•The two suspects A Nigerian national and one other suspect were arrested in Kenya after detectives from the Anti-Narcotics Unit, in collaboration with the Transnational Organised Crime Unit, conducted an intelligence-led operation targeting a suspected narcotics trafficking network. In a statement sighted by our correspondent today by the Dir...
Kenya began administering the first dose of a groundbreaking HIV prevention drug in a Nairobi slum today. Lenacapavir, taken twice a year, has been shown to reduce the risk of HIV transmission by more than 99.9 percent, though it is technically a chemical drug rather than a vaccine because it does not train the immune […]
•A Kenyan health worker receives a dose of the vaccine Kenya will roll out a groundbreaking new HIV-prevention drug in March across 15 priority regions, the health ministry said today. Lenacapavir, taken twice a year, has been shown to reduce the risk of HIV transmission by more than 99.9 percent, though it is technically a […]
•Lagos City Marathon, today East African supremacy continued at the Lagos City Marathon as Kenyan and Ethiopian runners topped the men’s and women’s 2026 races. Kenya’s Ezra Kipchumba Kerin showcased exceptional stamina today, clinching victory at the 2026 Access Bank Lagos City Marathon with a remarkable finishing time of 2 hours, 11 minutes,...
•Self-proclaimed pastor, Paul Nthenge Mackenzie A self-proclaimed preacher in Kenya linked to an infamous starvation cult that killed more than 400 people was charged on Wednesday over a further 52 deaths, prosecutors said. In a case that made global headlines in 2023, hundreds of bodies were discovered just inland from the Kenyan beach resort...
•Handcuffed self-proclaimed pastor, Paul Nthenge Mackenzie (L) A self-proclaimed preacher in Kenya linked to an infamous starvation cult that killed more than 400 people will be charged over a further 52 deaths at another village, prosecutors said today. In a case that made global headlines when it came to light in 2023, hundreds of people [&h...
•Kenya police At least three Nigerians have been arrested in the Mwaliko Estate, Mwea Town, Kenya, on allegations of cyber fraud. A report by Tuko News, a Kenyan digital news platform, revealed that the suspects were apprehended by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations on Wednesday. The arrested individuals have been identified as Peter C...
•Pastoralist offers milk from a container to a camel calf after milking camels at dawn “God, God, God, protect them,” chanted two herders, their eyes following a dozen camels rushing toward acacia trees, oblivious to the dry riverbed in northern Kenya, where it hasn’t rained since April. Sitting on the edge of a nearby well, […]
•Plane crash in Kenya A small plane travelling from Kenya’s coast crashed today, according to the country’s aviation authority, with the 12 people on board feared dead. The small plane was en route to Kichwa Tembo — a private airstrip located in the Maasai Mara National Park — from the tourist hotspot of Diani when […]
Vast crowds gathered in western Kenya today to see the body of a beloved politician, Raila Odinga, for the biggest day of mourning ceremonies that have already claimed at least five lives this week. There were cries of “Baba” (father) and “We are orphans” among the tens of thousands who packed the streets in Kisumu, […]

