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Parallel statements expose deepening rift in 'United Opposition'
Barack Oduor  |  Dec 12, 2025

United Opposition leaders issued two rival State of the Nation statements in Nairobi, exposing internal rifts. Analysts warn the disunity could weaken...

President Ruto unveils ‘Magical Kenya Souvenir Passport’ to boost tourism
Alfred Onyango  |  Dec 12, 2025

Kenya has launched the Magical Kenya Souvenir Passport and a new ‘Hapa Ni Wapi’ platform to deepen visitor engagement and spur both international and...

Chadema demands transitional government, new constitution in Tanzania, calls October polls ‘illegal'
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Dec 11, 2025

Tanzania’s Chadema party has rejected October 29, 2025 elections, demanding a UN‑backed transitional government, new polls, rights reforms and account...

Kenya unveils two-year strategy to fix data gaps and fast-track gender equality
Alfred Onyango  |  Dec 11, 2025

Kenya’s National Gender and Equality Commission has launched a 2025–2027 data strategy, including a gender data hub and capacity building, to close ev...

UNEA-7 opens in Nairobi as global environmental diplomacy faces major challenges
Mwangi Maina  |  Dec 11, 2025

The seventh UN Environment Assembly opened in Nairobi as emissions rise, plastic treaty talks stall and geopolitical rifts test global cooperation on...

Men are majority of homicide victims in Kenya despite media focus on women, state report reveals
Mary Wambui  |  Dec 10, 2025

A new NCRC study using 2024 DCI data shows men made up 70 per cent of Kenya’s homicide victims and most perpetrators, while women were mainly killed i...

Kenya homicide cases stabilise after 2021 peak
Charity Pancras  |  Dec 10, 2025

Kenya recorded 3,015 homicide cases in 2024, down slightly from 2022 and 2023. Police data shows a stabilising trend after a decade-high peak in 2021,...

Guinea-Bissau junta bars interim leaders from contesting next elections under new charter
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Dec 10, 2025

Unveiled on Tuesday, the 29-article charter lays out the rules for the one-year transition.

Rights group files complaint over Infantino’s peace prize award to Trump
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Dec 10, 2025

Human rights group FairSquare has filed a complaint with FIFA’s Ethics Committee over Gianni Infantino’s decision to award Donald Trump a peace prize,...

Rival Isiolo speakers face Senate over audit failures
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Dec 10, 2025

Two rival Isiolo County speakers clashed before a Senate committee over unanswered 2023–2024 audit queries, amid court battles, vandalised assembly of...

Duale accuses politicians of hijacking clinical officers’ protests, says most protesters are not clinicians
Lucy Mumbi  |  Dec 09, 2025

Duale said the government has largely met welfare commitments and only final steps remain.

Kenyans criticise plan to rename Kipchoge Keino stadium after President Ruto
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Dec 09, 2025

Nandi Governor Stephen Sang’s plan to rename Kipchoge Keino Stadium in Kapsabet after President William Ruto has sparked sharp criticism from Kenyans,...

Women and youth in marginalised communities highlight exclusion, demand action
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Dec 08, 2025

Minority and marginalised communities in Kenya have urged the government to fast-track approval of a national inclusion policy before December 18, 202...

Raila Odinga succession: Why Babu Owino is on a whirlwind tour of Nyanza region
Barack Oduor  |  Dec 08, 2025

In his first stop in Nyando Constituency, Babu framed the gathering as a moment for community solidarity and political reawakening.

Nigeria has jailed Biafra separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu: Why it risks backfiring
The Conversation  |  Dec 07, 2025

A Nigerian court’s terrorism conviction and life sentence for Biafra leader Nnamdi Kanu ends a decade-long case but leaves core Igbo grievances and ri...

Seven killed in Nairobi-Mombasa highway crash involving matatu and truck
Lucy Mumbi  |  Dec 07, 2025

The bodies of those who died have been taken to the Moi Referral Hospital-Voi morgue, and the injured were admitted to the same facility for urgent ca...

Visitor numbers hit 3.38 million as national parks surpass revenue targets
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Dec 05, 2025

Kenya’s national parks generated Sh7.92 billion in 2024/25, meeting targets on rising visitor numbers, even as a High Court order halted proposed park...

Government cuts funding to merged, dissolved state corporations
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Dec 05, 2025

Kenya is phasing out funding for merged and dissolved state corporations by mid-2026, limiting budgets mainly to salaries as it restructures agencies...

Full implementation of NADCO report puts UDA–ODM pre-election alliance under pressure
Barack Oduor  |  Dec 04, 2025

UDA and ODM pre-election alliance faces new pressure as NADCO report implementation advances, amid Rigathi Gachagua’s claims of bad faith and analysts...

US reviews Tanzania ties after UN reports 700 post-election killings and widespread violence
Mary Wambui  |  Dec 04, 2025

The US is comprehensively reviewing relations with Tanzania after disputed October 29 elections, as UN experts allege at least 700 extrajudicial killi...

Kenya reports first local case of powerful drug-resistant bacterial gene
Charity Kilei  |  Dec 04, 2025

The implications of this finding are significant. Because the bacterium is resistant to many antibiotics, including some of the strongest available, t...

KNEC warns parents over social media scams to alter KCSE, KJSEA scores
Lucy Mumbi  |  Dec 04, 2025

KNEC has warned parents, teachers and candidates about social media scams claiming to alter KCSE and KJSEA results, stressing anonymised marking and u...

How AI and robotics are improving underground mine safety in Rwanda
The New Times  |  Dec 03, 2025

Rwandan miners are set to benefit from new robotics, sensors and AI tools designed to detect hazards, prevent equipment failure and improve undergroun...

Global power shifts are reshaping the Red Sea region and changing the rules of engagement
The Conversation  |  Dec 03, 2025

Local actors, state and non-state, are no longer passive recipients of external interference. They are active participants in shaping their own securi...

KDF denies allegations of methamphetamine theft in massive 1,024kg seizure off Kenyan coast
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Dec 03, 2025

Kenya Defence Forces deny claims officers stole part of a 1,024kg methamphetamine haul seized off the Kenyan coast, saying the drugs are intact under...

Gachagua rattles political scene with push for DCP-only candidates in Nairobi in 2027 polls
Barack Oduor  |  Dec 02, 2025

Former DP Rigathi Gachagua faces backlash after claiming his DCP should control Nairobi seats in 2027, with Kalonzo Musyoka publicly rejecting the all...

Cameroon opposition activist Anicet Ekane dies in custody; party demands accountability
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Dec 01, 2025

Cameroon opposition leader Anicet Ekane died in custody in Yaoundé after his October arrest. Government, his party and the EU differ on his treatment...

Guinea-Bissau military takeover after disputed election sparks ECOWAS action
Mwangi Maina  |  Dec 02, 2025

ECOWAS has suspended Guinea-Bissau after a military coup, demanding President Umaro Sissoco Embaló’s release and swift publication of election results...

Tanzania’s opposition leader Tundu Lissu ‘isolated’ in Ukonga Prison, claims Chadema
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Dec 01, 2025

Tanzania’s Chadema party alleges its chair Tundu Lissu is being isolated at Ukonga Prison after officials were denied visits, a claim the Prisons Serv...

Homa Bay Governor Wanga fires deputy from cabinet amid growing county leadership fallout
Barack Oduor  |  Dec 01, 2025

In a letter seen by The Eastleigh Voice, the county chief, who fell out with her deputy over the by-election contest in Kasipul last week, also sacked...

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