Handball giants Moi Girls have eyes on China

By Namisi Cheptai,

The East African handball champions Moi Girls High School Kamusinga have began training in preparation for the inaugural World High School Games in Ho...

East African School Games , Moi Girls , Moi Girls Kamusinga , School Games

DCI orders arrest of Wendy Waeni’s ex-manager Joe Mwangi

By Wangui Ngechu,

The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has issued a warrant of arrest for child star Wendy Waeni's former manager. Also Read:Did he steal...

Wendy Waeni

Animal activists want slaughter of donkeys banned over low numbers

By Peter Mwangi,

Animal rights activists are calling on the government to ban the slaughter of donkeys in the country claiming the practice was decimating the number o...

Were returns, Odhiambo dropped to Kenya reserves

By Agencies,

Newly appointed Harambee Stars coach Francis Kimanzi has named the provisional squad for the scheduled friendly match against Uganda next month. Th...

Francis Kimanzi , Harambee Stars , Jesse Were

Kenya beats Djibouti in race for non-permanent seat at UN Security Council

By Philip Mwaniki,

The African Union (AU) has endorsed Kenya as the sole United Nations Security Council (UNSC) candidate. This means that Kenya has the sole non-perm...

Jamaica , Uhuru kenyatta , UNSC

China to host inaugural World School Games

By Stanley Mativo,

  Stanley Mativo in Arusha Winners of this year’s Federation of East Africa Secondary Schools Sports Association (FEASSSA) games will pla...

china , David Ngugi , East Africa School Games , FEASSSA , inaugural World School Games

Kenyans applaud dusitD2 reopening six months after horrific attack

By Citizen Reporter,

Kenyans rallied behind dusitD2 Hotel in Nairobi as it reopened its doors to the public on Thursday, six months after the horrific attack at the comple...

dusitD2

Container delivering goods to Parliament from the Chinese gov’t arrives empty

By Benjamin Muriuki,

The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) is probing circumstances under which a container delivering electronic equipment to Parliament from C...

Chinese embassy , parliament

First Lady Margaret Kenyatta talks tough on ivory trade war

By PSCU,

First Lady Margaret Kenyatta has reaffirmed Kenya’s push for closure of all ivory trade markets across the world. She said Kenya will continue wi...

ivory trade , Margaret Kenyatta

Uganda to start new vehicle production by June 2022

By Reuters,

Uganda is aiming to start assembling new vehicles by June 2022, with an initial production capacity of 5,000 units per year, a top official of the sta...

Isaac Musasizi , Kiira Motors Corporation , uganda

The wildcat gold miners who get rich sick in Ghana

By Reuters,

A few years after coming as a teenager to this town in Ghana to prospect for gold, Yaw Ngoha had made enough cash to marry his sweetheart and build a ...

Ghana , Gold Mining

Top tourist spots crack down as they become victim of own success

By Reuters,

It is not the sheer number of tourists descending on Venice that bothers Italian food blogger Monica Cesarato so much as the type of visitor. Not s...

tourism , UNESCO

How China is slowly expanding its power in Africa, one TV set at a time

By CNN,

In the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya, Michael Nganga is watching a Chinese Kung Fu movie. His small home in Limuru doesn't have running water and i...

China in Africa , Pang tV , StarTimes , TRANSSION

Zimbabwean vice president in China to receive treatment for unknown illness

By Reuters,

Zimbabwean Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has been flown to China for medical treatment, a presidential spokesman said on Monday, but gave no det...

china , Constantino Chiwenga , President Emmerson Mnangagwa , Zimbabwe

Kenya Morans to face Nigeria, DR Congo at AfroCan

By Stephen Kiprop,

The national men's basketball team will face Nigeria and DR Congo in Pool B of the AfroCan Games that will jump off on July 19 at the Palais des sport...

morans

Sawe targets bigger heights at London DL

By Philip Muchiri,

Two-time African High Jump champion Mathew Sawe is set to compete at the 10th stop of the IAAF Diamond League Series in London over the weekend. It...

Diamond League , Matthew Sawe

Fintech: Kenya’s Wapi Pay seeks payment solutions between Asia and Africa

By Kepha Muiruri,

Kenyan based financial technology (fintech) company Wapi Pay has moved to strengthen payments on its Afro-Asia corridor under a new partnership with S...

Afro-Asia fintech festival , CBK , digital payments , Wapi Pay

Magufuli urges Tanzanian women to ‘set ovaries free’

By Reuters,

President John Magufuli urged Tanzanian women to “set your ovaries free” and bear more children as a way to help boost the economy into a regional...

President John Magufuli , Tanzanian women

New York Times explains controversial ‘tone-deaf’ Nairobi boss advert

By Ian Omondi,

A representative from the New York Times has come out to offer an explanation on the recent controversial Nairobi bureau chief advertisement that rubb...

Michael Slackman , Nairobi Bureau , New York Times

Former Kenyan journalist appointed to Long Beach-Mombasa Sister City board

By Citizen Reporter,

A former Kenyan journalist, Mishael Ondieki, has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Long Beach-Mombasa Sister City program. The city o...

Long Beach , Mishael Ondieki