- China and Kenya decided on Thursday to elevate their ties to a China-Kenya community with a shared future for the new era. The decision was made during talks between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Kenyan President William Ruto in Beijing. Xi said that elevating bilateral relations to a China-…
- National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang’ula was among key figures who visited Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Hubertus Matheus Maria van Megen Thursday to offer their condolences following the death of Pope Francis earlier this week.
- NA Speaker Moses Wetang'ula and ODM leader Raila Odinga, morning joined a growing number of mourners at the Apostolic Nunciature in Nairobi to express their condolences following the passing of Pope Francis.
- President William Ruto’s dreams of Kenya becoming an environment hub and calls to plant 15 billion trees by 2032 may never materialize if Kenyan institutions of higher learning do not take the lead.
- Heads of Departments and Chief Executive Officers in the State Department for Broadcasting and Telecommunications have been called upon to ensure the sectors they head deliver their mandates, presidential directives and key pillars of the Kenya Kwanza government.
- A trader in Makindu town was on Wednesday arrested by officers from the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) after he was found in possession of 63 bundles of banned plastic flat bags. Confirming the arrest, NEMA Enforcement Officer Boniface Wanga told the Kenya News Agency (KNA) that…
- The body of Duncan Otenga, a third-year student at Meru University, was recovered from Lake Victoria on Wednesday, four days after he was killed while fishing in Homa Bay County.
- Tanzania’s main opposition party said Thursday at least two of its officials had been arrested on their way to a rally to support leading government opponent Tundu Lissu, who is due in court to face a treason charge. Authorities in the east African country have increasingly cracked down on the…
- Action for Sustainable Change (AFOSC Kenya) has raised alarm over rising political interference in the recruitment and deployment of teachers, warning it risks undermining professionalism and compromising the quality of education in Kenya.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky cancelled part of his trip to South Africa on Thursday after Russia fired a barrage of missiles and drones at Kyiv, killing at least eight people and trapping others under rubble. Ukraine has been battered with aerial attacks throughout Russia’s three-year…
- Desperate Ugandans are using poison to kill thousands of migrating white storks and other protected birds because they have so few sources of food. In Ayoreri, a village on the Kenyan border, Sam Chekwoi, 42, said unpredictable rains and droughts have made it increasingly hard to feed his two wives…
- The Democratic Republic of Congo’s government and the M23 group on Wednesday issued a landmark joint statement saying they had agreed to halt fighting in the east of the country while they work towards a permanent truce. The surprise announcement follows talks mediated by Qatar. The two sides said…
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit to South Africa Thursday underscores a shift in Pretoria’s stance on Russia’s invasion more than three years ago, which it had initially refused to condemn, analysts say. President Cyril Ramaphosa will host Zelensky on his first visit to Africa just…
- The ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to have devastating consequences, particularly for women and children, who face an increased risk of conflict-related sexual violence. Senior UN officials warned on Wednesday Opens in new window that all parties involved…
- The ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to have devastating consequences, particularly for women and children, who face an increased risk of conflict-related sexual violence.
