Cabinet agrees on roadmap for addressing maritime border dispute with Somalia

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday chaired a Cabinet meeting at State House, Nairobi, in which they discussed and agreed on a roadmap for resolving ...

Cabinet Meeting , Maritime dispute , President Uhuru Kenyatta , somalia

Philadelphia mulls supervised injections to cut drug deaths

By VOA,

For nearly two decades, Vancouver, the epicenter of Canada's increasingly deadly drug epidemic, has embraced an initiative that was once dismissed as ...

Philadelphia.

All eyes on Kipchoge as Laures gala goes down tonight in Monaco

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

All  eyes are on World marathon record holder Eliud Kipchoge, the only Kenyan and African nominee as the prestigious Laureus Sports Awards goes down...

Eliud Kipchoge , France , Kylian Mbappe , Laureus Sports Awards , Luka Modric , Monaco , Novak Djokovic , World marathon record holder

Peace remains elusive in Libya after Gaddafi ouster

By VOA,

On February 17, eight years ago, Libyans rose up and launched a rebellion that led to the ouster of autocrat Col. Moammar Gaddafi. The high expecta...

Gaddafi , libya

Egypt Central Bank cuts key interest rates after inflation eases

By Reuters,

Egypt central bank made a surprise cut to its overnight interest rates on Thursday, citing a strong drop in inflation and an improvement in other macr...

Egypt Central Bank

Tanzania row overshadows Acacia’s upbeat output

By Reuters,

Acacia Mining beat forecasts on Monday with figures for its production and costs in 2018 that lifted the gold miner back into profit, but the company ...

Acacia Mining , Tanzania

Duale has persecuted me since 2014: Moses Kuria

By Tonny Ndungu,

There is a looming fallout between MP Moses Kuria and Leader of majority Aden Duale with the Gatundu South MP accusing his Garrisa Town counterpart of...

Aden Duale , Moses Kuria

China reiterates commitment to ensure peace, security in Africa

By Benjamin Muriuki,

China has reiterated its commitment to ensure peace and security in Africa, in line with deliberations held at the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (...

china , FOCAC , President Xi Jinping

India central bank cuts key rate 25 basis points, changes stance to neutral

By Reuters,

India’s central bank on Thursday unexpectedly lowered interest rates and shifted its stance to “neutral” from “calibrated tightening” to boo...

economy , India’s central bank , The monetary policy committee

South Africa arrests whistle-blower Agrizzi on corruption charges

By Reuters,

South African police arrested five people, including a witness at a judicial inquiry into alleged influence peddling, on charges of corruption and fra...

Angelo Agrizzi , corruption , jacob zuma , south africa , Whistleblowing

South Africa arrests whistle-blower Agrizzi on corruption charges

By Reuters,

South African police arrested five people, including a witness at a judicial inquiry into alleged influence peddling, on charges of corruption and fra...

Agrizzi , corruption , south africa

South Africa’s rand to shed half its 2019 gains in a year: Reuters poll

By Reuters,

South Africa’s rand will lose half of the 7 percent gains made against the U.S. dollar since the start of the year over the next 12 months, pressure...

FKF to engage FIFA experts in Homeboyz match-fixing probe

By Stanley Mativo,

Football Kenya Federation (FKF) President Nick Mwendwa has warned that match-fixing cases will be on rise as long as betting companies continue to spr...

betting , Cleophas Shimanyula , FIFA experts , Football Kenya Federation , Kakamega Homeboyz , Match-fixing , Nick Mwendwa , Paul Nkata , probe

CMA backs local currency bond issuance to hedge against volatility

By Kepha Muiruri,

The Capital Markets Authority (CMA) has backed the adoption of local currency in the issuance of government debt in the international market, this to ...

Capital Markets Authority , Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) , International Monetary Fund (IMF) , Paul Muthaura

Gor bolster CAF squad with Oliech, Kipkirui as Guikan is axed

By Milton Ochieng,

Gor Mahia have beefed up their CAF- Confederations squad roping in new signing Dennis Oliech, Nicholas Kipkirui and defender Geoffrey Ochieng. The tr...

Ambrose Rachier , CAF Confederations Cup , Dennsi Oliech , Ephrem Guikan

Japan upholds sterilization before official gender change

By VOA,

Human rights and LGBT activists Friday denounced a ruling by Japan’s Supreme Court upholding a law that effectively requires transgender people to b...

JAPAN , LGBT

UN Urges dialogue to resolve Venezuela crisis

By VOA,

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is warning the situation in Venezuela could descend into “disaster” if the country’s main poli...

UN , Vernezuela

Ronaldo accepts fine for tax evasion, avoids jail

By Reuters,

Portuguese soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo was fined almost KSh2 billion (19 million euros/16.6 million pounds) for tax fraud on Tuesday but will avoid ...

Cristiano Ronaldo , Georgina Rodriguez , jail , tax fraud

Parents often don’t know when teens have suicidal thoughts

By Reuters,

Three in four parents are unaware when their teens have recurrent thoughts about suicide, and a big part of the problem may be that adolescents often ...

suicide

Huawei’s founder praises Trump and denies claims his company spies for China

By CNN,

The reclusive founder of Huawei has denied allegations that his telecoms company spies for the Chinese government. Ren Zhengfei also praised Presid...