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Childhood on Edge: How shrinking play spaces put Kenyan children in danger on the roads
Charity Kilei  |  Dec 09, 2025

As playgrounds disappear in Kenyan cities, children are pushed onto roads to play, heightening crash risks. Parents, riders and hospitals now face gro...

Authorities confirm casualties after failed coup in Benin
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Dec 09, 2025

The Benin incident is the latest in a series of attempted power grabs across West Africa, often triggered by contested elections, constitutional dispu...

NTSA raises alarm as road deaths climb to 4,458 in 2025
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Dec 09, 2025

The high passenger death toll has raised concerns over speeding, vehicle overloading, and public service vehicles failing to follow safety regulations...

KNCHR raises alarm as over 100 femicide cases recorded in three months
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Dec 09, 2025

KNCHR says many survivors and affected families are still struggling with incomplete investigations and slow progress on reported cases.

Police arrest activists protesting at Tanzanian High Commission in Nairobi
Barack Oduor  |  Dec 09, 2025

The activists led by Julius Kamau and Odhiambo Ojiro were rounded up by police who were both in uniform and plain clothes before being handcuffed to t...

Security beefed up in major Tanzania cities amid Independence Day protest fears
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Dec 09, 2025

Reports from Dar es Salaam, Arusha, Mwanza, and Dodoma indicate an unusually heavy presence of police and military units, with armoured vehicles stati...

Bill targets unsafe pesticide sales on online platforms
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Dec 09, 2025

The Bill would require digital platforms to implement verification systems capable of confirming seller certification and product registration before...

62 PSV drivers suspended over safety violations, ordered to re-test by NTSA
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Dec 09, 2025

NTSA directed that all the affected drivers undergo re-testing before they can return to service.

152 officers fail integrity tests as EACC flags widespread ethical breaches
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Dec 09, 2025

Speaking during the release of the report, Chairperson David Oginde said the past year had seen “significant steps” in strengthening Kenya’s anti-corr...

EACC seeks access to mobile money data, more powers to fast–track graft cases under new bill
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Dec 09, 2025

If passed, the law will prohibit anyone convicted of corruption from participating in public tenders for ten years, criminalise influence peddling, an...

EACC intensifies war on corruption, recovers Sh3.4 billion in assets
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Dec 09, 2025

EACC Chairperson David Oginde said the results reflect better collaboration with prosecutors and stronger evidence standards, signalling progress in c...

Sudan’s RSF seizes Heglig oilfield in major strategic blow to army amid escalating conflict
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Dec 08, 2025

Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces have seized the Heglig oilfield in South Kordofan, the country’s largest oil hub, in a major setback for the army amid a...

Egypt rejects US plan for foreign control in Gaza, insists Palestinians must govern themselves
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Dec 08, 2025

Egypt’s foreign minister has rejected a US-backed interim administration for Gaza, insisting Palestinians must govern themselves and urging open cross...

Father recalls unimaginable pain after identifying missing daughter in Shakahola case
Farhiya Hussein  |  Dec 08, 2025

At a Mombasa court, a Kiambu father described identifying his daughter’s body only by her teeth, as witnesses detailed family losses linked to Pastor...

WHO calls for ceasefire after deadly attacks on civilians in Sudan kill 114, including 63 children
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Dec 08, 2025

WHO confirms drone strikes in Sudan’s South Kordofan killed 114 people, including 63 children, hitting a kindergarten and hospital. The agency urges a...

KeNHA set to ease holiday traffic with partial opening of Mombasa–Malindi highway
Farhiya Hussein  |  Dec 08, 2025

KeNHA will partially open the Mombasa–Malindi highway between City Mall and Serena Junction before Christmas to ease festive traffic, as work continue...

Kenya urges stronger regional cooperation as transport corridors fuel disease risks across East Africa
Lucy Mumbi  |  Dec 08, 2025

The Health Ministry is urging stronger regional cooperation to tackle rising disease and safety risks along East Africa’s busiest transport corridors,...

Gachagua’s divisive remarks spark rift in United Opposition, draw backlash from allies
Barack Oduor  |  Dec 08, 2025

Analysts argue that the demands by Gachagua, if interpreted wrongly, could derail the chances of the Opposition ousting President William Ruto from po...

KNEC to launch senior school assessment hubs ahead of Grade 10 CBE rollout
Lucy Mumbi  |  Dec 08, 2025

The hubs are designed to support hands-on learning, track student progress more effectively and provide teachers with tools to assess competencies bey...

100 abducted schoolchildren in Nigeria released - reports
DW News  |  Dec 08, 2025

The children were among 315 pupils and staff who were kidnapped from a Catholic boarding school in late November.

ECOWAS deploys regional troops to Benin after failed coup attempt
Mwangi Maina  |  Dec 08, 2025

Troops drawn from Nigeria, Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire and Sierra Leone will be deployed to assist Benin's authorities in safeguarding constitutional order a...

26 arrested in crackdown on criminal network illegally issuing government documents
Lucy Mumbi  |  Dec 08, 2025

The sting operation revealed that civil servants, local chiefs and middlemen collaborated to bypass procedures and unlawfully provide National Identit...

Sudan puts Russian Red Sea naval base plans on hold to focus on domestic crisis
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Dec 07, 2025

Sudan has frozen plans for a Russian naval base on the Red Sea, a senior military official says, contradicting reports of progress as the war-torn cou...

African Union condemns failed Benin coup, demands immediate return to constitutional order
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Dec 07, 2025

The African Union has condemned a failed coup attempt in Benin, led by Lt-Col Pascal Tigri, backing President Patrice Talon and urging an immediate re...

Patients suffer as Gaza hospitals faces severe shortage of life-saving medicines
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Dec 07, 2025

Hospitals in Gaza report 54 per cent of essential medicines and 40 per cent of surgery drugs are unavailable, as Israel allows only five medical suppl...

Children killed in Sudan’s South Kordofan drone attacks as humanitarian crisis worsens
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Dec 07, 2025

Drone strikes on the army-held town of Kalogi in Sudan’s South Kordofan killed 79 people, including 43 children, hitting a kindergarten and hospital a...

Benin President Patrice Talon survives coup attempt as loyal forces take charge of capital
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Dec 07, 2025

Authorities have urged citizens to remain calm as operations continue to stabilise the capital following the failed coup attempt.

South Africa’s G20 presidency is over – What did it achieve for climate and clean energy in Africa?
The Conversation  |  Dec 07, 2025

Africa is the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, despite its limited contribution to greenhouse gas emissions.

Djibouti’s democracy takes another knock as ageing president engineers yet another term
The Conversation  |  Dec 07, 2025

Opposition coalitions such as the Union for Democratic Change (UAD) and the Union for Democratic Movements (UMD) face significant constraints.

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