Facebook accounts for top Uganda officials shut down

By Agencies,

Facebook has shut down accounts of top Uganda officials who are said to have manipulated public debate ahead of elections on Thursday. Also Read: T...

bobi , facebook , Museveni , uganda

The unfinished race: Kimetto, Jelimo to Rudisha…what went wrong?

By Isaac Swila,

Isaac Swila in Nairobi Sandra Lamwaka in Kampala Gilbert Kiprotich in Eldoret David Rudisha is an “A class'' athlete, but it’s debata...

Alfred Kirwa Yego , David Rudisha , Dorcas Inzikiru , Pamela Jelimo , Unfinished Race

2020 review: No respite as doping cases plague Kenyan athletes

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Gilbert KiprotichChief athletics writer Year 2020 will go down as one to forget for Kenyan athletes owing to the high profile sanctions imposed on th...

Daniel Wanjiru , Doping offences , Elijah Manangoi , kenya , Kenyan Athletes , Wherebouts failure , Wilson Kipsang

MPs approve state of emergency after Ethiopia military operation in Tigray

By VOA,

Ethiopia’s parliament on Thursday validated a six-month state of emergency in the rebellious northern Tigray region. This after the federal gover...

biy Ahmed , Ethiopia , tigray

Kenyan trio nominated for World Athletics award

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

The Kenyan trio of world 5,000m champion Hellen Obiri, Olympic 1,500m champion Faith Kipyegon and Half Marathon world record holder Peres Jepchirchir ...

award , Faith Kipyegon , Female World Athlete , Hellen Obiri , Peres Jepchirchir

Champions Kipchoge and Kosgei set for titanic clashes in London

By World Athletics,

He is already the history man of marathon running but Eliud Kipchoge will be chasing another record-breaking milestone when he lines up for Sunday’s...

Brigid Kosgei , Eliud Kipchoge , Kenenisa Bekele , London Marathon , Vivian CVheruiyot

McGregor detained in connection with alleged sexual assault

By Reuters,

Former UFC featherweight and lightweight champion Conor McGregor was taken into custody in Corsica on Saturday amid allegations of attempted sexual as...

Conor McGregor

The former King of Belgium’s love child is suing for royal status

By CNN,

The love child of the former king of Belgium, Albert II, is asking a court to grant her royal status, months after she was recognized as his fourth c...

Albert II , Delphine Boël , Royalty

‘Black Panther’ star Chadwick Boseman, 43, dies from colon cancer

By VOA,

Chadwick Boseman, the star of the ground-breaking superhero movie "Black Panther," has died from colon cancer, his publicist told AFP on Friday. Bo...

Black Panther , Chadwick boseman

Barcelona plot an ‘audacious bid’ for Senegalese star Mane should Messi leave

By Agencies,

Barcelona could turn to Liverpool star Sadio Mane should Lionel Messi leave the club with the Senegalese reportedly 'willing' to move to the Nou Camp ...

Barcelona , Camp Nou , Lioenl Messi , Liverpool , Plot bid , Ronald Koeman , Sadio Mane , Senegal

SWILA: Continued doping test failures a stain on Kenya’s athletic prowess

By Isaac Swila,

Isaac Swilain Nairobi A dark cloud hangs over the future of Kenyan athletics if the fragrant and continued violation of anti-doping rules by the athl...

ADAK , doping , Elijah Manangoi , WADA , Wilson Kipsang

OPINION: Africa’s twin battles – COVID-19 and fake news

By Guest Writer,

By Yemisi Adegoke Just under four months after Africa recorded its first coronavirus case, the number of confirmed cases has reached more than 250,...

BBC , coronavirus , COVID-19 , ebola , fake news , who

Mathare residents protest police brutality

By VOA,

Residents of Mathare slum marched Monday to protest police brutality in the enforcement of a curfew that is part of the effort to contain the spread o...

Mathare , police brutality

How football legend Drogba, helped to halt civil war in his home nation

By Agencies,

Al-Merrikh Stadium, in Sudan's second largest city of Omdurman, is not one of the world's great gladiatorial arenas. Yet this small ground - known as ...

african cup of nations , Bouake , chelsea , Didier Drogba , Ivory Coast , Laurent Gbagbo , World cup

Facebook partners with Kenyan Government to combat Coronavirus

By Agencies,

Facebook on Friday announced its partnership with the Kenyan government to keep Kenyans safe and informed about COVID-19 through updates on its platfo...

Bobi Wine, George Weah, Ndlovu Youth Choir raising coronavirus awareness through song

By VOA,

Music is often called the universal language. African artists are finding that, when trying to spread lifesaving information about the coronavirus pan...

bobi , coronavirus , ndlovu youth choir , Weah

64 Ethiopians found dead in shipping container in Mozambique

By CNN,

The bodies of 64 male migrants were discovered Tuesday in a sealed shipping container at a checkpoint in Tete, Mozambique, according to the UN's Inter...

Mozambique

Nearly 1 billion people confined to homes globally due to coronavirus

By Tonny Ndungu,

Close to one billion people worldwide were confined to their homes on Saturday as the global coronavirus death toll shot past 11,000 and U.S. states r...

coronavirus

Ageing players, tactical naivety…the sad tale of Shujaa’s decline

By Alex Kinyua,

Analysis by Alex Kinyua When Kenya Sevens team Shujaa won the Singapore Sevens leg in the IRB Series in 2016, it was a breath of fresh air and a sigh...

Benjamin Ayimba , decline , IRB Series , Kenya Sevens , Paul Feeney , Shujaa

David Rudisha: These are my life struggles

By Agencies,

Snoozing in Nairobi airport's departure lounge in a navy blue suit, David Rudisha looks like just another businessman having a quick power nap. His...

accident , David Rudisha , Olympic 800m champion , Olympics 2020 , struggles