Three-star Senegal leave Kenya on the brink

By Isaac Swila,

Swila Isaac in Cairo, Egypt At the immaculate 30 June Stadium here in Cairo, the stars aligned themselves for Senegalese Lions as they mauled Kenya 3...

3-0 , 30 June Stadium , AFCON2019 , Harambee Stars , kenya , Senegal

Four Catholics killed in another Burkina Faso church attack

By Reuters,

Unidentified assailants killed four Catholics and destroyed a statue of the Virgin Mary in northern Burkina Faso, a bishop said on Tuesday, the third ...

Burkina Faso , catholic , Paul Ouedraogo

FULL LIST: Uhuru appoints former MPs, Governor to top parastatal jobs

By Benjamin Muriuki,

A handful of individuals who lost in the last General Election have been awarded plum parastatal jobs as board directors and board members. In also...

Parastatal appointments

Venezuela’s Maduro orders militia expansion as Guaido tours blackout-ravaged state

By Reuters,

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Saturday ordered an expansion of civilian militia by nearly one million members as opposition leader Juan Guaid...

Juan Guaido , President Nicolas Maduro , Venezuela

Investor education still a bug to M-Akiba uptake

By Kepha Muiruri,

Experts have largely identified insufficient investor knowledge as the prevailing and underlying challenge to topping the uptake of the mobile phone t...

m-akiba , National Treasury , nse

Hunger stalks Yemen’s remote villages after four years of war

By Reuters,

As Yeman’s war grinds into its fifth year with peace efforts stalling, ten-year-old Afaf’s father sees little hope he will be able to give his sta...

Hunger , President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi , United Nations , Yemen

Venezuela’s Guaido calls for massive protest as blackout drags on

By Reuters,

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido on Saturday called on citizens nationwide to travel to the capital Caracas for a protest against socialist Pr...

Juan Guaido , Venezuelan

Pope Francis arrives in UAE for historic Gulf visit, condemns Yemen war

By Reuters,

Pope Francis on Sunday became the first pontiff to set foot on the Arabian Peninsula, just hours after issuing his strongest condemnation yet of the w...

Pope Francis , Yemen

NSE buyouts likely to extend listings drought

By Kepha Muiruri,

Private buyouts of Nairobi’s Securities Exchange (NSE) listed firms are likely to extend the bourse’s already lengthy listing drought. This as ...

AIB Capital , Aly Khan Sachu , Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) , Sarah Wanga

Ex-leader leads preliminary results in Madagascar presidential poll

By Reuters,

Counting of votes from a presidential poll was underway in Madagascar early Thursday with former leader Andry Rajoelina commanding a slim lead in earl...

Andry Rajoelina , Madagascar , Marc Ravalomanana , President Hery Rajaonarimampianina

Bloggers win court order stopping State crackdown

By Reuters,

Tanzanian bloggers and rights activists won a temporary court injunction on Friday against a government order to register their online platforms that ...

Tanzania bloggers

The Old Dubai; Emirati Culture – VIDEO

By Mac Otani,

We all know Dubai, a full blown show of decadence. Skyscrapers, million dollar cars, 7 star hotels, sheikhs who spend like money is going out of style...

Carole Mandi (True Love East Africa and Drum East Africa) , Dubai's Emirati culture , Kiki Marli (Blogger) , Sheikh Mohammed Centre for Cultural Understanding (SMCCU) , Susan Preston (Nubian Bride Magazine) , Susan Wong (Capital Lifestyle) , The Abra , The Old Dubai; Emirati Culture , tour of Dubai

Escaping the Exorcist: Chad’s ‘snake children’ turn carpenters and musicians

By VOA,

When Koutu Saimon's son, Wheener, was born almost four months premature and "as small as a mouse," friends and relatives in Chad turned to the new mot...

Chad MP Arrested In Foiled Coup , Chad war crimes verdict a milestone on long road to African rights court , chad's mahamat , Chad’s President Idriss Deby

Etihad Airways in for 2019 Special Olympics games

By Jacob Icia,

Etihad Airways was on Monday unveiled as the official airline partner of the 2019 Special Olympic World Summer Games, an event that will bring togethe...

Abu Dhabi , Etihad Airways , Special Olympics , World Summer Games

‘Tailored to win’ – Wanjiru out to rock London again

By Charity Wanja,

After bagging this year's London Marathon title, Daniel Kinyua Wanjiru will be heading back to the English Capital bearing aspirations of a similar t...

athletics , Daniel Wanjiru , Edna Kiplagat , Helah Kiprop , IAAF World Championships , London 2017 , London Marathon , Marathon

Mystery deaths in Liberia linked to funeral – WHO

By Reuters,

Nine people have died and eight are sick in Liberia after attending the funeral of a religious leader, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Fri...

Medals for Passports: How Bahrain is striking gold in Kenya

By Charity Wanja,

At around 5:33pm East African Time (+3GMT) on January 24, 2017, a rickety ageing 14-seater Public Service Vehicle commonly known in Kenya as ‘Nissan...

athletics , Athletics Kenya , Bahrain , Barnabas Korir , Eunice Kirwa , kenya , Moses Kiptanui , Nationality , Rio 2016 , Ruth Jebet

Kipkemboi, Jelagat romp to Stanchart Nairobi titles

By Charity Wanja,

Robert Kipkemboi and Jane Jelagat- a training partner of Olympics champion Jemimah Sumgong- romped to the men and women Nairobi International Stanchar...

athletics , Jane Jelagat , Jemimah Jelagat , Nairobi Stanchart Marathon , olympics , Robert Kipkemboi

Hunger, looting, suspected cholera hit South Sudan

By Reuters,

Dozens of people have fallen ill with suspected cholera in South Sudan's capital of Juba, while a U.N. food warehouse was looted and destroyed, incurr...

cholera , Hunger , Juba , looting , south sudan , suspected cholera , U.N

Helah Kiprop out to turn second of pain into gold

By Charity Wanja,

In most aspects of life, one second, that is the base unit of time in the International System of Units (SI) qualitatively defined as the second divis...

2015 IAAF World Championships , athletics , Helah Kiprop , Jemimah Sumgong , Marathon , Mare Dibaba , olympics , Rio 2016 , Visiline Jepkesho , Women Marathon