Former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo launches new political party

By VOA,

Former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo launched a new political party Saturday, formally breaking ties with those who ran his previous party while he...

Ivory Coast , Laurent Gbagbo , Pascal Affi N'Guessan

Lawyer Evans Monari dies at Nairobi Hospital

By Citizen Reporter,

Lawyer Evans Monari who was part of President Uhuru Kenyatta's legal team at the Iinternational Criminal Court (ICC) has passed on. According to th...

Lawyer Evans Monari

R. Kelly branded ‘a predator’ as he’s convicted of racketeering and sex trafficking

By CNN,

Jurors have found R&B singer R. Kelly guilty of racketeering, including acts of bribery and sexual exploitation of a child, along with separate ch...

R Kelly

The 74-year-old who dated her lovers, poisoned them with cyanide, and then inherited their money

By CNN,

At 75, Isao Kakehi was in good health and in love. It was 2013, and he had embarked on an exciting new relationship with Chisako Kakehi, a 67-yea...

Black Widow , Chisako Kakehi , murders

‘You don’t have to arrest judges in commando style,’ CJ Koome tells police

By Ian Omondi,

Chief Justice Martha Koome has called for the protection of the integrity of judges accused of committing crimes during their arrest. CJ Koome, in ...

CJ Martha Koome , JSC , judges , Police

Rio scandal: Former CS Wario sentenced to 6 years in jail or pay Ksh.3.6M fine

By Dzuya Walter,

Hassan Wario, the former Sports Cabinet Secretary, has been fined Ksh.3.6 million by a Nairobi court after being found guilty of corruption, abuse of ...

Hassan Wario

RIO 2016 scandal: Former Sports CS Hassan Wario found guilty

By Dzuya Walter,

Former Sports Cabinet Secretary Hassan Wario and former National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOCK) Stephen Soi have been convicted of corruption and a...

Hassan Wario , Stephen Soi

Deadly rape of Indian woman has ‘shaken the nation once again’

By CNN,

An Indian woman allegedly assaulted and raped in Mumbai on Friday has died of her injuries, in a case activists say bears a striking similarity to the...

gang rape , India , Police Commissioner Hemant Nagrale

Mexico is suing U.S gunmakers for thousands of guns trafficked across the border each year. Can they win?

By CNN,

When early in his term, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador called on the United States to stem the flow of weapons trafficked across the bo...

Gun manufacturers , Mexico , President Andrés Manuel López Obrador

CJ Martha Koome says 50 more magistrates to be hired to clear case backlog

By Ian Omondi,

Chief Justice Martha Koome has announced that 50 more magistrates will be recruited into the Judiciary from next month to help ease the case backlog...

Case backlog , CJ Martha Koome , Judiciary

ICC awaits Sudan’s decision on Bashir

By VOA,

Political analysts and rights groups have welcomed reports that Sudan may hand former president Omar al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court. Ba...

ICC , omar al bashir

Sudan to hand ex-President Omar al-Bashir to ICC

By CNN,

The Sudanese government will hand Omar al-Bashir over to the International Criminal Court (ICC) along with other officials wanted over the Darfur conf...

omar al bashir

PROFILE: Judie Kaberia’s journey from radio intern to new AMWIK boss

By Guest Writer,

By Patience Nyange and Esther Kiragu This week in the #KenyaWomenSeries, we feature a powerhouse in the media and journalism sector, not just in Ke...

#KenyaWomenSeries , AMWIK , Judie Kaberia

Russians hacked federal prosecutors, U.S Justice Department says

By VOA,

The Russian hackers behind the massive SolarWinds cyberespionage campaign broke into the email accounts of some of the most prominent federal prosecut...

DPP Haji wants three-judge bench constituted to hear ex-Treasury CS Rotich case

By Dzuya Walter,

Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Haji wants a three-judge bench empaneled to hear and determine the case filed by former Treasury Cabin...

Arror and Kimwarer dams , corruption , DPP Noordin Haji , Henry Rotich

R Kelly accused of abusing a boy he met in a McDonald’s

By CNN,

With two weeks left until jury selection is to begin in R. Kelly's federal racketeering trial, Brooklyn prosecutors are asking to admit additional evi...

R Kelly

Criminal probe sought after Malawi police compensate rape victims

By VOA,

Malawi’s government has paid thousands of dollars in compensation to women who allegedly were sexually assaulted by police officers during post-elec...

Judge Kenyatta Nyirenda , Malawi , Malawi Police Service , rape

Postmortem shows suspected serial killer strangled two of his victims

By Citizen Reporter,

There was a moment of silence as DCI detectives, officers from the government chemist and parents of three victims of suspected serial killer Masten W...

masten Wanjala

UNICEF condemns the kidnapping, killing of children in Kenya

By Teddy Otieno,

The United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund has condemned the kidnapping and murder of children in Nairobi and other parts of the country. UNICE...

Unicef Kenya

Rules for intersex athletes ‘similar to apartheid’

By Reuters,

World Athletics is imposing a kind of apartheid on women with intersex variations by requiring them to reduce high testosterone levels with medication...

Intersex , World Athletics