PROFILE: Chris Diaz, pushing for youth to get involved in conservation

By Tony Owori,

Meet Chris Diaz, a business leader and conservationist born in Mombasa, Kenya. Through his career, Diaz has made great strides and contributed a lo...

conservation , diaz , Forest conservation

Covid-19: FKF mourns death of Ivory Coast FA chief Diallo

By Citizen Reporter,

Football Kenya Federation on Sunday joined Africa's football fraternity in mourning the death of Ivory Coast Football Association president Augustin S...

Augustin Sidy Diallo , condolences , COVID-19 , dies , FKF , Ivory Coast FA president , Nick Mwendwa

Ivorian Anouma to run for Caf president

By Agencies,

Ivory Coast's Jacques Anouma is to run for the Confederation of African Football (Caf) presidency next March - seven years after his first attempt - a...

Confederation of African Football , Ivory Coast , Jacques Anouma , Presidency

Drogba submits candidacy to become Ivory Coast FA president

By Reuters,

Didier Drogba drew a large crowd on Saturday eager to watch him submit his candidacy before the deadline for next month’s Ivory Coast Football Feder...

Didier Drogba

Arrest of notorious wildlife trafficker Mansur Surur in Kenya lauded by conservationists

By VOA,

Conservationists are lauding the arrest Wednesday in Kenya of alleged wildlife trafficker Abubakar Mansur Mohammed Surur, who also is wanted in the Un...

Mansur Surur , Poaching , wildlife trafficking

Drogba’s election hopes suffer serious blow

By Reuters,

Didier Drogba’s hopes of becoming the next president of the Ivory Coast’s football federation has suffered a serious setback after the failure of ...

Didier Drogba , Ivorian Football Federation

Rivalry in coaches’ association unhealthy, says Kefoca boss Solomon

By Mkalla Wa Mwambodze,

Former Harambee Stars player and chairman of Kenya Football Coaches Association(Kefoca) Ricky Solomon believes that the culture of starting rival  as...

Kefoca , Ricky Solomon , Rivalries , Robert Matano , Twahir Muhiddin

Senegal postpones school restart after teachers test positive for coronavirus

By Reuters,

Senegal has postponed the restart of schools until further notice after several teachers tested positive for the new coronavirus, the education minist...

coronavirus , Senegal

How football legend Drogba, helped to halt civil war in his home nation

By Agencies,

Al-Merrikh Stadium, in Sudan's second largest city of Omdurman, is not one of the world's great gladiatorial arenas. Yet this small ground - known as ...

african cup of nations , Bouake , chelsea , Didier Drogba , Ivory Coast , Laurent Gbagbo , World cup

SWILA: Moral lessons for Mariga in Kibra defeat

By Isaac Swila,

Isaac Swila The budding dream of Kenya’s soccer star MacDonald Mariga of following into the footsteps of Senator Chris Obure of leaping from the fo...

McDonald Mariga

Who are Motema Pembe, Gor’s CAF opponents?

By John Kyanda,

A showdown looms on Sunday at the Moi International Sports Center when two of the most successful teams in Kenya and Democratic Republic of Congo clas...

CD Motema Pembe , Gor Mahia FC

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

Napoli agree Sh9b Nicolas Pepe deal

By Agencies,

Napoli have agreed a deal in principle to sign Ivory Coast winger Nicolas Pepe, says Lille president Gerard Lopez. The 24-year-old has been linked ...

Nicolas Pepe , Transfers

Ivory Coast passes legislation encouraged by Ivanka Trump

By VOA,

Ivanka Trump is applauding the recent passage of legislation in Ivory Coast related to changes she pushed during her April trip to Africa. The coun...

Ivanka Trump , Ivory Coast , women empowerment

Long wait finally over as AFCON begins in Egypt

By Isaac Swila,

  By Isaac Swila in Cairo The months have rolled into days and it’s now a matter of hours before the much awaited Africa Cup of Nations k...

AFCON2019 , CAF , Egypt , Harambee Stars , kenya , Zimbabwe

Broke Kenyan junior athletes stranded in Nairobi

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Kenya's junior athletes who competed in the just concluded Confederations of African Athletics championships held in Abidjan, Ivory Coast are stranded...

Confederations of African Athletics championships

Exclusive: Gold worth billions smuggled out of Africa

By Reuters,

Billions of dollars’ worth of gold is being smuggled out of Africa every year through the United Arab Emirates in the Middle East – a gateway to m...

Ivanka Trump carries mission of female empowerment to Ivory Coast

By VOA,

U.S. President Donald Trump's daughter and White House advisor, Ivanka, is heading to the Ivory Coast to continue her four-day trip aimed at increasin...

Ivanka Trump

Kenyans: The grass is greener elsewhere

By Waihiga Mwaura,

I recently hosted a group of 15 young people for a town-hall discussion on the State of the Nation on Citizen TV’s Daybreak show. The youth were ...

African Development Bank , unemployment

Stop calling migration a ‘crisis’, says Nobel laureate Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

By Reuters,

African migration toward Europe is both inevitable and a positive phenomenon, said Africa’s first female president and Nobel Peace Prize laureate El...

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf