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No plans to relocate 2025 AFCON, CAF assures despite Morocco protests
Lucy Mumbi  |  Oct 07, 2025

Motsepe made the remarks amid protests organised by the youth-led GenZ 212 collective, which has staged demonstrations in more than a dozen cities cal...

African teams edge closer to 2026 World Cup as final qualifiers begin
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Oct 06, 2025

Morocco and Tunisia have already secured qualification after topping Groups E and H, while Egypt could join them on Wednesday with a win over bottom-p...

Kenyan teacher Jepkosgei Chemoiwa awarded 2025 African Union Continental Best Teacher
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Oct 04, 2025

Jepkosgei Chemoiwa’s recognition places her among the continent’s most celebrated educators and highlights the enduring impact of teachers committed t...

Burundi’s absence forces EAC to push back key ministerial session
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Oct 04, 2025

The delay in holding the meeting prolongs uncertainty over how the Secretariat will address the vacancies and maintain operations. Partner states are...

AU launches 10-year initiative to improve education in Africa
XINHUA  |  Oct 04, 2025

Gaspard Banyankimbona, AU commissioner for education, science, technology and innovation, said "despite their pivotal role, teachers across Africa fac...

Uganda, AU destroy illicit firearms to curb proliferation of small weapons
XINHUA  |  Oct 04, 2025

The exercise was part of the ninth Africa Amnesty Month, observed under the theme "Safer Communities through Voluntary Disarmament".

Around the world, migrants are being deported at alarming rates - how did this become normalised?
The Conversation  |  Oct 03, 2025

In the UK, far-right rallies at asylum hotels have been met by counter demonstrations, with people insisting on a politics of welcome and unity.

Easy to make, flavourful lentil mushroom curry with rice
Margaret Wanjiru  |  Oct 03, 2025

The dish hits all the right notes: savoury, spicy, creamy, and umami-rich. There is something primal and grounding about it; it is the kind of dish th...

Somalia ratifies African Charter on Child Rights in landmark vote
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Oct 02, 2025

The decision was reached on Wednesday during a parliamentary sitting in Mogadishu, chaired by Speaker of the Lower House Sheikh Adan Mohamed Noor Mado...

Palm trees in Africa are in decline: These botanists made a plan to do something about it
The Conversation  |  Oct 02, 2025

At a recent African flora conference in Ghana, we launched a new pan-African network for palm specialists from the continent to study and protect palm...

African airlines lead global passenger growth with 8.9 per cent rise - IATA
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Oct 01, 2025

According to IATA, African flights were about 80 per cent full on average in August, marking the first time the region has reached that level, though...

Trump administration supports one-year extension of AGOA trade programme
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Oct 01, 2025

The programme has been credited with creating and sustaining hundreds of thousands of jobs across more than 30 eligible African countries.

Kenya battles aflatoxin in dairy feeds to protect milk exports and boost quality
Lucy Mumbi  |  Oct 01, 2025

To tackle the aflatoxin threat, Kagwe urged feed manufacturers and farmers to adopt Aflasafe, a proven biological product that suppresses aflatoxin in...

Africa’s 2030 electrification mission surges, connecting 30 million in first year
Alfred Onyango  |  Sep 30, 2025

The World Bank committed to providing electricity access to 250 million people, with the African Development Bank (AfDB) aiming to reach an additional...

AGOA renewal: Is it time to rethink US-Africa trade?
DW News  |  Sep 30, 2025

The AGOA trade agreement between the United States and African countries is coming to an end. While countless workers fear for their jobs, there is al...

South Africa’s World Cup hopes take major hit after FIFA strips win against Lesotho
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Sep 29, 2025

FIFA’s disciplinary committee overturned Bafana Bafana’s 2-0 win from March, ruling that midfielder Teboho Mokoena should not have played as he was se...

Kenya, Ethiopia, DRC lead East Africa’s stunning export surge amid global economic uncertainty
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Sep 29, 2025

Data from the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) shows Kenya’s tea exports hit a record $1.7 billion (Sh219.6 billion), up from $1.4...

Civil society groups warn restrictive laws forcing millions into unsafe abortions in Africa
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 28, 2025

The organisations highlighted that adolescents, people living with disabilities, those in rural or underserved communities, survivors of sexual violen...

Super Camp Africa: Kenya to host Africa’s first football reality series
Erick Kariuki  |  Sep 28, 2025

The camp brings together emerging footballers from across Africa for training, mentorship, showcase matches, and off-pitch storytelling.

President Ruto denies Kenya’s involvement in US migrant deportation deals
Mwangi Maina  |  Sep 27, 2025

Ruto said Kenya had "not received any request" from Washington to accept migrants expelled from the United States.

MPs question proposed sale of East African Portland Cement shares to Tanzanian firm
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Sep 26, 2025

The EAPC Board warned that the sale could create concentrated ownership, granting Kalahari Cement, in association with Bamburi Cement, an effective 41...

Publishers plead with State to remove 16 per cent VAT on books
Barack Oduor  |  Sep 26, 2025

KPA Chair Kiarie Kamau linked the tax removal to supporting lifelong learning goals aligned with Kenya’s Vision 2030 and the Competency-Based Curricul...

Kenya Publishers Association honours Ngugi wa Thiong’o with Hall of Fame induction
Barack Oduor  |  Sep 26, 2025

Ngugi wa Thiong’o remains East Africa’s pioneering novelist and a fearless advocate for African languages, whose legacy serves as a reminder that stor...

President Ruto meets US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, pushes for AGOA extension
Mwangi Maina  |  Sep 25, 2025

Having once championed Kenya's deployment to Haiti, the United States has now shifted the file to the UN. In his UNGA speech, President Trump made no...

Kenya pushes for 16-year AGOA extension to protect thousands of jobs and exports
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 25, 2025

Laikipia Woman Representative Jane Kagiri called on the Kenyan government, in collaboration with the United States, to pursue a 16-year extension of t...

75 per cent of the world’s poorest children live in Sub-Saharan Africa - report
Alfred Onyango  |  Sep 24, 2025

In 2024, the findings show that over 311 million children in the region lived in households surviving on less than $3 (Sh388) a day, the revised globa...

Morocco expands e-visa system for eight African nations ahead of AFCON 2025
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Sep 22, 2025

Authorities say the move is aimed at streamlining entry procedures, strengthening security, and managing the expected influx of fans and visitors duri...

Ethiopia’s two bids at democracy have failed: What it will take to succeed
The Conversation  |  Sep 22, 2025

The country has two unfavourable choices: support a non-democratic government to consolidate political order and then gradually help it achieve democr...

Auditor General flags Sh475 million climate summit grant signed four months after event
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 22, 2025

Auditor General Nancy Gathungu said the government failed to demonstrate how the delayed funds were applied, warning that the money may have been dive...

Travel as activism: 6 stories of Black women who refused to ‘stay put’ in apartheid South Africa
The Conversation  |  Sep 21, 2025

Their travel texts are diverse, many available only in archives. They include speeches, commentaries, handwritten accounts, interviews, letters and me...

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