- An attack on a U.N. food convoy in Sudan overnight killed five people and prevented food deliveries to children and families who face starvation in North Darfur's al-Fashir, U.N. agencies said on Tuesday.
- Zimbabwe has issued permits to cull at least 50 elephants on a reserve where there are three times more elephants than the habitat can sustain, wildlife authorities said on Tuesday.
- Council of Governors chairperson Muthomi Njuki has explained that governors declined a proposal by the Ministry of Health to transfer the management of healthcare staff payroll to counties, citing that they would only accept the plan once the requisite funds are provided.
- Nigeria's defence chief on Tuesday called for the country's borders with its four neighbours to be completely fenced to curb the entrance of armed groups amid escalating insecurity.
- An explosion killed two suspected rebels including a female suicide bomber near a Roman Catholic shrine in Uganda's capital Kampala on Tuesday morning, but no other people were reported hurt, authorities said.
- South Africa's high court on Tuesday dismissed a case brought by the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party aimed at blocking a fuel tax increase proposed in last month's budget, a party spokesperson told Reuters.
- Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna has called for the Kenyan government to retaliate against Tanzania following the alleged torture and violation of human rights against activists Boniface Mwangi and Agather Atuhaire.
- The latest financial report by the National Social Security Fund for the financial year ending June 2024 has exposed significant financial misappropriation at the institution.
- The push for reforms of the United Nations (UN), particularly the expansion and restructuring of the Security Council, is among the key agenda items for Dr. Musalia Mudavadi, Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs, during his official trip to Lusaka, Zambia.
- The 5th Africa Construction Law Conference in Nairobi kicked off as hundreds of delegates convened to confront and discuss the emerging legal challenges facing the construction industry across the continent.
- Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan is under fire after her government deregistered one of the country’s biggest Pentecostal churches. Glory of Christ Church, ufuo na Uzima, and its over 2,000 branches have been shut down.
- Human rights groups are now asking Kenyan and Ugandan legislators to hold their governments accountable over the torture of their citizens in Tanzania.
- Kenyan software developer Rose Njeri was arrested at her Nairobi apartment on Friday, May 30, after she shared a link to an online tool built to facilitate public objections to the 2025 Finance Bill.
- The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) is pushing for the court to impose stricter measures against Trans Nzoia Governor George Natembeya, accusing him of flouting bail conditions imposed during his corruption trial.
- Software developer Rose Njeri, who developed a platform to submit feedback on the 2025 Finance Bill, has spoken publicly for the first time following her release from Pangani Police Station.
- The government is set to begin piloting the Kenya Education Management Information System (KEMIS) in July, replacing the current NEMIS platform, in a major move aimed at streamlining data and driving efficiency in the education sector.
- A man was on Tuesday arraigned at the Milimani Law Courts for allegedly impersonating Charlene Ruto, the daughter of President William Ruto, in a fraudulent book publication scheme.
- The government will conduct a National ID registration drive targeting eligible students in secondary schools during the second term period from May to August 2025.
- Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja has issued a stern warning to land rate defaulters in the city, announcing that the county’s revenue collection department has intensified its enforcement efforts as the financial year draws to a close.
- The modern facility, consisting of 210 fully furnished apartments — 200 two-bedroom and 10 three-bedroom units — has been developed to offer dignified living conditions for police officers attached to the CBK.
- The Central Organization of Trade Unions (COTU) has raised an alarm over the possible misuse of the Housing Levy after the Parliament made a raft of regulations.
- Three individuals alleged to be employed by the Trans Nzoia County government were arrested by plain-clothed officers after Governor George Natembeya's hearing outside the Milimani Law Courts on Tuesday.
- Prosecution has recommended cybercrime charges against software developer Rose Njeri, who was arrested after developing a web platform for Kenyans to give feedback on the 2025 Finance Bill.
- Sunview Medipro International has officially launched Phase 1 of a large-scale installation of advanced medical equipment across public health facilities at the national, county, and sub-county levels in Kenya.
- Sunview Medipro International has officially launched Phase 1 of a large-scale installation of advanced medical equipment across public health facilities at the national, county, and sub-county levels in Kenya.
- Sunview Medipro International has officially launched Phase 1 of a large-scale installation of advanced medical equipment across public health facilities at the national, county, and sub-county levels in Kenya.
- The prosecution, through State Counsel Victor Awiti, requested an additional two weeks to comply, citing challenges in accessing documents from the Trans Nzoia County offices.
- Waithera, who operated a mobile money outlet in Nakuru’s central business district, was last seen on Wednesday of the previous week as she left her shop to deposit more than Ksh.250,000 at a local bank.
- Uriri Member of Parliament (MP) Mark Nyamita has urged activists to practice restraint as they visit nations within the East African bloc to avoid being met with hostility.
- Dominicans who lost family members in the April nightclub disaster that claimed 234 lives will receive "emergency" payments of some $500 per month for six months, the government in Santo Domingo said Monday.
- Sicily’s Mount Etna put on a fiery show Monday, sending a cloud of smoke and ash several kilometers (miles) into the air, but officials said the activity posed no danger to the population.
- Every year, the Scandinavian NGO publishes a list of the 10 most neglected crises, based on three criteria for what is lacking: humanitarian funding, media attention and international political engagement.
- Washington halted cattle imports from Mexico in May, citing the insect’s spread, opens new tab further into Mexico, about 700 miles from the Texas border. With the U.S. cattle herd already at a multi-decade low, the closure could further elevate record-high beef prices by keeping more calves out of…
- According to documents obtained by Citizen TV, millions of shillings earmarked for frontline county health workers may have been misappropriated by shadowy cartels operating within the Ministry of Health.
- The arrests followed a violent incident on Sunday night, when a police constable was fatally shot while on patrol in the Freehold area. Two other officers were injured—one in the stomach, the other in the shoulder—and are currently receiving treatment at Nakuru Level Five Hospital.
- Ochora is currently being held at Muthaiga Police Station, as forensic experts comb through his laptop for digital evidence. He is expected to be arraigned in court on Tuesday, June 3, 2025.
- Monday's decision follows an appeal made by three Somali nationals who went through an immigration check at a train station on the Polish border on May 9.
- Njeri was arrested last week after launching Civic Email, an online tool designed to simplify and encourage public objections to the controversial Finance Bill.
- French prosecutors Monday were probing a terror motive after a man who had posted racist videos shot dead his Tunisian neighbour and badly wounded a Turkish citizen in the south of the country.
- A new treatment nearly halves the risk of disease progression or death from a less common form of breast cancer that hasn't seen major drug advances in over a decade.
- Ethiopian Airlines is looking to order at least 20 regional or small narrowbody jets as it moves to expand its domestic fleet and replace some ageing aircraft.
