Former head of global athletics Diack gets jail for corruption

By Reuters,

Lamine Diack, the former head of world athletics’ governing body, was convicted in France on Wednesday of corruption in a Russian doping scandal and...

corruption , lamine diack , World Athletics

Trump and Biden clash over U.S. wildfires as campaign turns to climate change

By Reuters,

Joe Biden branded President Donald Trump a “climate arsonist” on Monday for refusing to acknowledge global warming’s role in deadly wildfires sw...

Donald Trump , Joe Biden , Wildfires

Afghan peace talks open with calls for ceasefire, women’s rights

By Reuters,

Afghan government representatives and Taliban insurgents gathered on Saturday for historic peace talks aimed at ending two decades of war that has kil...

Afghan , Mike Pompeo , President Donald Trump , Taliban insurgents

Jihan Abass: Kenyan woman to represent Africa at world InsureTech Connect 2020

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Jihan Abass, a 26-year-old Kenyan woman, who set up the country’s first digital car insurance agency, has been picked to represent Africa at the wor...

Griffin Insurance , Jihann Abass , Lami

Online retailer Jumia to sell insurance in deal with Lami Technologies

By Citizen Reporter,

Africa’s biggest online retailer Jumia is set to offer digital insurance products following a partnership with Lami Insuretech, an insurance technol...

JUmia , Lami

Barcelona sack sporting director Abidal as rebuild continues

By Reuters,

Barcelona said on Tuesday they have sacked sporting director Eric Abidal, a day after dispensing with coach Quique Setien in response to exiting the C...

Barcelona , coach Quique Setien , Eric Abidal , sporting director

Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita arrested by mutinying soldiers

By Agencies,

Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita was arrested on Tuesday by mutinying soldiers in the capital Bamako, two security sources told Reuters. The a...

Ibrahim Boubacar Keita , MALI

Turkey says history will not forgive UAE for Israel deal

By Reuters,

Turkey said on Friday that history will not forget and never forgive the “hypocritical behaviour” of the United Arab Emirates in agreeing a deal w...

Israel , Turkey , UAE

Israel and UAE reach historic deal

By Robert Maina,

Israel and the United Arab Emirates announced on Thursday that they will normalise diplomatic ties and forge a broad new relationship, a move that res...

Israel , UAE

Outrage as Somali parliament drafts law permitting child, forced marriage

By Reuters,

The Somali parliament has sparked outrage by replacing long-awaited legislation to protect women and girls from violence with a new bill permitting ch...

child marriage , Forced marriage , Sexual Intercourse bill , Sexual Offences bill

55-year-old woman burnt to death by relatives in Machakos over land dispute

By Hassan Mugambi,

Detectives in Machackos County are holding five family members in connection with an arson attack sparked by a land dispute that led to the death of a...

land dispute , machakos , murder

Friday, July 31, 2020 declared a Public Holiday

By Tonny Ndungu,

Friday, July 31 2o20 has been declared a Public Holiday to allow those who profess to the Muslim faith celebrate Idd-Ul-Azha. The announcement was ...

idd-ul-azha

Kenyans pile on Sakaja after Uhuru speech

By Ian Omondi,

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday announced a ban on alcohol in restaurants and eateries and Kenyans on social media platform Twitter are an angry lo...

ADAK distances itself from Kipsang’s tribulations

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

The Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya (ADAK) has distanced itself from the tribulations facing former world marathon record holder Wilson Kipsang who was ha...

ADAK , AK , Japhter Rugut , Wilson Kipsang

10 suspected gang members charged with engaging in organized crime in Nakuru

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Ten suspected members of an outlawed group by the name 'Confirm' were on Tuesday arraigned in a Nakuru court for allegedly engaging in organized crime...

Nakuru. , organized crime

Suicide car bomber hits checkpoint at Somalia’s Mogadishu port

By Reuters,

An explosion shook parts of the Somali capital of Mogadishu early on Saturday as a suicide car bomber drove into a checkpoint just outside the port, w...

Al Shabaab , mogadishu , Siad Barre , Somali , suicide bomber

Coronavirus pandemic is getting worse- WHO warns

By VOA,

The World Health Organization says 60 percent of the world’s 10 million coronavirus cases since December came in the month of June – a sign that t...

coronavirus

Beatrice Mwende accused of killing her 4 children in Naivasha blames ‘evil spirits’

By Festus Lango,

A 42-year-old woman accused of killing her four children in Naivasha is now blaming evil spirits and her former boyfriend for the beastly act. Beat...

Beatrice Mwende , NAIVASHA

Arrest warrant out for U.S. President Donald Trump

By Reuters,

Iran has issued an arrest warrant for U.S. President Donald Trump and 35 others over the killing of top general Qassem Soleimani and has asked Interpo...

Interpol , Iran , Qassem Soleimani , Trump

Russia offered Taliban fighters cash rewards to kill US, UK troops in Afghanistan

By CNN,

Russian intelligence officers for the military intelligence GRU recently offered money to Taliban militants in Afghanistan as rewards if they killed U...

John Ratcliffe , President Donald Trump , Taliban Militants , US intelligence , White House