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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...

Kenya’s marginalised groups locked out of clean energy, new report warns
Alfred Onyango  |  Dec 11, 2025

A new NGEC report finds Kenya’s women, youth, people with disabilities and marginalised communities still face high cost and reliability barriers to c...

Somalia condemns Trump’s anti-migrant remarks after US President targets Somali community at rally
Abdirahman Khalif  |  Dec 11, 2025

Ahmed noted that Somalia values Washington’s continued military support against Al-Shabaab but said the president’s words do not reflect the reality o...

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...

Tanzania mourns as CCM MP Jenista Mhagama dies amid post-election tensions
Barack Oduor  |  Dec 11, 2025

President Samia described Mhagama's long-standing service to the nation, noting that for 38 years, she had been a prominent member of Chama Cha Mapind...

Maternal and newborn health in crisis as millions born in conflict zones, Save the Children warns
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Dec 11, 2025

Save the Children says an estimated eight million babies were born in 2025 into conflict, climate disaster and humanitarian crises, mostly in under-re...

AU warns of rising violence in DR Congo and Great Lakes region amid M23 advance
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Dec 11, 2025

The African Union has warned of escalating violence in eastern DR Congo and Burundi after M23 advances near Uvira, displacing over 200,000 people and...

New international convention centre at Bomas set for completion in April 2026
Barack Oduor  |  Dec 11, 2025

President William Ruto says the Sh31.5 billion Bomas of Kenya International Conference Centre will be completed by April 2026, hosting over 10,000 del...

South Sudan health system on brink as conflict and cholera spread, MSF warns
Mary Wambui  |  Dec 11, 2025

A new MSF report warns South Sudan’s health system is near collapse as conflict, cholera and aid cuts drive mass displacement, facility closures and r...

Eastleigh bustles with Christmas shoppers as holiday season kicks off early
Abdirahman Khalif  |  Dec 11, 2025

Eastleigh is seeing an early Christmas shopping rush, with thousands of buyers crowding streets and shops, causing heavy traffic but boosting business...

Somali President Hassan Sheikh signs law establishing Independent Human Rights Commission
Abdirahman Khalif  |  Dec 11, 2025

The signing marks the formal creation of a national body that will be responsible for promoting and protecting human rights across the country.

JSC appoints 100 new Resident Magistrates to boost judiciary services
Mary Wambui  |  Dec 11, 2025

JSC said the 100 will boost the services currently being offered by the current 560 magistrates serving in 143 courts and also support JSC's mandate t...

Gaza faces humanitarian disaster with thousands trapped in flooded camps
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Dec 11, 2025

Heavy rains are flooding Gaza displacement camps, killing a baby and forcing thousands to move. Officials warn of an imminent humanitarian disaster am...

Kenyans get December water relief as agency suspends all disconnections
Lucy Mumbi  |  Dec 11, 2025

The Water Resources Authority has suspended water disconnections for unpaid bills across Kenya until January 15, 2026, offering December relief as it...

Kilifi governor urges owners of long-closed hotels to sell them as county pushes for tourism revival
Farhiya Hussein  |  Dec 11, 2025

Kilifi Governor Gideon Mung’aro is urging owners of long-closed hotels to sell to new investors, saying idle properties are slowing tourism growth, jo...

Truphena Muthoni smashes own world record, hugs tree for 72 hours in Nyeri
Lucy Mumbi  |  Dec 11, 2025

The 22-year-old completed the feat at around 12:25 pm on Thursday, amid cheers and encouragement from local leaders, residents, and environmental enth...

Explainer: How courts operate when the judiciary goes on recess
Carolyne Kubwa  |  Dec 11, 2025

Kenyan courts take scheduled recesses in April, August and December, scaling down routine hearings but keeping urgent services running through duty ju...

Mjambere residents demand streetlights as insecurity rises in Kisauni
Farhiya Hussein  |  Dec 11, 2025

Residents of Mjambere Ward in Kisauni, Mombasa, have petitioned the county government to urgently repair streetlights after a fatal gang attack, warni...

Ghana expels three Israelis over Ben Gurion Airport detentions
Mwangi Maina  |  Dec 11, 2025

Accra said it had been "compelled to retaliate", framing the episode as a defence of the dignity of its nationals.

15 Kenyans set for deportation as US labels them 'worst of the worst'
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Dec 11, 2025

Their alleged crimes include violent offences, domestic violence, fraud, drug-related offences, assault, aggravated assault with weapons, kidnapping,...

WHO warns of rising malaria threat in Kenya as mosquitoes develop insecticide resistance
Lucy Mumbi  |  Dec 11, 2025

The World Malaria Report 2025 warns that failure to address resistance could reverse years of progress in reducing infections and deaths across the co...

Government sets 14-day deadline to end student bursary delays nationwide
Lucy Mumbi  |  Dec 10, 2025

The 12th National and County Governments Coordinating Summit has given IGRTC 14 days to finalise county bursary agreements and ordered faster CAIP fun...

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’s industrialisation blueprint falls short as manufacturing stagnates - Review
Alfred Onyango  |  Dec 10, 2025

Kenya’s 2012–2030 National Industrialisation Policy is missing key targets, with manufacturing’s GDP share falling and financing tools stalling, the I...

Kenya’s children holiday hunger: How school holidays leave slum families struggling to survive
Charity Kilei  |  Dec 10, 2025

In Kenya’s informal settlements, school holidays cut off vital meal programmes, leaving children hungry, scavenging for food and exposed to serious he...

KNCCI opposes proposed Business Council, cites overlap and lack of clarity
Lucy Mumbi  |  Dec 10, 2025

The Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KNCCI) says the legislation fails to clarify funding and operational responsibilities for the pro...

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.

UN warns human rights face growing threats worldwide in 2025 as funding for activists falls
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Dec 10, 2025

The UN warns global human rights are under growing threat in 2025, citing funding cuts, escalating conflicts and attacks on defenders, even as youth-l...

National Assembly urges swift ratification of UK-Kenya defence pact amid BATUK legal uncertainty
Lucy Mumbi  |  Dec 10, 2025

The committee proposed that Article 6(5) should be revised to include murder as an offence under the jurisdiction of Kenya.

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