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Senators raise alarm over President William Ruto’s Sh23.5 billion industrial parks project
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jun 26, 2025

The Sh23.5 billion programme, launched with the promise of spurring industrial growth and creating jobs in all 47 counties, has drawn sharp criticism...

Kennedy Onyango’s shooting: A mother’s heartbreak and the wait for President William Ruto’s promise
Barack Oduor  |  Jun 25, 2025

Jecinta Anyango said she had placed all her hopes on Onyango - to get an education, find a steady job, and one day provide for her, noting that she ha...

EPRA shuts down illegal gas refilling plant in Mombasa's Majengo in multi-agency raid
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jun 23, 2025

EPRA said the unlicensed facility was refilling and rebranding LPG cylinders from various licensed brands without obtaining their written consent.

Juliana Lumumba’s fight for answers: Will Belgium be tried for Congo’s founding Prime Minister’s death?
DW News  |  Jun 23, 2025

On June 17, after more than a decade of investigation, the Belgian federal prosecutor’s office requested that the case surrounding the assassination o...

DR Congo extends cobalt export ban by three months to manage oversupply
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Jun 22, 2025

DRC, the world's largest supplier of cobalt, instituted the initial ban on cobalt exports in late February, citing oversupply of the mineral after pri...

High Court declares key provisions of PBO Act unconstitutional in major win for NGO rights
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jun 22, 2025

The judgment has been hailed as a “timely and significant win” for the rights to association, privacy, and fair administrative action.

Software developer Rose Njeri not yet off the hook as DPP set to appeal ruling
Joseph Ndunda  |  Jun 21, 2025

Senior Principal Magistrate Geoffrey Onsaringo had dismissed the charges against Njeri, declaring them defective, and ordered her release.

DR Congo, Rwanda agree to draft peace accord to end hostilities
Mwangi Maina  |  Jun 19, 2025

The agreement, according to a joint statement from the US State Department, is due to be signed on June 27 at a ministerial-level meeting.

Former Belgian official may face trial for role in Patrice Lumumba’s assassination
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Jun 18, 2025

Patrice Lumumba was executed by a firing squad and his body was dissolved in acid. Only a gold-crowned tooth remained which Belgium formally returned...

DR Congo floods kill 29 in Kinshasa amid unexpected dry season rains
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Jun 17, 2025

Significant material damage was recorded in the regions with many families displaced as a result.

At least 29 killed as unseasonal heavy rains devastate DRC capital Kinshasa
XINHUA  |  Jun 16, 2025

Although the country is currently in its dry season, local media quoted meteorological authorities as saying that rainfall reached 90 millimetres.

Rwanda takes over from Kenya as chair of regional illicit arms control body
Mary Wambui  |  Jun 14, 2025

Rwanda took over the leadership from Kenya on Friday during the 11th Council of Ministers meeting held in Nairobi. The meeting concluded with renewed...

No evictions from Ngong forest land until Cabinet decision, says CS Barasa
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jun 13, 2025

Residents living on the disputed 34-acre part of Ngong Forest will not be evicted, Environment Cabinet Secretary Deborah Barasa has confirmed.

US pushes Kigali to exit Eastern DRC before signing peace deal
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Jun 11, 2025

DRC and the UN accuse Rwanda of deploying troops and supporting the rebels with arms, a claim President Paul Kagame vehemently denies.

Behind rebel lines: My 72-hour journey with M23 through Goma
Amina Wako  |  Jun 15, 2025

I expected ruin. Collapsed buildings. Blackened rubble. Bullet-scarred walls. Shell craters and twisted steel. I imagined a landscape frozen in grief,...

Sifuna: President Ruto has failed Kenyans and doesn’t deserve a second term
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jun 09, 2025

Sifuna said the Kenya Kwanza administration has not only reneged on its campaign pledges but has also presided over a worsening economic and social en...

Police rescue 13-year-old girl abducted in Baringo
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jun 08, 2025

The incident had sparked panic in the volatile region, as residents said such a kidnapping had never occurred before.

Mpox cases in Ethiopia rise to 18
XINHUA  |  Jun 06, 2025

Ethiopia reported its first mpox case on May 25 when a 21-day-old infant tested positive in Moyale near the Kenyan border.

Court allows withdrawal of Sh400 million fraud case against Kenyan businessman
Carolyne Kubwa  |  Jun 06, 2025

Defence lawyer Stanley Kangai, representing the accused, did not oppose the application, informing the court that the case had dragged on for too long...

Land wrangles behind Ang'ata Barikoi violence, PS Nixon Korir tells MPs
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jun 06, 2025

He said the land was officially registered under the Ang'ata Barikoi Farmers’ Cooperative Society on September 18, 1996. However, the society has nev...

Police officer charged over death of British national hit by vehicle in Ruto’s motorcade
Carolyne Kubwa  |  Jun 05, 2025

The prosecution said the vehicle struck a pedestrian, identified as 79-year-old British national Edgar Charles Frederick Riches, who succumbed to his...

Senate committee chair steps down after he’s accused of bias in Natembeya audit hearing
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jun 05, 2025

The dramatic moment unfolded during the Senate Agriculture, Blue Economy and Livestock Committee session on Thursday, when Governor Natembeya tabled a...

DR Congo bans media from covering former president Kabila, allies
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Jun 05, 2025

According to CSAC Chief Christian Bosembe, media houses that fail to adhere to the directive will have their operations suspended entirely.

UN urges DRC to take responsibility as over 7 million displaced amid escalating crisis
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Jun 03, 2025

The UN warned that displaced populations were facing widespread human rights violations, including murder, summary executions, sexual and gender-based...

DR Congo concludes campaign for UN Security Council seat, eyes greater global influence
Mwangi Maina  |  Jun 02, 2025

This marks DR Congo’s third bid for a seat on the UN Security Council, having previously served in 1982–1983 and 1992–1993 under Mobutu Sese Seko.

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...

Cold weather? Warm hearts with a mango smoothie
Margaret Wanjiru  |  May 31, 2025

Despite lower temperatures, mango lovers are still blending up one of the thickest and yummiest drinks, the classic mango smoothie.

DRC’s plan for the world’s largest tropical forest reserve would be good for the planet: can it succeed?
The Conversation  |  May 30, 2025

The conflict has already disrupted conservation in the protected areas in North and South Kivu (Kahuzi-Biega National Park, Virunga National Park).

Former Congolese President Kabila meets religious leaders in eastern DR Congo
The New Times  |  May 29, 2025

His return to Goma comes barely two days after he accused President Felix Tshisekedi’s government for populism, lies, arrogance, institutionalisation...

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