21 May 2024

1. DR Congo- Kinshasa, The Congolese government under the ministry of communication has condemned what it called a coup attempt and wrong intentions to destabilize the country’s institutions and the presidency of Felix Tshisekedi.

1. USA- Kenya, Kenya's President William Ruto and First Lady Rachel Ruto arrived in Atlanta, Georgia, USA on Monday yesterday ahead of a state visit to Washington. The visit to Atlanta is the first segment of Kenya’s diplomatic engagement with the United States.

1. Cameroon - Yaounde, Gunmen in Cameroon killed a local mayor and two others in the restive North West region as the nation observed its National Day on yesterday.

1. Nigeria – Abuja, A Nigerian judge denied separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu bail for the second time in two months on Monday and also dismissed his application to be moved to prison from custody of the Department of State Services (DSS), a security agency.

1. In our historical archives, it was on this day 21 May 1981 when Honourable Rebel Robert Nesta Marley was buried at Nine Mile, a village on Jamaica’s north coast. Alongside Marley’s embalmed corpse was a guitar by his side and a Bible opened at Psalm 23.