•Obasanjo African countries have appointed a trio of ex-leaders to oversee a push for peace in eastern DR Congo while an International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor arrived today to investigate the upsurge in violence. The Rwanda-backed M23 has in recent weeks seized two major cities in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), giving the ...
•Nigeria and Kenya flags A member of the House of Representatives, Abdullahi El-Rasheed has said that Nigeria and Kenya stand to gain from each other in critical sectors including technology, renewable energy and tourism in the years ahead. El-Rasheed who chairs the Nigeria-Kenya Parliamentary Friendship Group stated this today at a meeting wi...
•Hirpa and Kibet crossing the line at the Lagos City Marathon 2025 The 2025 edition of the annual 42km 2024 Access Bank Lagos City Marathon has been once again dominated by East African runners from Kenya and Ethiopia. Kenya’s Edwin Kibet today emerged winner in the men category, clocking a time of 2:14:06 to win […]
Kenya will now permit citizens of nearly all African countries to visit without requiring prior authorisation. According to a BBC report, Kenya will now permit citizens of nearly all African countries to visit without requiring prior authorization, as per a new directive from the cabinet. A cabinet statement clarified that the Electronic Trave...
•A cloud of tear gas envelopes protesters bracing on the ground today Kenyan police forcibly detained dozens of demonstrators and a senator, our correspondent witnessed today, firing tear gas into small peaceful rallies protesting recent alleged abductions that have enraged the country. Security forces in the East African nation have been accu...
•Leading Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye appeared in a military court in Kampala today The apparent abduction of veteran Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye from the streets of Nairobi brought widespread condemnation from rights groups and politicians today. Besigye, 68, disappeared on Saturday while visiting the Kenyan capital, a...
•Late Benjamin Kiplagat A Kenyan court today sentenced two men to 35 years in prison for murdering Ugandan Olympic athlete Benjamin Kiplagat last year. After a nine-month trial, the High Court in the northwestern city of Eldoret last week found Peter Ushuru Khalumi, 30, and David Ekai Lokere, 25, guilty of stabbing the 34-year-old steeplechase...
•Late Uganda’s Benjamin Kiplagat Two Kenyan men were found guilty today of murdering Ugandan Olympic distance runner Benjamin Kiplagat, found stabbed to death in the East African country’s north-west on New Year’s Eve. Peter Ushuru Khalumi and David Ekai Lokere were convicted of murdering the 34-year-old Olympian by Eldoret High Court, after a...
•Collapsed building A residential building collapsed in the Kenyan capital Nairobi yesterday, leaving several people feared trapped. Cases of buildings caving in are not uncommon in the country, often a result of shoddy construction and flouted regulations, reports AFP. The eight-storey building in Kahawa West, a densely-populated neighbourhoo...
The Kenyan Senate voted yesterday to oust Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua in a historic impeachment vote. The upper house has so far voted to impeach the 59-year-old on five charges out of a total of 11 against him, after two days of hearings, reports AFP. The Senate only had to find him guilty of one […]
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