- Bodies were discovered near a Malian military camp days after the army and Russian mercenaries arrested dozens of civilians, witnesses told AFP Wednesday. Mali, ruled by a junta following coups in 2020 and 2021, has been grappling with widespread insecurity for more than a decade, largely fuelled…
- Tanzania’s opposition leader Tundu Lissu was set to appear in court on Thursday to face a charge of treason, which carries a potential death penalty, weeks after his party was disqualified from upcoming elections. Authorities in the east African nation have increasingly cracked down on the…
- Two US marines in Japan’s Okinawa are under investigation for alleged rapes, police said Thursday, the latest in a string of assault cases that have angered residents. The United States has around 54,000 military personnel stationed in Japan — mostly on the subtropical southern island of Okinawa,…
- At least nine people were killed and more than 60 wounded in a “massive” missile attack on Kyiv early Thursday, Ukraine’s state emergency service said, among the deadliest attacks on the capital of the three-year war. Ukrainian authorities issued an alert for a missile attack, and AFP journalists…
- President William Ruto officially welcomed to the People’s Republic of China by his host, President Xi Jinping, with a 21-gun salute at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Gov’t refutes claims linking Maisha Card expiry to election dates East African Petroleum Conference 2025 preparations…
- The government has constituted a 13-member committee to investigate allegations of illegal organ transplants and trafficking at Mediheal Group of Hospitals following an exposé by international broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW). In a Gazette Notice released Wednesday, Health Cabinet Secretary Aden…
- Uganda’s army chief met Tuesday near Kampala with leaders of a militia from northeastern DR Congo following deadly clashes last month, the military said. General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, a son of President Yoweri Museveni, “held a high-level meeting this morning in Entebbe with the leaders of the Lendu…
- An Africa-based food security NGO said Wednesday it had lost $40 million in grants following aid cuts by US President Donald Trump. The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) is a Kenya-based organisation working with smallholder farmers in 12 countries to improve agricultural practices,…
- Four people including three foreigners appeared in a Kenyan court on Wednesday accused of attempting to smuggle thousands of live ants from the east African country. Possession of any wildlife specimen or trophy without a permit is a criminal offence in Kenya, punishable by a minimum fine of…
- Artificial intelligence was struggling on Wednesday to forecast the outcome of the notoriously secretive and unpredictable process by which Catholic cardinals elect a new pope. The April 21 death of Pope Francis triggered a period of mourning in the Catholic Church, but also kick-started the race…
- Artificial intelligence was struggling on Wednesday to forecast the outcome of the notoriously secretive and unpredictable process by which Catholic cardinals elect a new pope. The April 21 death of Pope Francis triggered a period of mourning in the Catholic Church, but also kick-started the race…
- Cabinet Secretary for Public Service, Human Capital Development and Special Programmes Geoffrey Kiringa Ruku Tuesday visited families affected by floods and landslides at Drive-In settlement in Utalii Ward, Ruaraka Constituency. The visit comes after a mother and her two children lost their lives…
- Detectives from Embakasi Police Station have apprehended two prime suspects behind a burglary that took place Sunday, at a godown at Atlantic Business Park in Embakasi.
- Government has ordered the immediate re-inspection of all licensed health facilities under the supervision of the Clinical Officers Council (COC) to reinforce accountability in healthcare delivery and submit detailed reports.
- Director of Narok Line Services Limited, Andrew Mwangi has called on transport authorities, particularly the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA), to proactively issue timely alerts on flooded routes
- A delegation of the Parliament of Kenya to the Parliamentary Forum on the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (FP-ICGLR) has called for sobriety and bipartisanship in the handling of ongoing conflicts in the region.
- President William Ruto has reiterated Kenya’s commitment to collaborating with China to promote the interests of the Global South on the international stage. During a public lecture at Peking University as part of his state visit to China, Ruto underscored the significance of South-South…
- Kenya has called for the creation of a new world order that reflects current global realities and addresses longstanding imbalances that have disadvantaged the Global South.
- The Commissioner General of the Kenya Prisons Service (CGP), Mr. Patrick Aranduh, appeared before the Constitutional Implementation Oversight Committee (CIOC) to respond to concerns about the implementation of the Persons Deprived of Liberty Act, amid mounting questions on the state of correctional…
- A Russian drone strike on a bus transporting workers in the Ukrainian region of Dnipropetrovsk killed at least nine people and wounded dozens more, the governor said Wednesday. “The enemy attack took nine lives” in the southeastern city of Marganets, Governor Sergiy Lysak wrote on Telegram. “The…
- Ahead of his lying-in-state, Pope Francis’s body was made ready to withstand Rome’s warm spring weather with a temporary embalming and a touch of make-up. The body of the 88-year-old, who died on Monday, will be on display for three days in Saint Peter’s Basilica from Wednesday before his funeral…
- Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has announced that the government is intensifying its efforts in the fight against human trafficking. Following revelations that numerous Kenyans are being trafficked abroad for forced labour and slavery, the CS stated that the crime now necessitates…
- The Chief of Defence Forces, General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has appointed Brigadier General Alex Opolot Olupot as the new Commandant of the National Defence College Uganda (NDC-U) in Jinja. Brigadier General Olupot was previously the Joint Staff Training and Doctrine and replaces Major General…
- Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs Musalia Mudavadi has confirmed that Kenya is eager to embark on several development projects and is seeking China’s support to bring them to life. Mudavadi, who is in China accompanying President William Ruto on his…
