- A section of Thika Superhighway will be closed from 11:00 p.m. on Saturday to 6:00 a.m. on Tuesday, February 18, 2025, to allow for the construction of a footbridge.
- Four suspected drug traffickers were arrested in Wajir County on Friday, with police recovering a 10-kilogram consignment of marijuana in the vehicle they were travelling in.
- The escalating conflict in Democratic Republic of Congo will dominate an African Union summit opening Saturday, with the DRC president absent after Rwandan-backed forces seized a second major city on his territory.
- Dozens of mpox patients being treated in hospital isolation units in Goma have fled for their lives as violence engulfs the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the WHO said Friday.
- M23 fighters and Rwandan troops seized the airport serving Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday, security and humanitarian sources said.
- As tech billionaire Elon Musk expands his influence over more than a dozen U.S. federal agencies, frustration is growing among some top aides to President Donald Trump, who want more coordination from Musk's team as he slashes the U.S. government, according to four people aware of the tensions.
- Pope Francis was admitted to the hospital on Friday for tests and treatment for bronchitis, the latest in a series of health problems for the 88-year-old pontiff.
- Hours before the election of the African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson is held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, former Prime Minister Raila Odinga’s bid continues to attract support from leaders across the continent who vouch for his election to succeed incumbent Moussa Faki.
- Tens of thousands of Belgians took to the streets on Thursday in protest over the new government's planned pension reforms, during the first day of a multi-day strike that halted all air traffic in the country.
- Nakuru Governor Susan Kihika has castigated the county Senator Tabitha Karanja Keroche, accusing her of being behind a wave of demonstrations by locals directed at her administration.
- Hunger-striking Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye appeared in court on Friday looking frail, his supporters said, after one of his lawyers described him as "critically ill".
- Three staff members from Mbagathi Hospital have been arraigned and charged in connection with the unauthorized release of a body from the facility’s mortuary.
- Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Korir Sing'Oei has downplayed a letter drafted by the Southern African Development Community (SADC); urging its 16 member states to back Madagascar's candidate Richard Randriamandrato in the upcoming elections for the African Union Commission Chairmanship.
- Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Korir Sing'Oei has downplayed a letter drafted by the Southern African Development Community (SADC); urging its 16 member states to back Madagascar's candidate Richard Randriamandrato in the upcoming elections for the African Union Commission Chairmanship.
- The four individuals arrested in connection with the multi-billion-shilling fraud scandal at the Kenya Union of Savings and Credit Co-operatives (KUSCCO) will remain in custody until the determination of their bail terms on Tuesday, February 18, 2025.
- As you would expect, whenever the president leaves the comfort and safety of State House, he is followed by a horde of aides, political allies and of course a full army to ensure he is safe.
- Enwealth Financial Services has commended the recent tax reforms introduced under the Tax Laws (Amendment) Act 2024, highlighting their positive impact on retirement security and financial planning for Kenyans.
- NICHE programme is funded by the World Bank, the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO) and the Government of Kenya, with UNICEF providing technical assistance.
- President William Ruto has called for reforms in the global credit rating to realise economic growth and financial independence among African nations.
- TikTok returned to the U.S. app stores of Apple and Google on Thursday as President Donald Trump delayed a ban on the Chinese-owned social media app and assured the tech giants they would not be fined for distributing or maintaining it.
- Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has thrown his weight behind Kenya's candidate for the African Union Commission (AUC) chairmanship, Raila Odinga, ahead of crucial elections.
- A federal judge ordered the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump to restore funding for hundreds of foreign aid contractors who argued that they were negatively impacted by a 90-day blanket freeze, a court filing showed late on Thursday.
- The Palestinian militant group Hamas signaled on Thursday that a crisis threatening to unravel the Gaza ceasefire deal could be avoided despite uncertainty over the number of hostages due to be released on Saturday and disagreements over aid supplies.
- Police in Kirinyaga County have arrested a 36-year-old man accused of setting a miraa vehicle on fire after it was involved in a fatal accident along the Mwea-Embu Highway two weeks ago.
- About 75,000 U.S. federal workers accepted the deferred buyout program of President Donald Trump's administration, a spokesperson for the U.S. Office of Personnel Management said late on Wednesday.
- Kyiv and its European allies demanded on Thursday that they be included in any peace negotiations, after U.S. President Donald Trump spoke by phone with Russia's Vladimir Putin and said Ukraine could neither have all of its land back nor join NATO.
- Mexico on Thursday threatened to sue Google over its changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to "Gulf of America" for Maps users in the United States to comply with President Donald Trump's executive order.
- Police arrested an Afghan asylum seeker at the scene of what German leaders labelled a car ramming "attack" that injured 28 people, some seriously, in the southern city of Munich Thursday.
- The Commission on Administrative Justice (CAJ) has asked the Director of Pensions to pay all pending 144 claims within 60 days, failure to which they will pursue means to declare him unfit to hold public office.
- The Southern African Development Community (SADC), comprising 16 member states, has officially urged its members to back Madagascar’s candidate in the African Union Commission (AUC) chairmanship elections set for Saturday, February 15.
- A section of Members of Parliament allied to the Kenya Kwanza Alliance have come out to defend National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula following accusations of being biased in Parliament.
- National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula now says that over 40 MPs had submitted requests seeking sponsorship to travel to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to support Raila Odinga ahead of the AUC Chairmanship polls on Saturday.
- Four people have been arrested in connection with the multi-billion-shilling irregularity scandal at the Kenya Union of Savings and Credit Co-operatives (KUSCCO).
- Kenyan civil societies have announced that the 90-day suspension of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funding has severely affected the healthcare system.
- The Court of Appeal in Nairobi has directed former Kipipiri Member of Parliament Amos Kimunya to defend himself in a case involving allegations of irregular allocation of public land to a private company.
- Kathiani Member of Parliament Robert Mbui has accused National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula of being biased against Azimio la Umoja allied legislators.
- The Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) has sued Bamburi Cement on behalf of 11 victims in Kwale County, citing dog attacks, assault, and other human rights violations by the company's security personnel.
- The management of a private hospital in Naivasha is trying to come to terms with an incident where a mother abandoned her newly born baby in the facility due to deformity.
- The management of a private hospital in Naivasha is trying to come to terms with an incident where a mother abandoned her newly born baby in the facility due to deformity.
- Police in Eldoret have commenced probe into the death of a 24-year-old remandee who was facing alleged charge of breaking into his mother’s bar and stealing beer in Eldoret.
- Moments after registering their marriage, Zhang Gang and Weng Linbin posed in front of a red backdrop adorned with a Chinese government emblem, fanning out the wad of cash they had received as an incentive to wed.
