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Azerbaijan opens Nairobi embassy as it marks 20 years of ties with Kenya
Mwangi Maina  |  Jun 03, 2025

The embassy, inaugurated on Tuesday, is a visible sign of Azerbaijan's ambitions to strengthen its footprint in sub-Saharan Africa.

Behind the story of coffee: Africa's struggle against colonialism
XINHUA  |  Jun 01, 2025

Eastern Africa, where Kenya is located, shares an inseparable bond with coffee, while Ethiopia, in the Horn of Africa, is widely hailed as the birthpl...

UN urged to rethink peacekeeping mandates to tackle organised crime in conflict zones
Mary Wambui  |  May 29, 2025

The findings come at a time when peacekeeping operations in the world are folding, with the last United Nations mission having been deployed in 2014.

Urgent food system reform needed for resilience as Africa faces chronic hunger crisis
The New Times  |  May 28, 2025

The conflict adds another destabilising layer. Violence and insecurity across the Sahel, Horn of Africa, and Great Lakes regions have disrupted planti...

Harambee Stars' Adam Ayiro helps TNS seal historic treble in Wales
Bashir Mbuthia  |  May 27, 2025

Ayioro helped the club secure all three major domestic titles: the Cymru Premier League, the Welsh Cup and the Nathaniel MG Cup, cementing the club's...

Thunder fall just short in Kigali thriller as BAL debut ends in heartbreak
Erick Kariuki  |  May 26, 2025

Nairobi City Thunder came agonisingly close to ending their debut BAL campaign with a win, but a buzzer-beating three-pointer from APR’s Obadiah Noel...

Nairobi City Thunder win first ever BAL game
Erick Kariuki  |  May 24, 2025

Nairobi City Thunder became the first Kenyan side to win a Basketball Africa League game after an 85-76 upset over South Africa’s Made By Ball - leavi...

Kenya refugee camps face hunger crisis as WFP warns food aid could drop to 28pc
Rachael Mutabasi  |  May 22, 2025

This alarming development comes amid a surge in refugee numbers, driven by escalating conflict and drought in neighbouring Somalia and South Sudan, le...

Nairobi City Thunder still eyeing playoff spot in BAL despite winless start
Rama Mohammed  |  May 22, 2025

After a challenging start to their debut Basketball Africa League (BAL) campaign, Nairobi City Thunder remain determined to turn things around. With t...

Kenya to increase WHO contributions by 20pc as part of global health funding push
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 22, 2025

The WHO donor base expanded this year with both long-standing supporters and new contributors providing fresh voluntary funding.

Jubaland and Puntland leaders to meet in Nairobi for talks on alliance against Somali President Hassan
Bashir Mbuthia  |  May 21, 2025

Once political adversaries, Saeed and Ahmed have decided to settle their differences and work together to challenge President Hassan, who returned to...

African islands under threat: What to do about Trump’s withdrawal from climate change agreement
The Conversation  |  May 21, 2025

The 2025 order also revokes any purported financial commitment made by the US under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, includi...

Kenya's food crisis deepens as 2.8 million face starvation following poor rains in 2024
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 20, 2025

The report attributes this spike to depressed October–December rains, which have severely affected crop and livestock production in arid and semi-arid...

Nairobi City Thunder fall again as BAL Playoff hopes narrow
Erick Kariuki  |  May 18, 2025

Nairobi City Thunder's tough Basketball Africa League (BAL) debut continued with a second straight defeat, this time at the hands of Libya’s Al Ahli T...

Nairobi City Thunder outclassed by hosts APR in BAL Nile Conference opener
Erick Kariuki  |  May 17, 2025

Nairobi City Thunder were handed a tough 92–63 defeat by hosts APR in their Basketball Africa League debut, as the Nile Conference tipped off in Kigal...

Global hunger crisis deepens as 295 million face acute food insecurity as aid falls short
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 17, 2025

Humanitarian leaders urge urgent action and investment as hunger, malnutrition, and displacement reach record highs, threatening millions, especially...

Kenya’s Nairobi City Thunder ready for BAL debut in Kigali
Erick Kariuki  |  May 16, 2025

Kenya’s Nairobi City Thunder are set to make their long-awaited debut at the Basketball Africa League (BAL) in Kigali, joining three other first-timer...

Three Mandera residents sue Governor Mohamed Khalif over ethnic imbalance
Carolyne Kubwa  |  May 15, 2025

Hussein and Issack claim they applied for various positions advertised by the County Public Service Board, were shortlisted but not selected, despite...

FKF issues string of sanctions as clubs face penalties over ineligible players and abandoned matches
Erick Kariuki  |  May 14, 2025

The Football Kenya Federation (FKF) has handed down a raft of disciplinary rulings affecting clubs in the Division One League and the Women National S...

Global food prices climb for third straight month amid soaring cereal, meat and dairy costs
Alfred Onyango  |  May 09, 2025

The surge in global commodity prices comes at a time when Kenya’s inflation has also been on the rise, mirroring a trend that began in October last ye...

NOC-K delays elections after Basketball chair Paul Otula's death
Bashir Mbuthia  |  May 07, 2025

NOC-K President Paul Tergat announced the decision in a virtual meeting of the Committee's executive, noting that the exercise, originally slated for...

Somalia’s NCC meeting opens without Puntland, Jubbaland as reforms top agenda
Abdirahman Khalif  |  May 06, 2025

The outcome of these talks will be closely watched, especially as the country prepares for local elections and works toward longer-term national refor...

72 injured in Gusii Stadium chaos, FKF confirms
Bashir Mbuthia  |  May 04, 2025

The Football Kenya Federation has confirmed that 72 people were injured during Sunday’s FKF Premier League match at Gusii Stadium. FKF expressed deep...

UEFA Champions League Trophy returns to Kenya after 13 years
Erick Kariuki  |  May 02, 2025

The iconic silverware, a symbol of Europe’s elite club competition, is in the country for a three-day tour from Thursday to Saturday, its first appear...

An outpouring of grief as Kenya mourns KBF Chairman Paul Otula
Rama Mohammed  |  May 01, 2025

Kenya Basketball Federation (KBF) Chairman Paul Otula has died, prompting a wave of tributes from sports and government leaders. National Olympic Comm...

2025 CAVB Men’s Championships: GSU through to 9th-place final after defeating KPA in thrilling five-setter
Michael Kirwa  |  Apr 29, 2025

GSU recovered in the fourth set, winning 25-22 before carrying that momentum to the fifth set which went to the wire as they claimed a 17-15 win to co...

Anti-Counterfeit Authority put on notice over ethnic, gender imbalance
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Apr 26, 2025

The report named Kikuyu, Luo, Kamba, and Kalenjin as the dominant communities, holding over 54 per cent of the workforce.

Global immunisation campaigns struggle as funding cuts, outbreaks threaten progress
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Apr 26, 2025

Despite the success of vaccines in saving over 150 million lives over the last five decades, WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus warned that f...

Experts debunk lemon water fat loss myth, urge focus on real health habits
Margaret Wanjiru  |  Apr 25, 2025

The myth likely persists because people notice they feel lighter or less bloated after drinking warm lemon water for a while.

Trump’s protectionist tariffs dent global economic growth prospects to 2.8 per cent
Alfred Onyango  |  Apr 24, 2025

Were it not for the tariffs, the lender says the global economic growth would have seen only a modest cumulative downgrade of 0.2 percentage point, to...

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