Kenya most generous country in Africa as China ranks low – study

By Duncan Mutwiri,

Kenya has been ranked as the most generous country in Africa. The World Giving Index ranks Kenya as top in Africa and 11th globally. ''In Kenya,...

generosity index

SWILA: In running for Kibra, Mariga scored own goal and tarnished his football CV

By Isaac Swila,

Isaac Swila The last two weeks have been bedecked by political noise - lot’s of it. Interestingly, the political brouhaha has mainly been direct...

Kibra , McDonald Mariga , Swila

Liberia win on opening day of African World Cup qualifiers

By Matthews Mutai,

Liberia needed two penalties and a calamitous defensive error to beat Sierra Leone 3-1 on the first day of 2022 World Cup qualifying in Africa as the ...

2022 World Cup qualifier , Liberia , Sierra Leone

Mariga joins politics, says Kibra has ‘special place in my heart’

By Erick Owenga,

It's now official. Kenya's football star MacDonald Mariga has finally come out of the woods to declare his interest in politics. 'Big Mac' as he is...

Jubilee Party , Kibra Parliamnetary seat , MacDonald Mariga

Burundi, Tanzania to renew rivalry in preliminary 2020 World Cup qualifier

By John Kyanda,

Burundi and Tanzania will renew their East Africa rivalry when they square it out in the preliminary round of Africa's qualifying campaign for the 202...

2022 World Cup qualifier , Burundi , draws , preliminary , Tanzania

CAF official Bility gets 10-year ban from FIFA

By Reuters,

African football official Musa Hassan Bility has been banned from the game for 10 years by FIFA’s Ethics Committee following an investigation into t...

CAF , corruption , FIFA , Musa Hassan Bility

Kenya to face Egypt, Togo in 2021 AFCON qualifiers

By Matthews Mutai,

The national men's football team Harambee Stars has been placed in Pool G of the 2021 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers alongside Egypt, Togo ...

2021 AFCON Qualifiers , afcon , Harambee Stars , kenya

‘Sometimes we have to abandon the patients’: Treating Ebola in Congo’s warzone

By Reuters,

Doctor Marie-Claire Kolie knew Ebola only as a mysterious disease from medical school textbooks when it hit her home country of Guinea in 2014. Tod...

DRC Congo , ebola , insecurity

Liberia at a critical juncture following mass protest

By VOA,

George Weah once heard the roar of adoring crowds as one of Africa's greatest soccer players. He became Liberia's president in January 2018, and a yea...

George Weah , Liberia President

Kenyan FGM survivor’s film urges women not to ‘die in silence’

By VOA,

As a 10-year-old in rural Kenya, Beryl Magoko was not surprised when her Kuria community arranged for her to undergo Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), ...

"The Cut" , Beryl Magoko , FGM , Human Rights Watch , Pierre Foldes , world health organization

Uganda to send Ebola patients back to Congo after boy dies

By VOA,

Uganda plans to repatriate the two patients with Ebola to Congo, saying they can get better treatment in specialized facilities there. Three more f...

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New Ebola cases in Uganda raise fears of further spread

By Reuters,

Uganda announced two more cases of Ebola on Wednesday confirming the first spread of deadly outbreak beyond the borders of the Democratic Republic of ...

DRC border , Ebola cases , epidermic , outbreak , uganda

Botswana scraps anti-gay sex laws

By CNN,

Botswana's High Court has overturned a colonial-era law criminalizing consensual same-sex relations in a landmark victory for Africa's LGBTQ movements...

Botswana , decriminalizing gay sex

Thousands protest in Liberia against corruption and economic decline

By Reuters,

Thousands of Liberians took to the streets of the capital, Monrovia, on Friday to protest against the corruption and economic decline that many blame ...

corruption , economic decline , Liberia , protests , Thousands

Ebola cases soar past 2,000 in Democratic Republic of Congo

By VOA,

More than 2,000 cases of the Ebola virus have hit the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to the nation's health ministry. The 1,346 deaths ma...

Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) , ebola

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...

DCI confiscates 12kg of heroin, 500kg of dry khat at JKIA

By Winnie Musyoki,

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have nabbed a heroin drug consignment at the Jomo Kenyatta International University (...

heroine , jkia

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

Kenyan teams avoid tough draws in Cairo

By Stanley Mativo,

Kenya Prisons and the General Service Unit (GSU) were placed in relatively easy groups following the 2019 Men's African Volleyball Club Championship d...

GSU , Kenya Prisons , Men's African Volleyball Club Championship

Trump extends humanitarian program for Liberian immigrants

By VOA,

President Donald Trump is extending a humanitarian program that allows Liberians to live and work in the U.S. The White House said Thursday that Tr...

Liberia , Trump