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No plans to relocate 2025 AFCON, CAF assures despite Morocco protests
Lucy Mumbi  |  Oct 07, 2025

Motsepe made the remarks amid protests organised by the youth-led GenZ 212 collective, which has staged demonstrations in more than a dozen cities cal...

LSK urges court to dismiss appeal over protest victims’ compensation panel
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Oct 07, 2025

LSK argued that the appeal is premature because the High Court has not yet delivered a substantive judgment on the petition.

Madagascar President appoints military general as prime minister amid mass protests
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Oct 07, 2025

The Gen Z-led protests are now close to entering their third week, having erupted on September 25, with the movement behind the social media campaigns...

LSK’s Faith Odhiambo quits Ruto’s victims compensation panel over legal delays, court hurdles
Lucy Mumbi  |  Oct 06, 2025

In a statement issued on Monday, Odhiambo said she had formally and immediately tendered her resignation to the Head of Public Service.

Morocco's Gen Z protests: What you need to know
DW News  |  Oct 04, 2025

After almost a week of regular demonstrations, protests in Morocco turned violent, resulting in hundreds injured and two deaths. Who's behind the prot...

Wajir West MP criticises government for excluding Wagalla Massacre victims from compensation plan
Lucy Mumbi  |  Oct 02, 2025

Yussuf cited a long history of broken promises, stating that the late President Daniel arap Moi pledged compensation to the massacre victims in 1992.

Morocco: Gen Z protests turn violent, two killed
DW News  |  Oct 02, 2025

The protests come at a time of popular discontent over Morocco's social inequalities, which have disproportionately affected young people and women.

High Court dismisses Sakaja’s bid to gag media over protest coverage
Carolyne Kubwa  |  Sep 30, 2025

The judge rejected the plea, ruling that the orders sought would amount to a prior restraint on press freedom.

Morocco: Police detain dozens in Gen Z protests
DW News  |  Sep 30, 2025

The youth-led demonstrations come amid public discontent over Morocco's social inequalities, which protesters say disproportionately affect young peop...

Nepal imposes travel bans on ex-PM Sharma Oli, four senior officials over protest violence
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Sep 29, 2025

The demonstrations, which began on 8 September after a short-lived social media ban, soon escalated as frustrations over corruption and economic strug...

Panel on protest victims compensation moves to overturn orders freezing its operations
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 25, 2025

Mwaathime warned that the ruling, if allowed to stand, would hinder the panel’s efforts to deliver justice to victims of police brutality.

Thousands join pro-Palestinian protests, strikes in Italy
DW News  |  Sep 23, 2025

Tens of thousands took part in the nationwide action in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza. Clashes were reported in Milan, where about 60 police of...

IPOA reviews 20,000 complaints, inspects 5,000 police facilities in five years
Mary Wambui  |  Sep 18, 2025

This year, IPOA’s report on police response to protests held between June and July 2025 revealed serious violations of constitutional policing standar...

LSK faults CS Murkomen over defiance of High Court ruling on masked police officers during protests
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 16, 2025

LSK has urged the public to report any officers acting in violation of the ruling, saying it is prepared to take legal action against those found culp...

Forensic expert tells court live bullets killed student Rex Masai in Nairobi protests
Carolyne Kubwa  |  Sep 15, 2025

Senior Superintendent of Police and firearms examiner Alex Mdindi Mwandawiro said a bullet fragment recovered from the scene bore all the hallmarks of...

Libya's High Council of State welcomes Tripoli truce, calls it step toward stability
XINHUA  |  Sep 15, 2025

The deal, brokered and guaranteed by Turkish intelligence, took immediate effect.

Nepal: First woman PM takes charge, calm returns to streets
DW News  |  Sep 13, 2025

On Friday, former Supreme Court Chief Justice Sushila Karki took the oath as the interim prime minister, becoming the first woman to head the South As...

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...

Ex-CJ Maraga demands drop of terrorism charges against protesters as prosecution seeks 21-day probe
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 11, 2025

Maraga argued that anti-terror laws are being misused to criminalise constitutionally protected rights, including the freedom to assemble and petition...

Ruto’s panel on compensation of victims seeks to overturn court order halting operations
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 11, 2025

The committee argued that the orders were obtained through concealment of facts and could frustrate its 120-day mandate.

73% of Kenyans believe government not doing enough to stop abductions, extra-judicial killings - TIFA Report
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 11, 2025

The findings show that a clear plurality of Kenyans, 35 per cent, believe the police and other state security agencies are mainly responsible for extr...

Marsabit on edge as boda boda riders clash with police over brutal killing
Issa Hussein  |  Sep 10, 2025

According to reports, a 22-year-old boda boda operator was ambushed and fatally stabbed by two men posing as passengers in the Manyatta Ginda area on...

International Justice Mission unhappy with debate over Ruto's police victims compensation team
Barack Oduor  |  Sep 09, 2025

LSK President Faith Odhiambo echoed the call for accountability, saying that cases involving police officers and those in authority should be expedite...

Nepal’s Prime Minister resigns after deadly protests over social media ban
Mwangi Maina  |  Sep 09, 2025

The unrest, the worst in decades, erupted after Oli's government imposed a sweeping ban on 26 social media platforms.

High Court halts Ruto’s protest compensation plan as critics term it unconstitutional
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 08, 2025

In a ruling delivered on Monday, Justice Magare Dennis Kizito Ngwono suspended both the panel’s mandate and the implementation of the presidential pro...

St George’s Girls Secondary School closed indefinitely after students' unrest over alleged teacher assault
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 08, 2025

Reports indicate that the student had left the dormitory to observe the “blood moon” during the full solar eclipse when the alleged assault occurred.

MCK slams attacks on LSK president Odhiambo as unfair and unfounded, urges media to exercise fairness
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 07, 2025

The Council said the unwarranted criticism directed at Odhiambo and other Kenyans who accepted positions on the Presidential Panel of Experts on Compe...

Protest victim families demand justice, not just payouts, from compensation panel
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 07, 2025

The grieving families told the Panel of Experts on Compensation of Victims of Demonstrations, Public Protests, and Riots that accountability for polic...

Kenyans demand justice as protest victims’ compensation panel sworn in
Mary Wambui  |  Sep 05, 2025

On social media, however, some Kenyans questioned the constitutionality of the panel's mandate and expressed concerns about potential state interferen...

MP Babu Owino demands Sh23 million minimum compensation for families of protest victims
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Sep 04, 2025

The MP argued that compensation should take into account the potential lifetime earnings of the victims, most of whom were in their 20s.

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