- President William Ruto has implored political leaders to desist from inciting youthful Kenyans to violence and instead provide better opportunities for them.
- A clandestine tunnel discovered on the US-Mexico border allowing entry from Ciudad Juarez into the Texan city of El Paso will be sealed by Mexican authorities, an army official said Saturday, adding that its construction was under investigation.
- A Section of elders, residents and human rights activists in Isiolo County have made an appeal to both the county and national governments to expedite efforts to put out a fire that broke out three days ago in Merti Sub County and which has already consumed more than ten kilometers square of…
- Five Bangladeshi health workers have been arrested on murder charges after a social media post accused them of failing to provide aid to a man who died during last year's revolution, a prosecutor said Sunday.
- Residents of Elburgon town, Molo Constituency in Nakuru County, on Sunday stormed Elburgon Police Station, following the murder of activist Richard Otieno, alias Molo President.
- The Kenyan government is seemingly hatching a plan to regain its grip on the gnarly social media web that youthful Kenyans have sardonically used as a censuring tool.
- Built in just days as Covid-19 cases spiked in Wuhan in early 2020, the Huoshenshan Hospital was once celebrated as a symbol of the Chinese city's fight against the virus that first emerged there.
- Supporters of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol stormed a Seoul court Sunday after a judge extended the impeached leader's detention over his ill-fated attempt to impose martial law.
- Kenya sent more than 200 police officers to Haiti on Saturday, providing backup to an understaffed security mission in the Caribbean country where rampant gang violence has displaced more than a million people.
- Principal Secretary for Interior Raymond Omolo has called on the Kenyan leaders to stop negativities against the government and instead support it to deliver on its mandate.
- Most army-controlled areas in Sudan have been plunged into blackouts following drone attacks on power generation facilities by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.
- Ousted Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has shifted blame to the government after a prayer meeting organised by his wife Pastor Dorcas Rigathi was invaded by Maina Njenga and a group of youths.
- TikTok stopped working in the United States late on Saturday and disappeared from Apple and Google app stores ahead of a law that takes effect Sunday requiring the shutdown of the app used by 170 million Americans.
- Siaya Governor James Orengo has slammed a section of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) for following President William Ruto blindly without questioning the errors in his administration.
- Detectives have launched investigations into yet another mysterious murder of a young woman whose body was found dumped near the Lang'ata Cemetery in Nairobi.
- Lebanon's new president said on Saturday that Israel must withdraw from his country's south by the January 26 deadline set to fully implement an Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire agreed last year.
- A case of Mpox has been found in Azerbaijan, Interfax news agency reported on Saturday, adding that the patient had been isolated and was receiving treatment in hospital.
- Teachers and students at Lugulu Girls School in Bungoma were elated after receiving the 2024 KCSE results that were previously withheld by the Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC).
- U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk warned on Friday that Sudanese civilians were in greater peril than ever as ethnically motivated attacks and hate speech by the warring parties becomes “increasingly common.”
- The nine police officers who were injured during the clash between authorities and residents in Duka Moja, along the Narok–Kisii highway on Friday, have been treated and discharged from various hospitals.
- Newly sworn-in Information, Communication and Digital Economy Cabinet Secretary (CS) William Kabogo has called for the responsible use of social media, amid online criticisms of President William Ruto’s administration.
- Two people lost their lives on Friday evening following a road accident involving a 14-seater matatu and a Toyota Probox at Kaseve area, along the Machakos-Kitui Road.
- At least 67 journalists are imprisoned across Africa, reflecting the continent’s ongoing struggle for a free press, according to a report released Thursday.
- South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol attended a court hearing on Saturday to fight a request by investigators to extend his detention on accusations of insurrection, his lawyer said.
- The Ministry of Health, through the Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB), has warned against the sale and distribution of unregistered pharmaceutical products in Kenya, particularly those citing the Indian Pharmacopeia (IP).
- United States President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration will take place inside the U.S. Capitol on Monday rather than outdoors because of severe cold, the first time in 40 years that U.S. presidential inaugural ceremonies will be moved indoors.
- Israel's cabinet approved a deal with Palestinian militant group Hamas for a ceasefire and release of hostages in the Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said on Saturday, a day ahead of the agreement's scheduled start.
- A 24-year-old woman is appealing to the National Police Service (NPS) and the general public to help her trace her six-week-old baby, whom she alleges was stolen by a suspected human trafficking syndicate in Nairobi.
- When Donald Trump ordered the U.S. government to ban popular Chinese social media app TikTok in 2020, he said the "aggressive action" was necessary "to protect our national security."
- Thirty people have been killed in violence between rival leftwing groups near Colombia's restive border with Venezuela, authorities said Friday, prompting the government to suspend peace talks with one guerilla group.
- A Pakistani court sentenced former Prime Minister Imran Khan to 14 years imprisonment on Friday in a land corruption case, a setback to nascent talks between his party and the government aimed at cooling political instability in the South Asian nation.
- The Israeli security cabinet approved a ceasefire deal on Friday, paving the way for the return of the first hostages from Gaza as early as Sunday and bringing a halt to 15 months of conflict that have devastated the Palestinian coastal strip.
- As 3,000 riot police swarmed his hillside villa on Wednesday, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol huddled with party loyalists, telling them that people were increasingly realising the country's legal system had been hijacked by leftist forces.
- A month after Citizen TV aired the story of a family in Ngong seeking compensation for their son Dismas Kogo who was attacked by a hyena, the story has now taken a grim turn.
- The Ministry of Education has appointed Prof. Noah Midamba as the new Chairperson of the Moi University Council amid a management crisis in the institution.
- Former Gender Cabinet Secretary Aisha Jumwa and ex-Nominated Senator Millicent Omanga have landed new State jobs in the latest round of appointments.
- Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja and the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) boss Amin Mohammed on Friday failed to physically appear in court again.
- Horrifying scenes, running battles and deadly clashes characterised the day-long standoff between police officers and the protesting Maasai herders in Suswa, Narok County.
- Eight former officials of the Tana River County government who had been arrested by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) have been released by the Hola Law Courts on a bond of Ksh.500,000 each or an alternative of Ksh.300,000 cash bail.
- The U.S. Supreme Court upheld on Friday a law banning TikTok in the United States on national security grounds if its Chinese parent company ByteDance does not sell the short-video app by Sunday, as the justices in a 9-0 decision declined to rescue a platform used by about half of all Americans.
- Kisumu Governor Prof. Peter Anyang’ Nyong’o has called on Chief Justice Martha Koome to urgently intervene in the long-delayed murder case of Baby Samantha Pendo, a six-month-old who was brutally killed during post-election protests in 2017.
- US Secretary of State nominee Marco Rubio has hinted that US President-elect Donald Trump will continue backing the Multinational Security Support Mission in Haiti led by Kenyan police forces once he takes office this coming week.
- Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has assured Kenyans that the government is committed to ensuring that no part of the country is left behind as it accelerates the completion of key development projects across the nation.
- Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has assured Kenyans that no part of the country will be discriminated against as the government hastens completion of key projects across the country.
- Nakuru County Governor Susan Kihika has addressed growing concerns surrounding her notable absence from the devolved unit’s affairs in recent months, explaining that she is currently on maternity leave.
