- The Ministry of Health (MoH) has announced that 3.5 million children have so far received their measles vaccines in the ongoing Measles-Rubella (MR) and Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine (TCV) campaign.
- Liberia's president was "honoured" to meet US counterpart Donald Trump this week and wasn't offended by Trump's comment about his fluency in English -- his mother tongue -- Liberia's foreign minister said on Friday.
- An Israeli-American businessman, a former State Department official and a decorated Green Beret pitched up in the Democratic Republic of Congo in March with a message for President Felix Tshisekedi from the Trump administration.
- Nigeria on Saturday slapped 44 Boko Haram jihadists with jail terms of up to 30 years for funding terrorist activities, a spokesman for a counterterrorism agency said.
- Talks aimed at securing a ceasefire in Gaza are stalling over the extent of Israeli forces' withdrawal from the Palestinian enclave, Palestinian and Israeli sources familiar with the negotiations in Doha said on Saturday.
- The U.N. and the Dutch foreign ministry said on Friday they had cancelled an LGBTQ-themed event in Senegal after the West African nation warned of repercussions for organisers and voiced opposition to all "promotion of the LGBTQI phenomenon".
- ODM party leader Raila Odinga has defended his proposal for the formation of a national conclave to chart a new path through collective civic engagement.
- A 35-year-old man was shot dead in the early hours of Saturday outside Mara Junction Night Club in Narok following an altercation over a parking space.
- Russia fired more than 620 drones and long-range missiles overnight, killing four people, Ukraine said Saturday, calling for fresh sanctions on Moscow to halt its wave of record barrages.
- Russia pounded Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles on Saturday, in the fourth major attack this month, targeting western cities and killing at least two people in Chernivtsi on the border with Romania.
- The family of Julia Njoki is demanding justice for their daughter as they remain unconvinced about the circumstances surrounding her death after the Saba Saba protests.
- President William Ruto has reappointed former judge of the East African Court of Justice Charles Nyachae as the Chairperson of the Kenya School of Government for a three-year term.
- A Director at Mara Ndovu Lodge Limited was arraigned before the Milimani Law Courts over charges of defrauding an unsuspecting victim out of Ksh.48.8 million in a sham investment deal.
- Democracy for the Citizens Party (DCP) party leader Rigathi Gachagua has said that the opposition is finalizing evidence against President William Ruto for submission to the International Criminal Court.
- The Cabinet Secretary for Public Service, Human Capital Development, and Special Programmes, Geoffrey Ruku, has called on the Kenya Red Cross Society to pursue accreditation from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) to strengthen its role in building climate-resilient communities through improved emergency…
- The Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) has announced a temporary traffic disruption on Mombasa Road near Syokimau Railway Station to allow for the installation of the fabricated footbridge beams of the Syokimau Railway Footbridge.
- Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has dismissed Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader Raila Odinga's proposal for a national dialogue to solve the country's challenges, arguing that the ODM leader has engaged in such talks in the past without producing tangible results.
- Clinicians in Machakos County have officially called off a planned strike just two hours before its scheduled commencement, which was to start at midnight on Saturday.
- Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli forces killed 18 people on Friday, including 10 who were waiting for aid in the south of the war-ravaged territory.
- At least seven people have been confirmed dead following a tragic road accident involving a lorry transporting tea leaves and a public service matatu at Kijauri Market in Borabu Constituency.
- A son of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman pleaded guilty to drug charges in Chicago on Friday in a deal struck with prosecutors in return for a reduced sentence.
- There is a need to raise awareness on gender–land–climate nexus to strengthen the role of women parliamentarians and duty bearers in gender-responsive land and climate policy-making.
- A court in Madagascar has sentenced a man to surgical castration for the rape of a child in 2024, a judicial official said, in the first such measure on the Indian Ocean island.
- Ukrainian drone and shelling attacks killed three people in Russia on Friday, while Russian bombardments on eastern Ukraine forced the evacuation of a maternity centre in Kharkiv and wounded nine.
- Four crew members of a cargo ship attacked and sunk by Yemeni rebels earlier this week are presumed dead, an EU naval force said Friday, with search operations ongoing in the Red Sea.
- Nigeria's foreign minister said the United States was pressuring African countries to accept Venezuelan deportees, some straight out of prison, but Africa's most populous country could not accommodate them due to its own problems.
- Almost 5,000 people have been killed in Haiti since October 2024, displacing hundreds of thousands as gang violence has escalated, particularly around the capital, Port-au-Prince, according to a U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) report published on Friday.
- Cancer has continued to be a threat that claims thousands of lives across the country, with its cost in medication becoming more than a luxury for many who get diagnosed.
- The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has secured full access to the government's new e-Government Procurement (eGP) system in what it describes as a game changer in the fight against procurement-related corruption.
- At first glance, Africa’s wetlands - its shimmering lakes and winding rivers - appear to teem with life. But beneath the surface, a quieter story unfolds. One of urgency, fragility, and silent loss.
- Boniface Mwangi Kariuki, a 22-year-old mask vendor who was shot in the head by police in an unprovoked attack, was on Friday laid to rest following a burial service at the Githunguri grounds in Kangema, Murang'a County.
- The Anglican Church has called for an end to ongoing protests, arguing that they are being hijacked by criminals to ignite violence and cause destruction.
- Mombasa has intensified surveillance and activated the county's public health emergency operations centre in the wake of an upsurge of Mpox cases in the months of June and July.
- The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) has confirmed that the death toll from the Saba Saba Day protests has climbed to 38, with at least 130 others nursing injuries across the country.
- The Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) has intercepted a container carrying over 24,000 substandard electrical extension sockets at the Mitchell Cotts Freight Station in Mombasa.
- A police constable stationed in Laikipia County has been arrested in connection with the possession of stolen uniforms, equipment, and exhibits from fellow officers.
- The ten Nyamira Members of County Assembly (MCAs) who were expelled four days ago have been offered relief after the High Court reinstated them pending hearing of their petition against the action.
- Machakos Governor Wavinya Ndeti has called on President William Ruto and the Kenya Kwanza administration to pay close attention to the concerns raised by Kenya’s youth who have been actively voicing their frustrations through peaceful protests.
- Chief Justice Martha Koome has urged the newly sworn-in Chairperson and Commissioners of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to carry out their mandate with integrity, independence, and commitment to constitutionalism as Kenya prepares for the 2027 General Election.
- Jubilee party Secretary General Jeremiah Kioni has urged Kenyans to reject in totality the new push by ODM leader Raila Odinga to form an intergenerational conclave team to deal with issues bedeviling the country.
