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Communications Authority calls for public input on overhaul of telecoms licensing framework
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Dec 24, 2024

The Unified Licensing Framework, last updated in 2014, has served as the foundation for regulating telecommunications, e-commerce, cyber security, bro...

How Africa's young people living in urban areas are changing political culture
DW News  |  Dec 16, 2024

Many live in informal settlements under precarious conditions and have an unconventional approach to creating change.

Embakasi fire tragedy: Proprietor of gas plant, employee, charged with manslaughter
Joseph Ndunda  |  Dec 09, 2024

Kimathi and Mutie are also charged with unlawfully operating a bulk liquefied petroleum gas storage facility without a valid licenc

State invites public input on proposed release of GMO maize
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Dec 07, 2024

The National Biosafety Authority is currently reviewing the application to ensure the safety of the genetically modified crop for human and animal con...

Kenyans using cooking gas more despite rising prices, KNBS report shows
Lucy Mumbi  |  Dec 04, 2024

Cooking gas, though considered cleaner than traditional biomass fuels like firewood and charcoal, remains inaccessible to many Kenyans due to its cost...

Israeli strikes kill dozens in Gaza, Egypt to host Hamas leaders for ceasefire talks
Reuters  |  Nov 30, 2024

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas accused Israel of "using the weapon of starvation against the people (in northern Gaza) to displace them from thei...

Gaza joblessness surges to 80 per cent as economy collapses – UN agency
Reuters  |  Oct 17, 2024

Two-thirds of Gaza's pre-war structures — over 163,000 buildings — have been damaged or flattened, according to UN satellite data.

Tunisian presidential election turnout at 27.7%, election commission says
Reuters  |  Oct 06, 2024

Preliminary results are expected on Monday evening.

Tunisians vote in election, with main rival to President Saied in prison
Reuters  |  Oct 06, 2024

Sunday's election pits Saied against two rivals: his former ally turned critic, Chaab Party leader Zouhair Maghzaoui, and Ayachi Zammel, who had been...

Group launches campaign against proposed laws it says will hurt farmers
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Oct 04, 2024

Kilimo Cha Haki emphasised the need to protect the agricultural sector, which contributes over 80 per cent of Kenya’s GDP.

Tunisians resume protests against president ahead of Oct. 6 election
Reuters  |  Sep 22, 2024

Political tensions in the North African country have risen since an electoral commission named by Saied disqualified three prominent presidential cand...

Tunisia's electoral commission accepts just three candidates for presidential election
Reuters  |  Aug 11, 2024

The commission said it had accepted the candidacies of Saied and Zouhair Magzhaoui, who is seen as close to Saied, and Ayachi Zammel for the October 6...

Five injured in afternoon Mandera attack
Mary Wambui  |  Jul 24, 2024

Upon establishing the contents of the bag, they called in for help from the local police, but the explosive exploded before the officers could arrive...

Tunisian court jails prominent critic of President Kais Saied
Reuters  |  Jul 07, 2024

The court ruling against Sonia Dahmani reinforces opposition concerns that critical voices will continue to be targeted ahead of a presidential electi...

Tunisian president sacks minister after dozens die on Hajj pilgrimage
Reuters  |  Jun 22, 2024

Brahim Chaibi, the minister of religious affairs, has been fired following the deaths of at least 49 Tunisians due to the extreme heat in Saudi Arabia...

AUC chair Moussa Faki condemns intensifying violence in eastern Congo
Amina Wako  |  Jun 17, 2024

Faki expressed his deepest condolences to the families of the victims and the Congolese people as a whole.

OPINION: African media mustn’t allow Western media to dictate, distort African narratives
Joseph Rwagatare  |  Jun 13, 2024

Why is it that it is Western journalists and their media houses that decided to “investigate” an African country that by any measure is doing well?

Death toll rises to 41 in attack on eastern Congo villages
Reuters  |  Jun 09, 2024

The attack had been carried out by members of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), said lieutenant-colonel Mak Hazukay, an army spokesman in Congo's No...

Gunmen kill at least 38 in attack on eastern Congo villages
Reuters  |  Jun 08, 2024

Armed men used guns and machetes to attack residents of villages in Beni territory, in North Kivu province, overnight on Friday, local official Fabien...

At least 16 killed by suspected rebels in eastern Congo, local official says
Reuters  |  Jun 05, 2024

The victims were hacked to death with machetes while they were in their homes or the fields, the official said, adding that some were executed while t...

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