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NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenyans will face higher electricity bills in June 2026 after the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) introduced new monthly tariff adjustments,…
NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenyans will face higher electricity bills in June 2026 after the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) introduced new monthly tariff adjustments,…
KAMPALA, Uganda — A purported leaked phone call between retired Major General Kahinda Otafiire and Uganda’s Ambassador to the European Union, Mirjam Blaak, has highlighted…
NIAMEY, Niger — Niger’s military authorities have launched a large-scale manhunt after an early-morning attack on Diori Hamani International Airport in the capital Niamey left…
West Africa is grappling with a convergence of security and public health crises, with fresh militant violence in the Sahel, a worsening Ebola outbreak in…
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — The United States has announced plans to phase out funding for HIV and Aids programmes in South Africa, a move that…
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Former South African President Jacob Zuma has expelled his daughter Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla from his uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party, deepening a high-profile…
KHARTOUM, Sudan — Sudan’s army-aligned government has criticised Uganda after President Yoweri Museveni hosted paramilitary commander Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, widely known as Hemedti, describing the…
TRIPOLI, Libya — Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of Libya’s late autocrat Muammar Gaddafi and a figure who sought to reshape his country long after…
BANGUI, Central African Republic (CAR) — Provisional results from the Central African Republic (CAR) indicate that President Faustin-Archange Touadéra has secured a third term in…
Cameroon opposition leader flees to Gambia for ‘safety’ after election-linked protests
By Jabari KiooBANJUL, The Gambia — Cameroonian opposition leader Issa Tchiroma Bakary, who has fiercely contested the recent presidential election results, has fled to The Gambia seeking…
KAMPALA, Uganda — Lumumba Amin, the son of former Ugandan President Field Marshal Idi Amin Dada, has urged the public to stop drawing parallels between…
KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda’s Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in Parliament, Joel Ssenyonyi, has alleged that there is a plan to implicate him in a…
NAIROBI, Kenya — The Anti-Counterfeit Authority (ACA) has responded to reports surrounding the confiscation of suspected counterfeit goods from a shop in Nairobi’s Central Business District,…
NAIROBI, Kenya — When President William Ruto boarded yet another chartered executive jet for his recent state visit to South Africa, it did not arrive…
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CHICAGO, United States — Former US President Barack Obama has officially marked the opening of his presidential center in Chicago in a high-profile, invite-only ceremony…
A US–Iran agreement to extend the ceasefire between the two countries has been signed and is now in effect, a White House official has confirmed…
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — The Kenyan Embassy in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has launched a relief support initiative targeting Kenyans who have…
KAMPALA, Uganda — The United Arab Emirates has introduced travel restrictions affecting passengers from Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and South Sudan, citing…
OSLO, Norway — President William Ruto has announced a new labour export agreement that will see at least 1,000 Kenyan seafarers employed in Norway by…
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Khan, has been suspended from duty with immediate effect, the court’s governing…
SYDNEY, Australia — The death of a 26-year-old Kenyan student, Sheila Chebii in Australia is under investigation, with authorities yet to establish the circumstances surrounding…
Bondi shooting suspect charged with 59 offenses including terrorism, 15 counts of murder
By Kaelen VeyarSYDNEY, Australia — New South Wales police have formally charged Naveed Akram, the surviving suspect in Sunday’s devastating mass shooting at Bondi Beach, with 59…
BEIJING, China — China has imposed a one-year travel ban on four New Zealand Members of Parliament following their visit to Taiwan, New Zealand’s foreign…
BEIJING, China — China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi has called for an immediate halt to military operations in the Middle East, warning that the conflict…
NEW DELHI, India — India’s electric vehicle (EV) market appears to be entering a decisive growth phase, with new data suggesting adoption is accelerating across multiple…
NEW DELHI, India — At least 16 people have died from heatstroke in southern India as an intense heatwave sweeps across parts of the country,…
NAROK, Kenya — In this video, we unpack President William Ruto’s ambitious tourism blueprint, revealed during the global live coverage of the 2025 Great Wildebeest Migration at the breathtaking Maasai Mara. This historic broadcast, held in…
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KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda is positioning tourism as a key pillar in its long-term economic transformation strategy aimed at growing the economy to $500 billion by…
KAMPALA, Uganda — Ugandan music star Bebe Cool has stepped back from his public dispute with former Miss Rwanda Jolly Mutesi, saying he will resolve…
KAMPALA, Uganda — In May 2006, renowned Ugandan journalist and researcher Timothy Kalyegira posed a question that, even years later, refuses to lose its edge:…
KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda’s Speaker race has gripped the political class with all the intensity of a high-stakes contest—endorsements withdrawn, loyalties shifting, and factions scrambling…
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GITARU, Kenya — Tension gripped the Gitaru stretch of the Nairobi-Nakuru highway on Wednesday, December 31, after a fatal road accident escalated into a violent…
NAIROBI, Kenya — Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah has filed a formal petition before the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) seeking the removal of three Court of…
KAMPALA, Uganda — The United States has announced an emergency funding package of $13 million (about Shs 48 billion) to support Uganda and the Democratic…
NAIROBI, Kenya — The leader of the Democracy for the Citizen Party (DCP), Rigathi Gachagua, has sharply criticised William Ruto, urging the President to stay…
NAIROBI, KENYA — Kenya’s national economic growth experienced a slowdown over the past year, according to the 2025 Economic Survey by the Kenya National Bureau…