2020 review: Millions mark end of the year in economic despair

By Kepha Muiruri,

Like any other year, the start of 2020 was premised on high hopes for better fortunes and tidings by Kenyans with many coining the unofficial phrase �...

coronavirs , economy , tax

Landlord decapitated over rent in Hartford

By CNN,

The Hartford Police Department responded to a 911 call Saturday morning from the landlord, Victor King, who said that his roommate Jerry Thompson, 42,...

Rent

Brazilian drug dealer who attempted to escape prison by dressing as his daughter found dead in cell

By CNN,

A Brazilian inmate, who went viral around the world for his attempt to escape prison disguised as his daughter, was found dead in his cell on Tuesday....

Brazilian drug dealer , Clauvino da Silva , prison

Prison riot in Brazil leaves 16 inmates decapitated and dozens more killed

By CNN,

At least 57 people were killed, including 16 who were decapitated, during a vicious gang battle that erupted in a prison in northern Brazil on Monday ...

16 Inmates dead , Brazil , Decapitat , Prison riot

Lawyer requests Moroccan state compensation for families of murdered Scandinavian women

By Reuters,

A lawyer for the family of a Danish tourist who was found killed last year along with a Norwegian hiker, on Thursday asked the Moroccan state to guara...

compensation , lawyer , Scandinavia , Victims

‘High ranking’ Gov’t officers accused of trying to sabotage e-Citizen

By Kepha Muiruri,

Webmasters Kenya Limited, the firm behind the creation of the e-Citizen payment system has raised the alarm on underhand tactics meant at decapitating...

e-citizen , Goldrock Capital , National Treasury , Webmasters Kenya Limited

UN probing North Korea sanctions violations in 20 Countries

By VOA,

U.N. experts say they are investigating possible violations of United Nations sanctions on North Korea in about 20 countries, from alleged clandestine...

North Korea , UN

New UN report shows North Korea avoiding sanctions

By VOA,

A new report by the United Nations shown to the Security Council Friday claims North Korea is working to ensure its weapons cannot be destroyed by mil...

North Korea , United Nations

Central African Republic, rebel groups initial peace deal

By VOA,

Central African Republic's government on Tuesday initialed a peace deal with 14 armed groups following unprecedented talks aimed at ending more than f...

Central African Republic

Facebook, Google tools reveal new political ad tactics

By Reuters,

Public databases that shine a light on online political ads - launched by Facebook and Google before Tuesday’s U.S. elections - offer the public the...

facebook , Google

Facebook’s Cameroon problem: stop online hate stoking conflict

By Reuters,

A video link posted on Facebook on June 20 showed a man cooking human body parts in a pot over a wood fire. In Cameroon, the footage went viral. So...

Tanzania arrests 104 people for plotting ‘radical camps’ in Mozambique

By Reuters,

Tanzanian police have arrested 104 suspected militants planning to establish bases in neighboring Mozambique, where scores of people have been killed ...

Mozambique , President Filipe Nyusi , Tanzania

Imminent attacks’ against U.S. embassy

By CNN,

The US Embassy in Mozambique has warned of "imminent attacks" against government and commercial centers and urged US citizens to leave the area. Th...

US Embassy

Hunger brings death to Congo’s Kasai after guns fall silent

By Araka Haron,

By reuters The guns have fallen silent in the Congolese town of Mwene Ditu, but each day starving children arrive at the small hospital there battl...

Christophe Boulierac , Democratic Republic of Congo. , Kamuina Nsapu militia , Kasai region , President Joseph Kabila , town of Mwene Ditu , unicef

Who killed U.N. experts in Congo? Confidential prosecutor’s file offers clues

By Reuters,

U.N. investigators Zaida Catalan and Michael Sharp were on familiar ground when they sat down with local leaders in central Congo in March to discuss ...

Danish police find decapitated head of Swedish journalist

By AFP,

Danish police said Saturday that divers had recovered the decapitated head and the legs of Swedish journalist Kim Wall, who vanished in August while i...

Etale, ex-British soldier narrates ordeal in Afghanistan war

By Samuel Ramtu,

David Opati Etale is a Kenyan born to a construction worker and his wife who lived in Nairobi's Huruma slums before moving to Maringo Estate. He at...

Afghanistan war , British army , David Opati Etale , pstd , Taliban

Army of bewitched children is target of Congo massacres: UN

By Reuters,

A militia group blamed for atrocities in Congo is largely composed of children, while a militia formed to defeat it is suspected of a campaign of ethn...

Man handed death sentence for killing wife in front of kids

By Wanjiku Wanjiru,

A 35-five-year-old man has been sentenced to death by the Nanyuki High Court for killing his wife. The court was told how the man, Alexander Karue,...

death sentence , domestic violence , homicide , Judge Mary Kasango , kihii , knife , man kills wife , murder , Nanyuki high court

Congo Militia Decapitates More Than 40 Police Officers in Ambush

By VOA,

A Congolese militia decapitated 42 policemen in an ambush near the central Democratic Republic of Congo city of Kananga, a local official said Saturda...

Congo , M23 , mai mai , militia