How the U.S. helped Museveni stay in power for over 3 decades

By CNN,

Ugandans go to the polls on January 14, with Bobi Wine and nine other candidates challenging incumbent President Yoweri Museveni, who has been in powe...

bobi , Museveni , uganda

China promised Africa coronavirus vaccines were a priority. But where are they?

By CNN,

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi concludes his tour of Africa this weekend without making a single concrete vaccine commitment to a continent hoping a...

china , coronavirus , vaccine

Handshake at Gor: Rachier, Ocholla bury the hatchet as K’Ogalo entertain Belouizdad

By Milton Ochieng,

Gor Mahia chairman Ambrose Rachier and secretary general Sam Ocholla have buried the hatchet ahead of the club's CAF Champions League game against Bel...

Ambrose Rachier , Burry the hatchet , feud , GOR MAHIA , Reconcile , Sam Ocholla , TV rights deal

Shona celebrate Kenyan citizenship as decades of closed legal doors open

By VOA,

Members of the ethnic Shona community in Kenya are celebrating their new status as Kenyan citizens after decades of being stateless. Nazizi Dube ga...

shona

Year in review: Court cases for FKF and a contentious election

By Jacob Icia,

@icia_jacob When the Covid-19 pandemic stopped every football activity from March and for the better part of 2020, one aspect of the beautiful game c...

FKF , Nick Mwendwa

Lawyer Wambui brings boxing and justice to the slums

By Reuters,

When lawyer Shadrack Wambui was growing up in one of Nairobi’s slums, he vented his frustration at abusive police through boxing, cultivating discip...

Shadrack Wambui

Mdundo wants to be the Spotify of Africa

By CNN,

Mdundo provides access to the continent's favorite music to more than 6 million monthly active users. Set up in 2013 by Danish expat Martin Nielsen...

mdundo , Spotify

Year in Review: Malkia Strikers braved it all to qualify for Olympics

By Stanley Mativo,

Stanley Mutinda Chief volleyball writer Despite the “Grand-Bluff” that was the year 2020,  thanks to the novel coronavirus pandemic which has br...

2020 in Review , Cameroon , Janet Wanaja , Malkia Strikers , Paul Bitok , Sealed Olympics Games ticket , YEAR IN REVIEW

Odhiambo promises good start as Gor, Ulinzi clash in FKF-PL

By Jacob Icia,

The FKF-PL enters the third round this weekend, it is a distinctive weekend for champions Gor Mahia who will be launching their title defense against ...

Benson Omalla , FKF PL , GOR MAHIA , k'Ogalo , Patrick Odhiambo , Ulinzi Stars

U.N. says human rights must be at core of COVID-19 recovery

By VOA,

The U.N. high commissioner for human rights has issued a call to action for international Human Rights Day to build back in a more sustainable and j...

coronavirus , human rights

Tigray fighting is spiraling out of control, U.N. Human Rights chief warns

By VOA,

The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, warns that fighting in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region is spiraling out of control...

Abiy Ahmed , Ethiopia , tigray

COVID-19 killing Americans at staggering rate

By CNN,

As millions of Americans head home after Thanksgiving, the coronavirus could be hitching a ride -- threatening to plant seeds of infection across the ...

coronavirus

Image rights, fast cars and a ‘tank’: Maradona’s death triggers complex inheritance

By Reuters,

Diego Maradona’s death has triggered an outpouring of grief around the world. Now comes the scramble for a share of the soccer legend’s complex fi...

Daeath , diego maradona , Image rights , Inheritance

Ethiopia war destabilising east Africa, warns EU

By Reuters,

Fighting between Ethiopia’s military and regional forces from the northern Tigray region is seriously destabilising the East African and Horn region...

Ethiopia , tigray

Show me the details, Rachier tells Mwendwa over StarTimes deal

By Jacob Icia,

  Jacob Icia in Nairobi Just a day to the official unveiling of the Football Kenya Federation Premier League (FKF-PL) official broadcast partn...

Ambrose Rachier , FKF PL , Football Kenya Federation Premier League , Nick Mwendwa , StarTimes

Gor in civil war as Rachier suspends SG Ocholla, turns ire on FKF

By Isaac Swila,

Isaac Swila, Sports editor A civil war has erupted at Kenya's most decorated football club Gor Mahia after club chairman Ambrose Rachier on Tuesday e...

Ambrose Rachier , CAF , GOR MAHIA , Sam Ocholla

Inaugural Tisini football summit held in Nairobi

By Agencies,

The First edition of the Annual Tisini Football summit kicked off on Thursday in Westlands, Nairobi. Telecommunications Giants Safaricom sponsored ...

Messi: I’m tired of being blamed for everything

By Reuters,

A frustrated Lionel Messi said he is tired of being blamed for problems at Barcelona after he was accused by Antoine Griezmann’s former agent of mak...

FC Barcelona , Lionel Messi

OPINION: The seismic economic effects of coronavirus

By Rachel Ombaka,

Every day, the Ministry of Health provides us with COVID-19 statistics detailing new cases and deaths. For many of us this exercise has even become...

coronavirus , Oxfam , social protection

Buying a baby on Nairobi’s black market

By Guest Writer,

By Peter Murimi, Joel Gunter and Tom Watson  Babies are being stolen to order in Kenya to feed a thriving black market. Africa Eye infiltrated the...

BBC , BBC Africa eye , Black Market , Mama Lucy , Missing Child Kenya , Nairobi