After Magufuli’s death, Tanzania’s opposition now wants VP sworn in immediately

By Reuters,

Condolences poured in following the announcement of the death of Tanzania’s President John Magufuli, while an opposition leader called for the immed...

John Magufuli , Tanzania

She was murdered for catching an Indian priest and nun in a sex act. Three decades later, justice is served

By CNN,

The dead nun's slippers were scattered on the convent kitchen floor -- one near the entrance, the other by the fridge. Her white veil was found sna...

COVID-19 scandal: Cops use tear gas on peaceful protesters at Uhuru Park

By Reuters,

Police used tear gas against dozens of protesters who had gathered at Freedom Corner in Uhuru Park, Nairobi to demonstrate against the COVID-19 scanda...

coronavirus , doctors strike , KEMSA , PPEs , Thuranira Kaugiria

Uganda internet registration stirs free speech concerns

By VOA,

Uganda is ramping up efforts to curtail online content deemed immoral or hateful, a move critics say will silence dissent. Since March 2018, the Ug...

President Yoweri Museveni , social media , Stella Nyanzi , uganda

Four killed in renewed Sudan protests, opposition medics say

By Reuters,

At least four protesters were killed and many injured by gunfire in the Sudanese city of Omdurman on Thursday, opposition medics said, as hundreds of ...

President Omar-Al-Bashir , Rapid Support Forces , Sudan

State of the Nation Address: President Uhuru Kenyatta’s full speech

By Benjamin Muriuki,

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thurday said the State of the Nation is "strong, vibrant and beaming with promise." Here is his full speech during this...

State of the nation address

Memorial service held for Dandora activist Caroline Mwatha – PHOTOS

By Allan Irungu,

Deceased activist Caroline Mwatha was on Thursday afternoon commemorated at Freedom Corner in Uhuru Park, Nairobi. The event was organized by Dando...

Caroline Mwatha , Dandora Community Justice Centre , DCI George Kinoti , Freedom Corner , memorial , willy mutunga

Days after synagogue massacre, online hate is thriving

By VOA,

A website popular with racists that was used by the man charged in the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre was shut down within hours of the slaughter, but ...

ku klux klan , Pittsburgh synagogue massacre

‘The Profiteers’: Kenyans to protest alleged South Sudan looting

By Ruth Leonorah,

A section of Kenyan citizens have organized a peaceful protest against alleged looting of funds in conflict-prone South Sudan by prominent leaders and...

Boniface Mwangi , Foreign Affairs CS Monica Juma , John Allan Namu , South Sudan citizens in Kenya , South Sudan looting , The Profiteers

Kenyans push for Bobi Wine release, plan protest in Nairobi

By Hilda Mbogo,

Kenyans have joined their Ugandan counterparts in demanding for the release of MP Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine. In a show of sol...

Bobi Wine , Robert Kyagulanyi

‘Woman lied she was kicked out of hotel for breastfeeding,’ says management

By Ian Omondi,

The management of Nairobi’s Olive Restaurant has refuted claims that they kicked a woman out of their premises for breastfeeding her baby. In a p...

Breastfeeding mother , Moses K Wambua , Olive restaurant

Egyptian rights lawyer says he’ll run for president in 2018

By Citizen Reporter,

Egyptian human rights lawyer and opposition leader Khaled Ali said on Monday he would challenge President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in the 2018 presidentia...

34 Killed In Cairo Following Unrest In Egypt , ABDEL FATAH EL SISI , Britain suspends egypt's flights , Egypt

French left stages street showdown over Macron reforms

By AFP,

Several thousand demonstrators rallied to a call Saturday by firebrand leftist politician Jean-Luc Melenchon to join a protest in Paris against Presid...

Emmanuel Macron , French Ambassador to Kenya Remi Marechaux , FRENCH PROTESTS

Why car manufacturers turn to archives for ‘new’ ideas

By CNN,

Mark Twain once said: "There is no such thing as a new idea. It is impossible. We simply take a lot of old ideas and put them into a sort of mental ka...

45 patrol cars , armored cars , cars destined for export market , Corolla cars , driverless cars , electric cars

MWANGI: Refusal to accept election results is an offence? Tell it to the birds…

By Isaac Mwangi,

That there is panic in the air is not in doubt. The coming electoral contest appears to have scared the establishment stiff – so much that some of t...

Seven Hong Kong policemen jailed for assault on democracy activist

By Reuters,

A Hong Kong court sentenced seven policemen to two years jail on Friday (February 17) for beating a handcuffed pro-democracy activist during mass demo...

Court rules move to bar activist Boniface Mwangi’s graft protest was unconstitutional

By Agnes Oloo,

  The High Court in Nairobi has declared that Kilimani OCPD violated the constitution by barring Boniface Mwangi and Team Courage from assembl...

Activist Boniface Mwangi , corruption , graft

Gov’t ordered to pay six women Ksh 18 million

By Dzuya Walter,

The government was on Wednesday, January 25 ordered to pay  over Ksh 18 million to six women who spent days and night at Uhuru Park in the year 1992 ...

18 million shillings to six women , 1992 , acts of torture , Anastansia Wanjiru Kimani , arrested , Esther Wanjiku Maina , inhuman and degrading treatment by the police , Irene Wangari Gacheru , Lucy Wanjiru Muli , Pauline Wairimu Kamau , release of their detained sons , uhuru park , Veronica Gichuru.

Anti-corruption demos end in chaos

By Eddy Ashioya,

A demonstration by civil rights activists ended in chaos after police hurled tear-gas canisters to disperse the crowd that had assembled at Freedom Co...

Activist Boniface Mwangi , Anti-corruption demos quelled by police , PAWA 254

PHOTOS: Activists call for action against corruption

By Wangui Ngechu,

Human rights activist Boniface Mwangi led hundreds of protesters to Freedom Corner in Uhuru Park over the alleged misappropriation of funds by governm...

activists , afya house scandal , Anti Corruption , Boniface Mwangi , Demo , Freedom Corner , graft , NYS , protests , uhuru park