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Gachagua rattles political scene with push for DCP-only candidates in Nairobi in 2027 polls
Barack Oduor  |  Dec 02, 2025

Former DP Rigathi Gachagua faces backlash after claiming his DCP should control Nairobi seats in 2027, with Kalonzo Musyoka publicly rejecting the all...

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...

Tanzania’s opposition leader Tundu Lissu ‘isolated’ in Ukonga Prison, claims Chadema
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Dec 01, 2025

Tanzania’s Chadema party alleges its chair Tundu Lissu is being isolated at Ukonga Prison after officials were denied visits, a claim the Prisons Serv...

Over 400 young entrepreneurs in Kamukunji get Nyota support to grow businesses
Abdirahman Khalif  |  Nov 26, 2025

The Nyota programme in Kamukunji Constituency aims to support youth entrepreneurship, especially for those facing challenges in accessing capital, bus...

Tanzania opposition leader Lissu accuses President Samia of ignoring electoral reforms, fuelling violence amid political crisis
Lucy Mumbi  |  Nov 25, 2025

Lissu detailed a series of findings by election observers and international actors, warning that the situation in Tanzania has deteriorated into intim...

Guinea-Bissau opposition leader Fernando Dias declares victory in presidential race
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Nov 24, 2025

Guinea-Bissau has experienced repeated instability since gaining independence from Portugal more than 50 years ago, including multiple coups and attem...

Gambia hosts Cameroonian opposition leader Issa Tchiroma amid post-election crisis
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Nov 24, 2025

Tchiroma, a former minister and once a close ally of President Biya, has declared himself the rightful winner of the October 12 vote and vowed to reje...

Ruto: NYOTA programme to empower 820,000 youth in five years
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Nov 20, 2025

Ruto said NYOTA is designed to create sustainable employment and empower young people to establish and grow their own businesses.

Opposition leaders file petition challenging IEBC’s 'centralisation of presidential election results'
Carolyne Kubwa  |  Nov 19, 2025

The coalition is asking the High Court to issue far-reaching declarations, including that the results declared by constituency returning officers are...

Besigye's wife demands immediate release of husband after one year in detention
Lucy Mumbi  |  Nov 17, 2025

Besigye, who faces military court charges, has remained in custody despite repeated calls for bail and mounting concerns over his health. He is accuse...

CHADEMA leaders escape Tanzania to Kenya amid rising threats and abductions
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Nov 13, 2025

Facing raids, abductions, and threats to their lives, Tanzanian CHADEMA leaders have crossed into Kenya seeking urgent protection.

How to accurately value unpaid domestic and care work
Charity Pancras  |  Nov 10, 2025

A hybrid approach combines both methods, applying generalist rates to simple tasks and specialist rates to skilled services, providing a more accurate...

Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu’s treason trial delayed again amid security concerns in Dar es Salaam
Lucy Mumbi  |  Nov 10, 2025

State Counsel Thawabu Issa told the High Court that the Prisons Department was unable to present Lissu in court, citing safety concerns.

Tanzania’s President Samia extends olive branch, but crackdown on dissent keeps critics wary
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Nov 10, 2025

Despite urging dialogue and reconciliation, President Samia’s government continues to detain key opposition leaders, fueling doubts over her commitmen...

Patrick Herminie wins Seychelles presidency, ends Ramkalawan’s five-year rule
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Oct 12, 2025

Herminie has promised to lower the retirement age from 65 to 63 and to act on the findings of a truth and reconciliation inquiry into human rights abu...

Former CJ David Maraga vows to team up with opposition to unseat Ruto in 2027
Barack Oduor  |  Oct 06, 2025

In what many view as a bold political move that could redefine opposition unity, Maraga’s decision could pose a serious challenge to Ruto’s bid for a...

ODM dismisses claims that Raila Odinga is unwell, says he is on routine foreign trip
Lucy Mumbi  |  Oct 05, 2025

The party secretariat clarified that Odinga left the country on Friday evening for one of his routine trips this year and is not in Europe, contrary t...

Somali leaders make peace push with future council launch in Nairobi
Abdirahman Khalif  |  Oct 02, 2025

The leaders said the Somali Future Council was designed to advance those goals and provide a framework for addressing differences through discussion r...

High Court asked to declare Besigye, Lutale extradition illegal after alleged covert operation
Carolyne Kubwa  |  Sep 29, 2025

The two accuse the Kenyan Government of colluding with Ugandan authorities in a covert operation that violated their rights and undermined Kenya's sov...

President Ruto meets US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, pushes for AGOA extension
Mwangi Maina  |  Sep 25, 2025

Having once championed Kenya's deployment to Haiti, the United States has now shifted the file to the UN. In his UNGA speech, President Trump made no...

Kenya pushes for 16-year AGOA extension to protect thousands of jobs and exports
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 25, 2025

Laikipia Woman Representative Jane Kagiri called on the Kenyan government, in collaboration with the United States, to pursue a 16-year extension of t...

Amnesty International demands release of 36 opposition supporters jailed in Cameroon
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Sep 22, 2025

In a statement on Monday, Amnesty condemned the ongoing detention of members of the Movement for the Renaissance of Cameroon (MRC), who were among a l...

Opposition gives IEBC two weeks to release by-election records amid fears of constitutional breaches
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 18, 2025

The opposition is pushing for all minutes of plenary sessions and committee meetings from the swearing-in date to the present, as well as staff meetin...

Kenya Pipeline, geothermal firm questioned on ethnic inclusivity and regional balance
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 16, 2025

During a session on Tuesday, senators pressed the two state corporations to provide detailed staffing data, insisting that recruitment policies must a...

South Sudan opposition calls mass mobilisation after Riek Machar charged with treason
Mwangi Maina  |  Sep 15, 2025

The SPLM/SPLA-IO described President Salva Kiir’s government as “a setup of dictatorship, peace spoilers and state capture that is holding power illeg...

Parliamentary committee sends away Prisons boss for failing to table key documents
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Sep 11, 2025

The session, chaired by Nyeri Town MP Duncan Mathenge, grew tense as MPs expressed frustration that this was Arunduh’s second appearance without the r...

AU welcomes revised electoral framework agreement in Somalia, urges full implementation
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Aug 28, 2025

The agreement, signed on August 25, 2025, brings together Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud and a faction of the main opposition alliance, the S...

Kenya defends Sh271 million image-laundering gamble in Washington
Mwangi Maina  |  Aug 28, 2025

Kenya is keen to secure a favourable trade deal with the United States before the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) expires in September.

Besigye orders lawyers to boycott Ugandan judge over bias
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Aug 27, 2025

Lawyer Kato Tumusiime said Besigye and his co-accused, Obeid Lutale, had given "clear instructions" to their legal team not to appear before Justice B...

How Africa should reimagine its trade future upon AGOA’s expiry in September - experts
Alfred Onyango  |  Aug 27, 2025

The World Economic Forum emphasises that the AfCFTA must move from being a political promise to an operational force.

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