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Global tech firms drive major overhaul of East Africa's physical security infrastructure
Margaret Wanjiru  |  Jun 21, 2025

Kenya has already made strides in digital security, exemplified by Nairobi’s integrated command centres and M-Pesa-linked ID systems. Yet, challenges...

Senior Al-Shabaab leaders among 12 terrorists killed in joint Somalia operation
Mary Wambui  |  Jun 21, 2025

During the operation, combat vehicles, large quantities of weapons and other important equipment for the enemy were also destroyed.

Kenya acquires advanced cyber tools sparking privacy concerns
Margaret Wanjiru  |  Jun 21, 2025

While officially aimed at bolstering national digital infrastructure against cyber threats, concerns are mounting over how these "military-grade" fire...

UN Security Council urged to summon Kenya over alleged arms supply to Sudan's RSF
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jun 20, 2025

Fourteen civil society organisations led by the Kenya Human Rights Commission, International Commission of Jurists, and Independent Medico-Legal Unit,...

IGAD calls for unified cybersecurity and AI strategy to tackle regional security challenges
Amina Wako  |  Jun 18, 2025

IGAD Executive Secretary Workneh Gebeyehu emphasised that despite the region’s complex security threats, they also offer a chance to develop homegrown...

UN warns of looming famine in East Africa as conflict, climate shocks deepen hunger crisis
Alfred Onyango  |  Jun 17, 2025

Notably, Sudan and South Sudan have been marked among the five hotspots facing an immediate risk of famine in the coming four months.

Khartoum before the war: The public spaces that held Sudan's capital city together
The Conversation  |  Jun 15, 2025

In Sudan, conflict, displacement, and economic instability have further disrupted governance and reshaped the spatial fabric of urban life.

National security gets Sh464.9 billion in budget, but gaps remain amid rising threats
Mary Wambui  |  Jun 12, 2025

The NIS, for example, has been accorded Sh14 billion less than its boss, Noordi Haji, urged Parliament to approve last month.

WFP warns of looming famine in Sudan’s capital as aid efforts falter amid funding crisis
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Jun 11, 2025

Laurent Bukara, WFP’s Country Director in Sudan, described the hunger and desperation unfolding in parts of Khartoum as “severe.”

Sudanese army drone strike hits girls’ school shelter, kill eight civilians in West Kordofan
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Jun 11, 2025

Local media reports indicate that the drone strike struck the Abu Zabad Secondary School for Girls, which was doubling as a shelter for persons displa...

Muturi reinstated as Democratic Party leader amidst Ruto fallout
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jun 11, 2025

The party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) announced the decision on Tuesday, resolving unanimously to reinstate Muturi to the helm of the party w...

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.

KRA yet to refund Sh904.9 million to NSSF nearly 30 years later, Auditor General reveals
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jun 07, 2025

Auditor General Nancy Gathungu disclosed that the tax arrears stem from income tax payments made in 1996 and 1997, despite NSSF’s exemption from payin...

Somalia’s forces enforce door-to-door voter registration in Mogadishu ahead of historic polls
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Jun 05, 2025

Local media reports indicate that in addition to house-to-house visits, residents are being stopped in public spaces, including markets and bus statio...

Six suspects arrested in Mombasa in multi-million cybercrime bust
Farhiya Hussein  |  Jun 05, 2025

The app enabled fraudsters to impersonate customer service agents, convincing victims to divulge sensitive information.

Africa intensifies push for permanent UN Security Council seats, veto power
Mwangi Maina  |  Jun 04, 2025

African nations say their outsized contribution to global peacekeeping demands fairer representation.

Auditor-General flags NSSF for mismanagement, risky deals and irregular spending
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jun 04, 2025

The audit for the financial year ending June 30, 2024, revealed that NSSF purchased government bonds worth Sh5 billion at a premium and later sold the...

Sudan's warring sides trade blame after five aid workers killed in attack on UN convoy
XINHUA  |  Jun 04, 2025

The convoy, comprising 15 trucks delivering emergency food and nutrition supplies to famine-stricken El Fasher, was struck late Monday in the Al-Koma...

DRC, Liberia elected as non-permanent members of UN Security Council
Amina Wako  |  Jun 03, 2025

The two African nations will take up their roles in January 2026, serving a two-year term on the world’s most powerful decision-making body for peace...

Mandera County turns to crop farming as climate change threatens livestock sector
Issa Hussein  |  Jun 03, 2025

The county government has implemented 18 projects across various sub-counties. These initiatives target irrigation development, water supply systems,...

Senators call for formation of commission to investigate murder of priests following Fr Bett’s killing
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jun 02, 2025

The legislators say his killing, along with a string of past clergy deaths dating back to the early 2000s, points to a pattern of targeted violence th...

US defends UN Security Council’s extension of arms embargo on South Sudan
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Jun 02, 2025

The UN Security Council imposed an arms embargo on South Sudan in July 2018 to stop weapons from fueling its civil war, which had led to thousands of...

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.

Is Sudan’s war the reason for South Sudan’s economic crisis? What’s really going on with oil revenue
The Conversation  |  Jun 02, 2025

South Sudan lacks the operational capacity to extract the oil it has in the ground.

South Sudan condemns UN Security Council’s extension of arms embargo, sanctions
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Jun 01, 2025

According to South Sudan, the extension undermines the nation's delicate peace efforts and complicates the unification of its armed forces.

Somalia reinstates Mahad Salad as intelligence chief amid leadership shake-up at NISA
Abdirahman Khalif  |  Jun 01, 2025

Over the past few weeks, speculation about a change in the intelligence leadership had intensified, largely due to emerging reports of internal fricti...

UN Security Council extends arms embargo on South Sudan despite opposition
Mwangi Maina  |  May 31, 2025

The embargo, first imposed in 2018 following years of ethnic conflict that the UN estimates has claimed nearly 400,000 lives, marks its seventh renewa...

Haiti turns to mercenaries as Kenyan-led mission wanes
Mwangi Maina  |  May 29, 2025

The Haitian government has inked a deal with Erik Prince, the founder of Blackwater—a company long associated with shadowy operations and alleged war...

Parliament demands urgent inquiry into Juja MP Koimburi’s mystery disappearance
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 27, 2025

National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang’ula directed members of the National Assembly’s Security Committee to visit the hospital and provide Parliament...

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