The tobacco industry is set for another challenge as the health ministry says it will follow Australia's example and try to ban the display of brand names on tobacco packets. Read more »
Bolton midfielder Fabrice Muamba has announced that he is retiring from international football. Muamba is recovering after suffering a heart attack during a match more than five ... Read more »
Elder statesman and leader of the Ijaw nation, Chief Edwin Clark, has replied his critics saying he is not seeking for relevance, cheap publicity or money but the truth. Read more »
Finance Minister Njeru Githae announced that the Canadian government will choose a company to provide Biometric Voter Registration kits for the 2013 elections, which will be ... Read more »
The government says it will ensure the safety of all enumerators involved in the door-to-door census process that kicks off today, after recent reports of assault. Read more »
Draft regulations by the electoral commission wants women seeking to contest certain elective posts to pay a non-refundable nomination fee of Sh500,000 each, an amount that has ... Read more »
More than 70 members of the Al Shabaab militia group have been killed, after they reportedly attacked a Kenya Defence Force base in a remote region of Somalia. Read more »
President Mohamed Mursi has reaffirmed the people's right to protest after an outcry over comments made by al-Azhar Fatwa Committee member Sheikh Hashem Islam calling for the death ... Read more »
Over 70 former politicians applying to be members of the new parliament have been rejected by the selection committee for reportedly having a history of criminal activity or being ... Read more »
Thousands of women protested in Tunis after the recently released draft constitution described women as "complementary to men". Read more »
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