Downtown Nairobi: Dirty streets along river road path walk

9 May 2025 - Ukraine's parliament voted Thursday to ratify a long-awaited minerals deal with the United States, an agreement Kyiv hopes will pave the way for future military support from Washington.

9 May 2025 - Rwanda's economy is forecast to grow at a slower pace this year than in 2024, while government spending for the 2025/26 fiscal year is expected to rise by about a fifth, Finance Minister Yusuf Murangwa said on Thursday.

9 May 2025 - Bill Gates pledged on Thursday to give away Ksh.25.8 trillion via his charitable foundation by 2045 and lashed out at Elon Musk, accusing the world's richest man of "killing the world's poorest children" through huge cuts to the U.S. foreign aid budget.

9 May 2025 - Kenya’s Ambassador to Belgium, Prof. Bitange Ndemo, has declined his appointment as the new Vice Chancellor of the University of Nairobi (UoN), citing procedural irregularities.

9 May 2025 - Former US president Joe Biden said Thursday he was not surprised Kamala Harris lost the 2024 election to Donald Trump and blamed her defeat on Republicans taking the "sexist route."

9 May 2025 - Erastus Ethekon was nominated by President William Ruto upon the recommendation of the IEBC selection panel.

9 May 2025 - The EU on Thursday threatened to target US cars and planes among a raft of products worth 95 billion euros (Ksh.13.89 trillion) if negotiations with President Donald Trump's team fail to avert a trade war.

9 May 2025 - The results signaled that more Kenyans are paying taxes despite economic pushbacks.

9 May 2025 - Fresh storm brews at UoN over disputed VC appointment

9 May 2025 - Pope's old tweets spark MAGA outrage. His past social media posts critical of Trump and JD Vance.