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France urges EU to pressure Israel on two-state solution after pledging to recognise Palestine
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Jul 29, 2025

Speaking at a United Nations meeting on Monday aimed at addressing the conflict, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot urged the EU to take decisiv...

AU welcomes France’s planned recognition of Palestine as a step towards peace
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jul 26, 2025

African Union Commission Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf commended French President Emmanuel Macron’s recent declaration, which he said aligns fully...

UHC: MPs back motion seeking to compel civil servants to use public hospitals
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jul 24, 2025

The motion seeks to compel the Ministry of Health to fully implement the Kenya Universal Health Coverage Policy 2020–2030 and to develop a framework t...

UASU sues KEMRI over plan to retire scientists, professors before age 74
Farhiya Hussein  |  Jul 24, 2025

The University Academic Staff Union argues that KEMRI’s decision to retire staff at 65 is unlawful and violates an existing collective bargaining agre...

Edwin Sifuna blames Ruto’s foreign policy blunders for Raila Odinga’s failed African Union chair bid
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jul 22, 2025

Sifuna asserted that Raila was the most qualified candidate for the continental role but lost because of Ruto’s poor handling of Kenya’s diplomatic st...

Media stakeholders urge MPs to fast-track approval of new media code of conduct 2025
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jul 23, 2025

The stakeholders said the proposed code had undergone intensive public participation and received overwhelming support from practitioners.

Gaza war: Global coalition demands unconditional ceasefire, condemns civilian killings
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Jul 21, 2025

The statement comes in the wake of renewed Israeli military operations in Gaza, with intensified air and ground assaults reported in Deir al-Balah, a...

Sudan slams EU sanctions on military commanders and companies as unfair, legally baseless
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Jul 20, 2025

This comes after the EU Council announced sanctions on Friday targeting Sudanese Armed Forces commander Abu Aqla Mohamed Kaikal and field commander Hu...

African Union welcomes signing of deal between DRC, M23 to end war
Mary Wambui  |  Jul 19, 2025

The agreement lays important groundwork towards a comprehensive peace deal aimed at resolving the conflict in eastern DRC.

AU appoints Burundi’s President Ndayishimiye as special envoy to troubled Sahel region
Mwangi Maina  |  Jul 17, 2025

His mandate includes deepening engagement with governments, civil society, regional organisations, and key opinion leaders to advance "comprehensive s...

Civil servants to sign daily attendance registers, CS Geoffrey Ruku declares
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jul 15, 2025

According to Public Service Cabinet Secretary Geoffrey Ruku, the reforms are necessary to revive the public service work culture and restore disciplin...

Nairobi clinical officers to stage mass protests, accuse Sakaja administration of ignoring grievances
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jul 15, 2025

The union said it is protesting against the county’s failure to implement career progression guidelines, delayed promotions, and stalled staff re-desi...

AU mid-year summit in Malabo renews push for regional integration amid lingering divisions
Mwangi Maina  |  Jul 14, 2025

Among the key agenda items were the need for deeper AU-REC integration, formal recognition of RECs within the AU architecture, and the persistent chal...

AU Commission finalises leadership team at Malabo meeting after months-long delay
Mwangi Maina  |  Jul 14, 2025

The newly constituted AUC leadership will serve a four-year term, charged with driving Africa’s integration agenda amid mounting internal and external...

Tigray opposition Salsay Weyane slams PM Abiy’s warning of renewed conflict, urges Tigray-wide dialogue
Addis Standard  |  Jul 13, 2025

Amid increasing signs of intra-Tigrayan tensions, Salsay Weyane said it reiterated its long-standing call for a region-wide national dialogue.

Dreams on hold: Hundreds of nursing graduates stuck in internship limbo for years
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jul 10, 2025

The graduates, some of whom completed training as far back as 2019 and 2020, gathered to protest what they termed as neglect by the Ministry of Health...

Public university staff unions accuse VCs of secretly restructuring jobs without consultation
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jul 09, 2025

KUSU has called out vice-chancellors for allegedly misusing a human resource review started by the Public Service Commission, turning it into a way to...

Explosion rocks Jalle Siyaad military academy in Mogadishu
Mary Wambui  |  Jul 09, 2025

According to local media, the local terrorist group Al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility for the attack, whose casualties are yet to be declared.

Ugandan herbalist sentenced to 25 years for killing Kenyan nurse
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jul 07, 2025

The 40-year-old nurse, who was based at the Ramogi Institute of Advanced Technology (RIAT) dispensary in Kisumu, went missing between July 24 and July...

Media stakeholders demand safer conditions, policy overhaul
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Jul 05, 2025

KEG President Zubeidah Kananu appealed to the government to stop intimidating media houses and allow journalists to operate freely.

AU Council calls on troop-contributing countries to step up Somalia security support
Mary Wambui  |  Jul 05, 2025

The Council also urged TCCs and other partners to contribute to securing adequate, predictable, sustainable, flexible, and multi-year financing for AU...

AU Peace and Security Council meets to discuss Somalia security, AUSSOM funding
Mary Wambui  |  Jul 03, 2025

The session comes as the timeline for the transition from the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) to AUSSOM officially concludes. The...

US embassy in Somalia sends condolences after 3 killed in Ugandan AU helicopter crash in Mogadishu
Abdirahman Khalif  |  Jul 02, 2025

In a statement, the embassy extended sympathies to the families of those who lost their lives and wished a speedy recovery to those who were injured.

KNUT issues seven-day strike notice after talks with TSC over CBA collapse
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jul 01, 2025

Following the failed talks with the TSC on Tuesday, KNUT has issued a seven-day strike notice, warning of nationwide disruption in public schools star...

Court blocks Sh3.4 billion teachers' promotion case over late filing
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jun 28, 2025

They argued that in 1996, the Commission promoted untrained A-Level teachers while sidelining those who had undergone formal training, a move they des...

Ruto meets AUC chief Mahmoud Youssouf amid growing doubts over union’s reform agenda
Mwangi Maina  |  Jun 26, 2025

Mohamoud briefed Ruto on preparations for the upcoming Special Summit on AU Reforms, and thanked Kenya for its "continued support" and for staying eng...

Kenya defends UAE ties, denies aiding Sudan's RSF
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jun 26, 2025

In a statement on Thursday, the Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs said such statements are reckless, unsubstantiated and risk destabilising reg...

Juliana Lumumba’s fight for answers: Will Belgium be tried for Congo’s founding Prime Minister’s death?
DW News  |  Jun 23, 2025

On June 17, after more than a decade of investigation, the Belgian federal prosecutor’s office requested that the case surrounding the assassination o...

What I learnt from joining hundreds at International Yoga Day celebration in Nairobi
Margaret Wanjiru  |  Jun 21, 2025

At exactly 7:45 am, the programme commenced with welcome remarks and a brief but insightful history of yoga. One speaker explained that yoga derives f...

Israel 'in breach' of EU's human rights obligations, foreign policy arm says
DW News  |  Jun 20, 2025

EU member nations will need to decide how to respond to the analysis. Their options range from suspending the current agreement to imposing economic s...

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