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Elephant numbers soar as rare species decline, wildlife census shows
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Dec 12, 2025

Elephants have increased to 41,952, up from 36,280 in 2021, while black rhinos have grown to 2,102, reflecting a 4 per cent population rise and signif...

Tanzania’s internet blackout challenged at East African Court of Justice
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Dec 11, 2025

According to the centre, the shutdown paralysed critical services including mobile banking, telehealth, emergency alerts, and access to election-relat...

Shakahola trial: Former co-preacher reveals Mackenzie urged followers to shun society, await "direct ascent to heaven"
Farhiya Hussein  |  Dec 11, 2025

Mackenzie declared that a supernatural rapture would take place in June 2023 and insisted that followers must detach from education, employment, medic...

Canada reviews Tanzania partnership after deadly post-election crackdown
Mwangi Maina  |  Dec 10, 2025

Ottawa, which has provided about $3.4 billion in development assistance to Tanzania since independence, had long regarded the country as one of East A...

Kenya’s constitutional gains at risk without ethical leadership and integrity - CJ Koome
Carolyne Kubwa  |  Dec 10, 2025

CJ Koome said Kenya continues to grapple with serious human rights violations, including extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, homelessness...

Rights group files complaint over Infantino’s peace prize award to Trump
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Dec 10, 2025

Human rights group FairSquare has filed a complaint with FIFA’s Ethics Committee over Gianni Infantino’s decision to award Donald Trump a peace prize,...

Tanzania police dismisses social media claims of unrest amid heightened security
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Dec 09, 2025

Security presence was heightened in several cities. In Dar es Salaam, police and army personnel patrolled major streets.

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...

Nigeria confirms military intervention in Benin to stabilise country after failed coup attempt
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Dec 08, 2025

Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu confirms troops were sent to Benin at the government’s request after a failed coup, as ECOWAS deploys a regional force...

Shakahola trial witness denies DNA evidence, insists missing children are alive
Farhiya Hussein  |  Dec 03, 2025

Muhoro told the court that officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations informed him in September that his DNA had been matched to the rem...

Nyamira Governor Amos Nyaribo pleads not guilty to impeachment charges before Senate
Lucy Mumbi  |  Dec 03, 2025

Nyamira Governor Amos Nyaribo has pleaded not guilty before the Senate to two impeachment charges linked to Bunge Mashinani, staff recruitment and med...

Court told Mackenzie 'prophesied 2023 rapture', directed followers to Shakahola
Farhiya Hussein  |  Dec 03, 2025

Witnesses in the Shakahola case told the Mombasa High Court that Pastor Paul Mackenzie ordered followers to starve for an expected 2023 rapture, as fa...

DPP tables 88 postmortem reports in Paul Mackenzie murder trial
Lucy Mumbi  |  Dec 03, 2025

In an emotional testimony, 60-year-old Titus Ngonyo Gandi recounted how he lost five members of his family during the Shakahola incident, including hi...

Nigeria provides safe haven for Guinea-Bissau opposition leader as coup crisis deepens
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Dec 02, 2025

Nigeria has placed Guinea-Bissau opposition leader Fernando Dias da Costa under protection at its Bissau embassy after threats to his life, and asked...

Nigeria's defense minister resigns amid security crisis
DW News  |  Dec 02, 2025

Mohammed Badaru Abubakar's resignation comes as Nigeria scrambles to respond to a wave of mass kidnappings.

Cameroon opposition activist Anicet Ekane dies in custody; party demands accountability
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Dec 01, 2025

Cameroon opposition leader Anicet Ekane died in custody in Yaoundé after his October arrest. Government, his party and the EU differ on his treatment...

WHO confirms end of DR Congo’s 16th Ebola outbreak after final patient recovers
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Dec 02, 2025

The DRC has declared its 16th Ebola outbreak over in Kasai Province after 42 days without new cases, as WHO confirms 64 infections, 45 deaths and cont...

Shakahola tragedy: Families describe horror as survivors died en route to hospital
Farhiya Hussein  |  Dec 01, 2025

In a Mombasa court, investigators and families detailed how Shakahola survivors died en route to hospital, children were traumatised, and 191 deaths w...

Renowned Kiswahili scholar Ruo Kimani-Ruo dies, leaving language fraternity in mourning
Barack Oduor  |  Dec 01, 2025

Renowned Kiswahili scholar and author Ruo Kimani-Ruo has died in Kenya after an illness, his family confirmed, leaving the Kiswahili language fraterni...

Tana River Senator seeks Senate health probe after pregnant woman dies from snakebite
Farhiya Hussein  |  Dec 01, 2025

Tana River Senator Danson Mungatana has accused the county government of neglect after a pregnant woman died from a snakebite at Hola Referral Hospita...

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu declares national security emergency amid rising kidnappings
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Nov 27, 2025

President Bola Tinubu directed the army and police to bring in an additional 20,000 officers, adding to the 30,000 he ordered on Sunday when he redepl...

Witness recounts how Paul Mackenzie’s teachings led her to quit career, reject medicine
Farhiya Hussein  |  Nov 27, 2025

The adherent described how teachings attributed to Paul Mackenzie prompted her to abandon her career and shun modern medicine.

Shakahola witness tells court she hasn't used medicine for over 10 years as they are "satanic"
Lucy Mumbi  |  Nov 26, 2025

The witness told the court on Wednesday that she relies entirely on prayer, believing that earthly remedies were created through “satanic minds” and c...

Nigerian president confirms rescue of 24 abducted schoolgirls
XINHUA  |  Nov 26, 2025

The girls were kidnapped from their dormitory at the Government Girls' Comprehensive Secondary School in Maga, a community in the Wasagu/Danko Local G...

Shakahola massacre survivors struggle with trauma and anxiety, court told
Lucy Mumbi  |  Nov 25, 2025

The assessors recommended spiritual counselling, noting that some survivors were distressed after being forced to eat despite preferring to fast.

WFP warns of hunger crisis in Nigeria as 35 million face food shortages
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Nov 25, 2025

According to WFP projections, around 15,000 people in Borno could face "catastrophic hunger" or "famine-like conditions" next year.

Judiciary reports 17 per cent drop in fines collected for minor offences in 2023/24
Lucy Mumbi  |  Nov 23, 2025

The report shows that fines accounted for 42.34 per cent of the Judiciary’s total revenue, while court fees remained the largest contributor at 47.35...

Judge suspends key Marsabit Assembly committees over alleged illegal formation
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Nov 18, 2025

Justice Francis Rayola made the ruling after Nominated MCA Adhi Bino, who also chairs the Health Services Committee, filed a petition arguing that cer...

Ethiopia probes suspected viral haemorrhagic fever outbreak in Southern Region
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Nov 13, 2025

Eight people, including health workers, have reportedly fallen ill.

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