CS Najib Balala summoned by EACC over Ksh.100M conference contract

By Olivia Gatwiri,

Cabinet Secretary for Tourism and Wildlife will on Monday, February 18 has been summoned by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission over a Ksh.100 m...

EACC , Najib Balala

Ambani turns down Leopards assistant coach role

By Godfrey Ashiali,

AFC Leopards legend Boniface Ambani has turned down his appointment as senior team’s assistant head coach, just three days after the club hierarchy ...

AFC Leopards , Appointment , Boniface Ambani , turns down

Opposition leader accuses Kenya, South Sudan of kidnap

By VOA,

“I was terrified ... I knew that I was heading for a terrible situation.” For the first time, the spokesman for South Sudan’s armed oppositio...

Endley , Gatdet Dak , Machar , south sudan

Nissan says co-operating with SEC inquiry after report of probe on executive pay

By Reuters,

Nissan Motor Co Ltd on Monday said it was the target of a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) inquiry, as the Japanese automaker itself face...

Nissan , U.S SEC

Zimbabwe army says ‘bogus’ soldiers behind beatings

By Reuters,

Zimbabwe’s army said on Thursday soldiers accused of beating residents in townships following protests over fuel price hikes were impostors who tarn...

Alphios Makotore , Human Rights Commission , President Emmerson Mnangagwa , Robert Mugabe , Zimbabwe

French company’s takeover of KenolKobil in final stages

By Kepha Muiruri,

French petroleum marketer Rubis Energie SAS could complete the takeover of KenolKobil as early as March 2019 following the acquisition of the necessar...

Capital Markets Authority , KenolKobil , Rubis Energie SAS

U.N. Security Council mulls Myanmar action; Russia, China boycott talks

By Reuters,

The U.N. Security Council is considering action to push Myanmar to work with the United Nations to address the Rohingya refugee crisis, although China...

Ambassador Hau Do Suan , Ambassador Ma Zhaoxu , Bangladesh , Britain , china , France , Myanmar , Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi , Rakhine state , Rohingya Community , russia , The United States , U.N. Security Council

Central African war crimes suspect ‘Rambo’ handed to global court

By Reuters,

A war crimes suspect wanted for alleged murder, deportation and torture of Muslims in the Central African Republic has been handed over to the Interna...

Alfred Yekatom , Central African Republic (CAR) , International Criminal Court in the Hague , war crimes

Central African Republic war crimes suspect ‘Rambo’ detained

By Reuters,

A war crimes suspect wanted for alleged murder, deportation and torture of Muslims in the Central African Republic has been detained and handed over t...

Central African Republic (CAR) , Crime suspect , Rambo , war

Zimbabwe’s Chamisa says he’ll testify to inquiry only if president does

By Reuters,

Zimbabwean opposition leader Nelson Chamisa said on Thursday that he would only testify before an inquiry into post-election violence that killed six ...

Kgalema Motlante , Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) , Nelson Chamisa , Police chief Godwin Matanga , President Emmerson Mnangagwa , tendai biti

French Bishops launch ‘independent’ commission on sex abuse in Catholic Church

By CNN,

French Bishops have announced plans to establish an "independent" commission to look into the sexual abuse of minors within the Catholic Church dating...

Catholic churches , French bishops , Pope Francis , sex abuse , Vatican news

14-member sugar task force unveiled

By Sam Gituku,

The government has announced a 14-member task force in a fresh initiative to try and rescue the crippled sugar sector. The task force to be gazette...

Facebook referred to EU watchdog over targeting, fake ads

By Wycliffe Nyamasege,

Britain’s information watchdog has referred Facebook to the lead regulator under Europe’s data regime to look at how the social network targets, m...

Cambridge Analytica , Data privacy , facebook

Saudi Arabia tells U.N. it will prosecute Jamal Khashoggi killers

By Reuters,

Saudi Arabia told the United Nations on Monday it would prosecute those responsible for the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at its Istanbul cons...

Bandar Al Aiban , Jamal Khashoggi , King Salman , Saud al-Mojeb

Student dies in Makueni school after colliding with football teammate

By Michael Mutinda,

A Form Three student at Kalungu Secondary School in Kibwezi, Makueni County died on Monday after he collided with his team mate while playing football...

kibwezi , makueni county , Student dies in Kibwezi

5 Nyeri Public Service Board officials arrested

By Citizen Reporter,

Five members of the Nyeri Public Service Board have been arrested over recruitment irregularities. The charge and cautionary process is ongoing at ...

Nyeri Public Service Board

Social media movement against police brutality forced Nigeria to act

By CNN,

For more than a quarter of a century, Nigeria's Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) has taken the lead on the country's most serious crimes — armed ro...

#EndSARS , Amnesty International , Daniel Ekanem , President Muhammadu Buhari , Segun Awosanya , Vice President Yemi Osinbajo

ICJ condemns demolitions, Mau evictions as it accuses gov’t of bias

By Samuel Ramtu,

The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), an international human rights NGO, has criticised the government over the ongoing demolitions of buildi...

demolitions , ICJ , Mau forest , Riparian land

Western Kenya leaders differ over sugar report

By Jacque Maribe,

A section of Western Kenya leaders have demanded that the sugar report be reintroduced back to Parliament. Speaking during a Press conference in Pa...

Eugene Wamalwa , Moses Wetangula , Musalia Mudavadi , sugar scandal

Sexual abuse ‘endemic’ in international aid sector, damning report finds

By CNN,

Sexual abuse of vulnerable women and girls by international aid workers is "endemic" and has been happening for years, with perpetrators easily moving...