British newspaper celebrates Tabichi on World Teachers Day

By Citizen Reporter,

World Teachers Day is celebrated annually on October 6. On Saturday, the Independent, a morning paper published in London, recognized Kenyan teache...

tabichi , World Teachers Day

Raw deal for sports in Kenya

By Dan Ogega,

  Last season with nine seconds left on the timer, Toronto Raptors small forward Kahwi Leonard, The Klaw, stepped to the free-throw line and k...

kenya , Sport

Uhuru nominates Nairobi lawyer to replace Swazuri as NLC chair

By Benjamin Muriuki,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has nominated Nairobi lawyer Gershom Otachi to be the new National Land Commission (NLC) chairperson. Mr. Otachi is a part...

Gershom Otachi , NLC , Uhuru kenyatta

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

Henry Kiplagat Rotich, the money man from Kimwarer

By Wangui Ngechu,

Henry Rotich, the Cabinet Secretary for National Treasury was on Monday arrested after he surrendered himself at the DCI Headquarters following an arr...

Arror , DPP Noordin Haji , Henry Rotich , Kimwarer

Addicted to internet? Behavioral therapy could work, researchers find

By CNN,

Many people spend hours on the internet every week -- but some people can't pull away. For individuals addicted to internet, there's a type of shor...

Internet addiction

Legacy of lunacy haunts old Kenya railway. Will China’s Ksh.364B line be different?

By CNN,

In 1903, British colonial administrator Sir Charles Norton Edgecumbe Eliot made a bold statement: "It is not uncommon for a country to create a rai...

SGR

U.S. eases restrictions on Huawei, founder says Chinese firm underestimated

By Reuters,

The U.S. government has temporarily eased trade restrictions imposed last week on China’s Huawei, a move aimed at minimizing disruption for its cust...

Huawei

Kenya, Cameroon militaries fighting terrorism through development

By VOA,

A delegation from the Kenyan military is sharing experience on how the Cameroon military engineering corps has taken over road construction projects i...

fighting terrorism , kenya military

Clashing tribes and shrinking grassland as Isiolo airport sparks property boom

By Reuters,

Sitting on a roadside boulder at the edge of Kenya’s Isiolo airport, six young men engage in a friendly argument over what speed an airplane reaches...

Governor Mohamed Kuti , Isiolo Airport , Isiolo County

Clashing tribes, shrinking grassland: Isiolo airport sparks property boom

By Reuters,

Sitting on a roadside boulder at the edge of Isiolo airport, six young men engage in a friendly argument over what speed an airplane reaches on takeof...

Isiolo Airport

UK’s May fires defense secretary over Huawei leak

By Reuters,

British Prime Minister Theresa May fired her defense minister on Wednesday over a leak of discussions in the National Security Council about Chinese t...

World Bank’s new president skips China Belt and Road summit for Africa trip

By Reuters,

Nearly 40 world leaders and scores of finance officials, including International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde, are gathered in Be...

Belt and Road infrastructure summit , china , Malpass , World Bank

‘I am not for sale’ say Nigerian women in anti-trafficking campaign

By Reuters,

Nigeria’s anti-trafficking agency is trying a new approach to preventing women’s exploitation abroad by sharing inspirational stories of women who...

Human Trafficking , nigerian women

Joy turns to fear in Sudan as army takes control after ousting Bashir

By CNN,

Protesters who rushed on to the streets to celebrate the ouster of Sudanese strongman Omar al-Bashir Thursday are facing the prospect of a long strugg...

Bashir , Sudan military

Ivanka Trump plans Africa trip to promote women’s initiative

By VOA,

White House adviser Ivanka Trump is planning a trip to Africa to promote a global women's initiative she's leading. President Donald Trump's daughter...

vanka Trump

Mass Cholera vaccination campaign gets underway in Mozambique

By VOA,

A mass vaccination campaign against cholera has begun in Mozambique to prevent this deadly disease from turning into a full-blown epidemic. Mozambi...

cholera , Mozambique , vaccination

Malaysia’s former leader Najib in the dock as graft trial begins

By Reuters,

Ten years to the day after he was first sworn in as Malaysia’s prime minister, Najib Razak stood trial on Wednesday for corruption charges linked to...

graft , Malaysia , Najib Razak , Rosmah Mansor

US addressing ‘immediate’ humanitarian needs of cyclone idai victims

By VOA,

The U.S. Department of Defense has authorized up to $15 million in aid to areas of Mozambique devastated by Cyclone Idai, the U.S. Africa Command said...

US

Boeing to submit 737 MAX software upgrade ‘in the coming weeks’

By CNN,

Boeing Co said on Monday it planned to submit a proposed software enhancement package for the grounded 737 MAX in “the coming weeks” after the com...

Boeing 737 MAX , FAA