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Google to unveil Pixel phones, watch, buds and foldable on August 20
Margaret Wanjiru  |  Jul 18, 2025

The annual showcase has become a staple for unveiling Google’s flagship hardware, and this year’s event is shaping up to be one of its most anticipate...

Leaked audio implicates former Bangladesh PM Hasina in deadly 2024 protest crackdown
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Jul 11, 2025

The protests, which erupted across major cities in Bangladesh in July 2024, were driven by widespread frustration among students over education reform...

Mozambique child abductions surge: HRW blames ISIS-linked militants in Cabo Delgado
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Jun 24, 2025

Local civil society groups and international observers indicate that over 120 children have been abducted in recent days by Al-Shabaab militants in th...

Huawei overtakes Apple as global leader in wrist-worn wearables market
Margaret Wanjiru  |  Jun 12, 2025

The report, released this week, shows that Huawei shipped more smartwatches and fitness bands than any other company in the first quarter of 2025, edg...

Snapchat messaging is now on Apple Watch
Margaret Wanjiru  |  Jun 07, 2025

Unlike the photo-heavy experience of the main app, Snapchat’s Apple Watch version is focused on messaging.

Apple could soon allow users to scroll using their eyes on Vision Pro Headset
Margaret Wanjiru  |  May 15, 2025

The software will allow users to select data or navigate by the user’s eye movement toward the top or bottom of a page.

Press freedom under fire: Ethiopian police raid ‘Addis Standard' offices, detain journalists
Mwangi Maina  |  Apr 23, 2025

The raid on Addis Standard — known for its critical reporting and editorial independence — is being closely watched by both local and international pr...

Beginner’s guide: Connecting your Apple watch to an Android phone
Margaret Wanjiru  |  Apr 12, 2025

Although Apple’s smartwatch lineup has long been designed to work exclusively with iPhones, users have discovered workarounds to pair the device with...

Human Rights Watch demands release of report on probe of Kware murders
Joseph Ndunda  |  Mar 17, 2025

In a press statement, Otsieno Nyamwaya, the associate director of HRW Africa, said volunteers had claimed that police officers had threatened them and...

Kenya’s Human Rights Crisis: Report exposes a year of crackdowns, abuses
Mary Wambui  |  Feb 12, 2025

HRW links last year's threats to probe 16 civil society organisations (CSOs) funded by the Ford Foundation over claims that they were funding the prot...

DR Congo cuts ties with Rwanda as eastern conflict escalates, peacekeepers killed
Reuters  |  Jan 26, 2025

The United Nations said it had started temporarily relocating its non-essential staff from Goma due to the deteriorating security situation.

Human Rights Watch alleges government unit behind wave of abductions
Charles Adinda  |  Jan 17, 2025

According to the HRW report, the abduction squad otherwise known as the Operation Support Unit (OSU) operates within the precincts of The Directorate...

Juntas in Sahel region make life more difficult for human rights NGOs
DW News  |  Dec 22, 2024

NGO's critical reports on human rights are inconvenient for the junta leaders, making them a thorn in the side of West Africa's military regimes.

Saudi Arabia: ‘Giga-Projects’ built on widespread labour abuses
Human Rights Watch  |  Dec 04, 2024

The report is based on interviews with more than 155 former and current migrant workers and families of deceased workers across employment sectors and...

Thousands of refugee children in Egypt left out of school, HRW reports
Human Rights Watch  |  Dec 02, 2024

The Egyptian government fails to fully guarantee free education since public schools charge fees for both Egyptians and non-Egyptians. Some categories...

Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of war crimes over Gaza displacements
Reuters  |  Nov 14, 2024

Human Rights Watch said the displacement of Palestinians "is likely planned to be permanent in the buffer zones and security corridors".

HRW calls for end to criminal charges against anti-government protesters
Mary Wambui  |  Nov 06, 2024

The organisation said witnesses and survivors of the spate of abductions said abductors drove unmarked cars.

Gunmen kill two Mozambique opposition figures ahead of election protests
Reuters  |  Oct 19, 2024

The European Union and Mozambique's former colonial ruler Portugal condemned the killing and called for an investigation.

“It’s like killing culture” Human Rights impacts of relocating Tanzania’s Maasai
Human Rights Watch  |  Jul 31, 2024

The government has provided relocated NCA families with a house and about two to five acres of land to farm, in addition to constructing and renovatin...

Human Rights Watch report reveals extensive sexual violence in Sudan's capital
Mwangi Maina  |  Jul 29, 2024

"I have slept with a knife under my pillow for months in fear of the raids that lead to rape by RSF," a 20-year-old woman living in an RSF-controlled...

More than 10 million people displaced by Sudan war, IOM says
Reuters  |  Jul 16, 2024

The number is the latest dire figure out of the east African country, devastated by a conflict that began in April 2023.

Lobby calls on government, IMF to align fiscal reforms with human rights
Alfred Onyango  |  Jul 16, 2024

The lobby now says the Bill included regressive tax measures that risked undermining rights, thus saying any alternative measures should relieve econo...

Lobby urges AU to deploy civilian protection mission, probe rights violations in Sudan
Terry Muriuki  |  Jun 21, 2024

This appeal comes ahead of the AU Peace and Security Council's meeting on June 21, where steps to protect civilians and ensure accountability will be...

World Ocean Day: Youth lead Diani beach cleanup in fight against plastic pollution
Mishi Gongo  |  Jun 08, 2024

The Samba Sports Youth Agenda, whose members include fishermen, decried a dwindling income as the plastics interfere with fish breeding grounds, makin...

Rights group urges AU, UN to deploy new mission to Sudan in wake of conflict
Mary Wambui  |  May 16, 2024

It further calls for partners and concerned states including Kenya to insist that affected communities be represented in the ongoing political process...

Kenya criticised for inadequate response to deadly flash floods
Hanifa Adan  |  May 03, 2024

The floods have claimed the lives of over 200 individuals, displaced over 200,000, and resulted in significant damage to property and infrastructure.

Conservationists ask KWS for strict rules to protect turtles in Diani
Mishi Gongo  |  Apr 28, 2024

Water sports and hunting for meat are major causes of the decline in the number of turtles in Diani, a group says.

Mali: AU calls on junta to reverse suspension of political parties, associations
Mary Wambui  |  Apr 13, 2024

The agency said the suspension violates Malian law and the rights to freedom of expression, association, and assembly under international human rights...

Human Rights Watch calls for UN probe into Ethiopian army killings
AFP  |  Apr 04, 2024

The NGO called for the suspension of all deployments of Ethiopian federal forces to peacekeeping missions until "commanders responsible for grave abus...

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