: Russia targeted eight regions of Ukraine in its latest night-time drone and missile barrage, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said today, with local authorities reporting that the strikes wounded more than two dozen civilians.

Russian forces fired 524 attack drones and 22 ballistic and cruise missiles, Mr Zelensky said. Dnipro and the surrounding central region of Ukraine bore the brunt of the attack, officials said.

CHINA: A 5.2 magnitude earthquake struck south China’s Guangxi region early today, killing two people, toppling buildings and triggering the evacuations of thousands, state media reported.

Four others were injured, while more than 7,000 residents were evacuated from Liuzhou city.

NIGERIA: The military said today that a new operation with United States forces has killed more than 20 Islamic State group militants in north-eastern Borno state.

The operation in Metele followed the weekend killing of Abu Bakr al-Mainuki, deputy leader of the group’s local West African “province,” marking a new development in the military co-operation.

Neither Nigerian or US forces were harmed in Sunday’s strikes near the borders with both Niger and Chad.