KENYA: Kenyan President William Ruto today dismissed all of his Cabinet ministers and promised to form a new “lean and efficient” government following weeks of protests over high taxes and poor governance.

President Ruto said he made the move after listening to the people and that he would form a broad-based government after consultations.

POLAND: At least 10 Polish coal miners have been injured and rescuers are searching for dozens of others after a powerful tremor shook the Rydultowy coal mine about 4,000 feet underground today, officials said.

The cause of the tremor was not immediately clear.

SOUTH AFRICA: Cape Town and its surrounding areas were hit by more storms today that ripped roofs off houses and caused widespread flooding, forcing at least 4,500 people out of their homes and damaging at least 15,000 structures, authorities said. 

The devastating weather began a week ago.

Multiple cold fronts have battered the region on the south-west tip of Africa since late last week, bringing record rainfall in some parts and gale-force winds. City authorities said the bad weather was expected to continue until the weekend and possibly into next week.

BOSNIA: Thousands of people from Bosnia and abroad gathered in Srebrenica today for the annual ritual of commemorating the 1995 genocide which Serb officials continue to deny.

The bodies of 13 men and one teenage boy were laid to rest today at a vast and ever-expanding memorial cemetery just outside Srebrenica, in eastern Bosnia. 

They join more than 6,600 massacre victims already reburied there.