- Suspected drug traffickers murdered five Mexican band members who went missing over the weekend after being hired to perform in a crime-wracked northeastern city, authorities said Thursday.
- Siaya Senator Dr. Oburu Oginga, along with a member of the public, Dickson Oruko Oburu, has filed a lawsuit seeking to block the construction of a second-hand clothes market in Bondo Town.
- The African Development Bank will launch a carbon markets support facility for the continent, senior bank officials said on Thursday, to unlock finance for a region increasingly impacted by climate change-linked droughts and storms.
- A South African mother and two accomplices were sentenced to life imprisonment on Thursday for trafficking her then-6-year-old daughter, in a case that gained nationwide attention since the child went missing last year.
- The Trump administration on Thursday backed away from plans to immediately revoke Harvard University's ability to enroll international students and would instead give it 30 days to contest those plans through a lengthier administrative process.
- U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Wednesday the United States will start "aggressively" revoking visas of Chinese students, including those with connections to the Chinese Communist Party or studying in critical fields.
- Nigerian President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday marked his second anniversary in office by declaring that his economic reforms were working, but international bodies have warned of persistent economic and security problems.
- A South Korean maritime patrol aircraft crashed soon after takeoff near a military base in the southern city of Pohang on Thursday, killing all four crew members, the navy said.
- The National Treasury has flagged critical areas that remain unbudgeted for in this year’s budget, citing financial constraints and revenue projections that continue to fall below target.
- DCI now says MCA Grace Nduta Wairimu spent the entire night of May 25, 2025 with Juja MP George Koimburi at a bar in Gatundu South when the lawmaker had claimed that he had been abducted.
- President William Ruto’s apology to Gen Zs at the National Prayer Breakfast on Wednesday continues to elicit mixed reactions from Kenyans and leaders alike.
- The saga involving the alleged self-abduction of Juja MP George Koimburi continues to deepen with the arrest and questioning of Kanyenyaini MCA Grace Nduta, popularly known as 'City'.
- Police in Nakuru are searching for three armed robbers responsible for a series of violent attacks across the county. Over the past week, five separate robberies have been reported, resulting in three fatalities.
- The proposed Finance Bill 2025 contains a clause that could grant the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) automatic access to taxpayers’ personal data and trade secrets.
- Tanzanian MP Zahor Mohamed has accepted President William Ruto's apology on behalf of Parliament, citing that both countries must resolve their issues to further solidify the shared bilateral ties.
- The DCI is seeking 15 days to continue detaining three individuals - among them Juja CDF Chairman Peter Kiratu Mbaru - over the alleged abduction of Juja MP George Koimburi.
- Members of the National Assembly's Parliamentary Committee on Education have raised concerns over the non-payment of allowances to thousands of teachers, despite budgetary allocations for the purpose.
- The National Assembly has allocated Tuesday next week as a day to eulogise legendary writer Prof. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, following his passing at a hospital in Buford in the State of Georgia, United States of America on Wednesday.
- The Transport Workers Union Kenya has announced a significant leadership transition following internal organizational changes within the union structure.
- The Homa Bay Boma Yangu Estate has been awarded an Excellence in Design for Greater Efficiency (EDGE) certification, a prestigious global mark of green building qualification.
- A petition has been filed at the Milimani Law Court to prevent the arrest of former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, with the petitioner arguing that any move to detain or prosecute him would amount to politically motivated persecution.
- The Ministry of Health has announced a significant reduction in breast cancer treatment costs for Kenyan patients, with treatment sessions expected to drop from Ksh.120,000 to Ksh.40,000.
- President William Ruto now says Kisumu and its environs is set to reap big from 15,000 affordable housing units’ constructed in the first phase of the ongoing project.
- The High Court has issued conservatory orders stopping the gazettement of Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) nominees and their swearing-in.
- The Attorney General (AG), Dorcas Oduor, has affirmed that the Public Seal is under her custody, contradicting earlier media reports suggesting otherwise.
- Makueni Senator Dan Maanzo believes that the only genuine apology he can tender to the Kenyan youth is if he recompenses those recuperating from the aftermath of the anti-tax protests in 2024.
- Harvard University has agreed to settle a deeply emotional dispute over who has the rights to images of enslaved Africans taken in 1850 by a professor who sought to support a racist theory.
- Elon Musk is leaving his government role as a top adviser to President Donald Trump after spearheading efforts to reduce and overhaul the federal bureaucracy.
- During his imprisonment, Kenyan author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o decided he would never write in English again, a defiant move that helped put literature in African languages firmly on the map.
- Namibia honoured the victims of mass killings during German colonial rule with an inaugural memorial day on Wednesday, as politicians and affected communities voiced fresh calls for reparations from Berlin.
- The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) faces growing threats of terrorism, climate change, military coups, and poverty, its most senior official said on Wednesday as leaders marked 50 years since the bloc's formation in Nigeria.
- The European Union lifted economic sanctions on Syria on Wednesday in an effort to support the country's transition and recovery after the toppling of former president Bashar al-Assad.
- The number of people out of work in Germany rose at a faster pace than expected in May, labour office figures showed on Wednesday, putting pressure on a new government battling to wrench Europe's largest economy from a prolonged downturn.
- During his imprisonment, Kenyan author Ngugi wa Thiong'o decided he would never write in English again, a defiant move that helped put literature in African languages firmly on the map.
- The Czech Republic on Wednesday accused China of being responsible for a "malicious cyber campaign" targeting a network used for unclassified communication at its Foreign Affairs ministry, but China rejected the accusations.
- Ford Motor is recalling nearly 1.1 million vehicles in the United States because rearview cameras may not display images due to a software issue, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Sean "Diddy" Combs lost a bid for a mistrial in his sex-trafficking case on Wednesday, after his lawyers argued that prosecutors were improperly trying to suggest that the hip-hop mogul had evidence tied to an alleged arson incident destroyed.
- A 23-year-old M-Pesa agent in Nakuru CBD has been discovered dead, a week after the family reported that she had gone missing on Wednesday last week.
- A man has been arrested and arraigned for damaging a hotel in Kisumu that was previously recovered by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC).
- Kenya Railways has embarked on a re-possession exercise of what it says are grabbed facilities as the construction of Phase 2B of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) from Naivasha Internal Container Depot to Malaba via Kisumu gets underway.
- The High Court has declined to issue orders suspending operations of the Green Army project in Nairobi County in a petition filed by the petitioners, Dedan Rachuonyo and Felix Odiwour.
