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Global fishing subsidy ban kicks in after Kenya, Brazil, Tonga and Vietnam ratify agreement
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Sep 15, 2025

The deal, first adopted in 2022, became binding on Monday after Kenya, Brazil, Tonga, and Vietnam ratified it, raising the total approvals to 112—just...

WHO begins Ebola vaccinations in DRC’s Kasai Province amid first outbreak in three years
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Sep 14, 2025

The DRC Health Ministry reports 32 suspected Ebola cases, including 20 confirmed infections and 16 deaths, with a new case 70 kilometres from Bulape r...

Kenyans worse off three years into Ruto’s government, church leaders say
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 14, 2025

The Pentecostal Voice of Kenya Association warned that, despite a promising start, ordinary citizens have been left to shoulder high taxes and mountin...

Kenya seeks re-election to International Maritime Organisation Council
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Sep 13, 2025

The IMO, a United Nations specialised agency, is responsible for the safety and security of shipping, the prevention of marine and atmospheric polluti...

Cost of sickle cell: How patients are struggling silently with disease burden
Zainab Saidi  |  Sep 14, 2025

As the country marks Sickle Cell Awareness Month, patients and doctors are united in their call that awareness is no longer enough. Lower drug costs,...

Women outpace men in high-skill job growth, says ILO
Alfred Onyango  |  Sep 13, 2025

In 2013, the share of women in high-skill employment was already higher than that of men, at 21.2 per cent, compared to men’s 17.5 per cent.

MPs demand answers over Sh1.8 billion left unspent in Kenyan embassies
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 13, 2025

Auditor-General Nancy Gathungu’s report highlighted that Sh1,885,098,283 had accumulated over several years because missions failed to return unused a...

Murkomen: Killings of elderly in Kisii driven by land disputes, not witchcraft
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 12, 2025

He noted that the Ministry of Lands is working on ways to speed up succession processes to address the disputes, while also exploring land consolidati...

Ex-chief justice Sushila Karki poised to become Nepal’s interim prime minister
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 12, 2025

The country has been rocked by its most turbulent week in years, with 34 people killed and more than 1,300 injured in clashes as police tried to stop...

Wote Stadium downsized to 5,000 seats after engineering challenges
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 11, 2025

Mvurya said while the project had already cost over Sh200 million, difficulties stemmed from the need to fill up four meters across the entire site, a...

Court declares new mining sector rules unconstitutional
Carolyne Kubwa  |  Sep 11, 2025

The court quashed the regulations in their entirety, declaring them invalid and unenforceable.

Parliament orders Ministry of Roads to advertise projects only when funds are available
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 09, 2025

During a session on Tuesday, the National Assembly Committee on Implementation criticised the ministry for awarding contracts without securing adequat...

President Ruto champions African unity, self-reliance at GERD launch
Mwangi Maina  |  Sep 09, 2025

The alignment is a blow to Egypt and Sudan, left dejected as Kenya tilts further toward Addis Ababa. The symbolism was deliberate.

Details of Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, largest dam in Africa
Eastleigh Voice Team  |  Sep 09, 2025

Funded through government bonds, public donations, and Chinese loans, the dam is Africa’s largest hydroelectric project and a symbol of national pride...

IOM reopens Khartoum office after two years of conflict in Sudan
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Sep 09, 2025

Most UN agencies and foreign embassies moved to Port Sudan after clashes broke out in April 2023 between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid...

Ethiopia inaugurates Africa’s largest dam amid Nile power struggles with Egypt, Sudan
Mwangi Maina  |  Sep 09, 2025

The stage is now set for heated and tense hydropolitics in the Horn of Africa, just as the UN General Assembly convenes.

Shigeru Ishiba quits as Japan’s Prime Minister following election losses
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Sep 07, 2025

The LDP, which has governed Japan almost continuously since the 1950s, lost its majority in the lower house during last month’s general election—the f...

Veteran politician and former minister Dalmas Otieno dies at 80
Barack Oduor  |  Sep 07, 2025

Otieno was first elected as the MP for Rongo in 1988, serving as Minister for Industrialisation from 1988 to 1991, then later that year as Minister of...

The night the mountains shook: A doctor on the front lines of Afghanistan’s earthquake
UN News  |  Sep 07, 2025

A native of the Jalalabad area, he knew first-hand what this new disaster would mean for the country’s northeast, where extended families all live und...

Somali intelligence confirms killing of dozens of Al-Shabaab fighters in raid
Mary Wambui  |  Sep 06, 2025

The operation comes days after a similar one mid this week killed three Al-Shabaab leaders in an airstrike conducted in the Hiran region.

Union demands full implementation of Ruto’s directive on UHC staff absorption
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Sep 06, 2025

In a statement, KEHPHPU praised President Ruto for taking decisive action to regularise the employment of UHC staff, who have worked under temporary c...

One year on, parents of Hillside Endarasha fire victims still demand justice
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Sep 05, 2025

As the first anniversary of the tragedy passes, families continue to demand transparency, accountability, and answers from both the government and the...

3,000 schools get capitation funds as Ministry continues with verification exercise
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Sep 05, 2025

According to the ministry, schools that have completed verification have already received payments, while the rest are expected to be funded by next w...

Air pollution is on the rise – but not everywhere, says UN weather agency
UN News  |  Sep 06, 2025

The UN is leading efforts to tackle household air pollution which is one of the world’s greatest public health threats and particularly harmful for ch...

We decoded the oldest genetic data from an Egyptian, a man buried around 4,500 years ago – what it told us
The Conversation  |  Sep 05, 2025

The study offers rare insight into the genetic ancestry of early Egyptians and reveals links to both ancient north Africa and Mesopotamia, which inclu...

Kenya elected chair of Djibouti code of conduct working group
Mary Wambui  |  Sep 05, 2025

Brigadier Mohammed Shemote, representing the Kenya Navy Commander, Major General Paul Owuor Otieno, accepted the role on behalf of the Government of K...

AMREF plane crash: Flight data recorder sent to US for analysis
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 05, 2025

Kenya, being the country where the aircraft was registered, operated and where the accident took place, is required to notify the countries responsibl...

Former Zambian foreign minister Joseph Malanji sentenced to four years for graft
Mwangi Maina  |  Sep 04, 2025

Malanji, who served under former president Edgar Lungu between 2018 and 2021, was arrested in late 2021 for allegedly using embezzled public funds to...

Death toll from Afghanistan earthquake rises to over 2,200
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Sep 04, 2025

Around 12,000 people have been directly affected, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).

Over 5,300 land parcels set for allocation in Mandera
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Sep 05, 2025

Baraqwo leads the allocation with 1,471 parcels, while Heleshid follows with 1,155, and smaller allocations include 52 parcels under the EPP in Block...

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