October 23, 2023
East Africa: Region Concerned About El Nino Rains as Kenya Downscales Alert
Experts from the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, an East African bloc, have stated that El Niño rains are set to begin in the Horn of Africa region, reports… Read more »
October 17, 2023
Kenya: Facebook Layoff Lawsuit - Negotiations Crumble as Parties Fail to Reach Deal
Settlement talks in a long-standing legal case involving 184 Nairobi-based Facebook content moderators and Meta, the platform's parent company collapsed, reports BBC. Read more »
October 08, 2023
Africa: Africa Calls for End to New Middle East War, Talks for 'Two-State Solution'
The African Union (AU) and African presidents and foreign ministers are calling for an end to the fighting between Israel and Hamas militants from Gaza which broke out on Saturday. Read more »
October 06, 2023
Kenya: President Ruto to Ask for U.S.$1 Billion Loan From China With Extended Repayment Period
President William Ruto will ask China for a U.S.$1 billion loan to complete stalled road construction projects, when he travels to Beijing later this… Read more »
September 26, 2023
Kenya: U.S., Kenya Sign Deal Ahead of Haiti Security Mission
The United States and Kenya have struck a defense pact that will provide Kenya with funding and support for security deployments following Kenya's voluntary offer to lead an… Read more »
September 22, 2023
Kenya: Is First Lady Ruto Really Paying for Pastor Benny Hinn's Kenya Crusade?
The well-known televangelist Benny Hinn revealed that First Lady Rachel Ruto had invited him to organize a national crusade funded and backed by the government, The Standard… Read more »
Kenya: Safaricom Sued for Alleged Intellectual Property Theft
Kenya's largest mobile operator Safaricom failed to stop the hearing of the infringement of intellectual property case which could cost them millions of US dollars, reports… Read more »
September 14, 2023
Kenya: How Electric Bikes Can Help Make Kenya's Streets Cleaner, and Beat Nairobi's Infamous Traffic #AfricaClimateHope
Entrepreneurs are on a mission to make our cities cleaner and more liveable. Read more »
September 01, 2023
Kenya: Kenya May Lose HIV/Aids Funding if U.S. Makes no Resolution on Kenyan MPs' Request
Kenya might stop receiving funds for HIV if a decision in the U.S. Congress is not made by the end of the month, according to Business Insider Africa. Read more »
August 10, 2023
Kenya: U.S. Won't Pay Compensation for Nairobi Embassy Blast Survivors
Survivors of the terrorist assault in Nairobi on August 7, 1998, are unlikely to get any compensation from the U.S. government after it maintained it had already paid them and put… Read more »
August 08, 2023
Kenya: ICC Prosecutor Withdraws From All Kenyan Cases After Odinga's Conflict of Interest Comment
Karim Khan, the prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC), who is at the center of a dispute between Raila Odinga's Azimio la Umoja One Kenya coalition and President… Read more »
August 03, 2023
Kenya: Kenya Law Society Pours Cold Water on President's Reversal of Logging Ban #AfricaClimateHope
Kenyan lawyers say the government has a case to answer over the recent decision to overturn a six-year ban on logging in the country's vulnerable forest areas. Read more »
August 02, 2023
Africa: Convening Stakeholders to Re-Engineer Media in Africa
In response to pressing appeals from many media practitioners and stakeholders across Africa who believe a free, independent, professional and thriving media industry is essential… Read more »
July 26, 2023
Kenya: Somalia Rejects Mediation Offer in Maritime Border Row With Kenya
Somalia has stated that it will not accept mediation in a maritime dispute with Kenya, which was ruled by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in October 2021, according to The… Read more »
July 19, 2023
Kenya: Schools, Shops Shut as Kenya Braces For Protests
The protests organised by Kenya opposition leader Raila Odinga will go ahead as the government warns demonstrators that violence will not be tolerated after more than a dozen… Read more »
July 18, 2023
Kenya: Kenyan Court Acquits 'Miracle Baby' Preacher of Trafficking
Due to inadequate evidence provided by the prosecution, a Kenyan court has acquitted a notorious self-styled preacher who claimed he could assist infertile couples in conceiving… Read more »
July 17, 2023
Kenya: Raising the Voices of Women with Disabilities #WD2023
The biggest misconception surrounding disabilities is the belief that having a disability equates to inability, says Roselyne Olewe, a leading voice in the fight for the labour… Read more »
July 07, 2023
Kenya: Govt Secures U.S.$$500 Million Loan Arranged by Five International Lenders
Kenya has secured a U.S.$500 million syndicated loan arranged by a consortium of five international lenders, with the proceeds expected to fund ongoing development projects… Read more »
June 13, 2023
Africa: South Africa's EFF Refuses to Cancel Lecture by Homophobic Kenyan Professor
As the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) celebrates its 10th anniversary, the opposition party's move to host Professor Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba at the University of Cape Town… Read more »
June 05, 2023
Africa: Innovations in Agriculture Can Drive Climate- Change Mitigations
The agricultural sector is a significant contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions, responsible for an estimated 19-29 percent, according to the World Bank. This figure… Read more »
May 29, 2023
Africa: Promise of Health for All Hangs in the Balance – A Call to Action
Halfway to the target date for the realisation of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, the promise of health for all hangs in the balance, making it more important… Read more »
May 18, 2023
East Africa: Kenya to Build Three Additional Ships to Boost Oil Shipment to Uganda
Kenya is building three ships to guarantee daily trips to Uganda rather than the country's present weekly excursions, according to reports. Kenya's Energy and Petroleum Cabinet… Read more »
May 19, 2023
Kenya: Ruto Gets Standing Ovation in South Africa But Kenyans Disagree
President William Ruto has been outspoken on the plight of African leaders at the hands of counterparts from the so-called developed world, saying that at times they are… Read more »
May 12, 2023
Kenya: Govt to Spend Close to a Billion U.S. Dollars on New Trains, Railway Overhaul
The government has reportedly announced plans to invest about U.S.$731 million to revamp the Nairobi-Mombasa standard gauge railway (SGR), build new sidings, and buy more… Read more »
April 21, 2023
Kenya: Kenyan Court Rules Meta Has Case to Answer Over Unfair Layoffs, Blacklisting
Facebook parent company Meta has been dealt a blow during a legal battle in Kenya where a court found that the corporation has a case to answer over its allegedly unlawful… Read more »