An eight-year-old American has become the world's youngest recipient of a transplant of both hands, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia announced Tuesday, AFP reported on Wednesday.

Kenya Airways has reported a record Sh25.7 billion  or approximately US $ 247.7 loss after tax attributable to competition from Middle East carriers and high operating costs, Daily Nation reported on Thursday.

According to reports, Kenya Airways blamed travel advisories that led to a slump in the tourism industry, as well as runway closures for renovation, for eating into the company's 2014/2015 full-year earnings.

A leading fisherman and a resident in northeastern Nigeria have said the notorious Boko Haram rebels on Monday  killed 10 fishermen on the shores of the Lake Chad in northeastern Nigeria , Express Tribune reported Thursday.

“On Monday around 4pm (1500 GMT), Boko Haram attacked three villages on the shores of Lake Chad where they slaughtered 10 people, all of them fishermen,” Abubakar Gamandi, head of the fishermen’s union in Borno State, told AFP according to Express Tribune.

The son of deposed Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi along with eight others have been sentenced to death over war crimes linked to the 2011 revolution, BBC reported Tuesday adding that more than 30 close associates of Gaddafi were tried for suppressing peaceful protests during the uprising.

Saif al-Islam was reportedly not in court, but has previously appeared via video link. BBC says the son of colonel Gadafi is being held by a former rebel group from the town of Zintan that refuses to hand him over.

A bomb explosion hit a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu killing at least 13 people and injuring more than 40 others, BBC reported Sunday evening adding that a lorry was used to attack the Jazeera Palace Hotel near the airport.

According to a BBC correspondent in Mogadishu, the attack one of the worst scenes of destruction he has witnessed in Mogadishu.

Sources say Somali militant Islamist group al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for the attack. The al-Qaeda linked group said it was responding to assaults by an African Union force and the Somali government.

U.S President Barack Obama has arrived in Kenya on the first visit to his father’s home as serving US president. BBC reported that Obama's Air Force One touched down at Nairobi's international airport shortly before 20:10 local time ( 17:10 GMT).

According to reports, Mr. Obama was received at the airport by Kenyan  President Uhuru Kenyatta with a handshake and embrace. BBC says Mr Obama also hugged his half-sister Auma, who then travelled in the presidential limousine to the hotel where the US leader is staying.

At least two people were killed and several others injured after a gunman  opened fire at a cinema in the US state of Louisiana, officials said according to BBC. The gunman, a 58-year-old white male armed with reportedly turned the gun on himself and died on spot

Witnesses said the man opened fire about 20 minutes into a screening of a film at the Grand Theatre in Lafayette. Police chief Jim Craft reportedly  said officers responded to reports of a shooting at about 19:30 local time (01:30 GMT).

Ugandan Muslims are today expected to converge at the various mosques to celebrate Eid el-Fitr, Uganda’s Daily Monitor reported Friday morning.The office of the Kibuli-based Supreme Mufti  reportedly confirmed Thursday that Muslims will celebrate Eid el-Fitr today(Friday).