A dam has collapsed north of the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, in Mai Mahiu, causing numerous deaths, Nakuru County Governor Susan Kihika said on Monday. A least 42 people have died, and "there are still more in the mud," Kihika told AFP news agency. The access for the rescue groups is complicated by washed-out roads and demolished houses blocking the way.

Residents of a village in Kenya are trying to come to terms with their loss after a truck carrying a group of people overturned in a swollen river on Friday

US Entertainment giant Paramount Global announced on Monday that CEO Bob Bakish was stepping down. In this edition, we take a closer look at how the company's controlling shareholder, Shari Redstone, may have been behind this move and why the firm's value has plummeted 80 percent in the past eight years. Meanwhile in Argentina, President Javier Milei's second attempt at getting his economic overhaul package through parliament is facing fierce opposition.

Dozens are killed in Kenya after a dam collapsed near the town of Mai Maihu, triggering an emergency order for all reservoirs to be inspected within a day. Also, Darfuri activist Niemat Ahmadi urges the UN Security Council to act on the “worst humanitarian crisis in our lifetime” in Sudan. And we meet Dennis Ombachi, a Kenyan rugby player-turned-Tik Tok sensation thanks to his cooking skills.

Oil marketers in Nigeria have attributed the reoccurrence of petrol scarcity to supply chain bottlenecks. Meanwhile, Angola has increased the price of diesel, as it phases out subsidies on the petroleum product. Rhode Luemba, Head of Flow Sales, Global Markets at Standard Bank Group, joins CNBC Africa to discuss these stories and more.

Striking doctors in Kenya hold out as talks with the government lead nowhere after more than six weeks of industrial action.