Frustrated Gor’s Rachier cancels Moi Kisumu as a home venue

By Milton Ochieng,

Gor Mahia will no longer play their home Kenyan Premier League (KPL) matches in Kisumu, club president Ambrose Rachier has said. Rachier this morni...

Ambrose Rachier , GOR MAHIA , Moi stadium kisumu

FIFA officials to visit Iran after death of ‘Blue Girl’

By Reuters,

FIFA officials will visit Iran, following the death of a female fan who set herself on fire in protest at her arrest for attending a match, world socc...

Blue Girl

SWILA: Why the 2019/20 portends tougher times for KPL

By Isaac Swila,

Isaac Swila After a two-months break, action has resumed in the Kenyan Premier League for the 2019/20 season with a bang. Gor Mahia has seemingl...

GOR MAHIA , governemnt , Kenyan Premier League , Sponsorship , Supersports , Swila

Beckham proposed Mimai stadium terminated

By Agencies,

The proposed stadium site for David Beckham's Inter Miami franchise in the MLS has arsenic contamination levels more than twice the legal limit, says ...

David Beckham , Inter Miami franchise , Miami stadium , MLS

Sudan military and opposition finally sign power-sharing deal

By Reuters,

Sudan’s main opposition coalition and the ruling military council on Saturday signed a final power-sharing deal that paves the way for a transitiona...

Sudan

Uganda internet registration stirs free speech concerns

By VOA,

Uganda is ramping up efforts to curtail online content deemed immoral or hateful, a move critics say will silence dissent. Since March 2018, the Ug...

President Yoweri Museveni , social media , Stella Nyanzi , uganda

MARWA: Why Sexuality Education must be part of new curriculum

By Citizen Reporter,

By Grayson Marwa Education Transformation is the theme for this year’s international youth day. It is concerned with the provocation of a shift o...

Comprehensive Sexuality Education , new curriculum

CBC needs a comprehensive sex education curriculum

By Citizen Reporter,

By Grayson Marwa Transformation education is the theme for this year’s international youth day. It is concerned with the provocation of a shift of...

CBC , Competency Based Curriculum , sex education

US, Britain voice concern in case of imprisoned Tanzanian journalist

By VOA,

Britain and the United States are asking Tanzania to uphold the rights of all its citizens after a journalist was arrested on charges his lawyer and r...

Tanzania , world press freedom day

U.S. not ready to remove Sudan from sponsors of terrorism list

By Reuters,

The United States still needs to resolve longstanding issues with Sudan before it can consider removing it from its list of state sponsors of terroris...

Sudan , terrorism , United States

Tanzania charges journalist with economic crimes

By VOA,

Tanzania's government on Monday charged investigative journalist Erick Kabendera with money laundering, tax evasion and assisting a criminal racket. ...

Dr. John Pombe Magufuli , economic crimes , Erick Kabendera , Tanzania

Sudan military, opposition sign constitutional declaration

By Reuters,

Sudan military rulers and the main opposition coalition initialed a constitutional declaration on Sunday, paving the way for a transitional government...

Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo , omar al bashir , Sudan

Rights activists criticize Ugandan government for academic’s conviction

By Reuters,

Rights activists on Friday accused the Ugandan government of using electronic communications laws to stifle dissent after a prominent academic was con...

Amnesty International , Museveni , Nyanzi , uganda , Ugandan Rights activists

Four killed in renewed Sudan protests, opposition medics say

By Reuters,

At least four protesters were killed and many injured by gunfire in the Sudanese city of Omdurman on Thursday, opposition medics said, as hundreds of ...

President Omar-Al-Bashir , Rapid Support Forces , Sudan

Court declares law criminalizing publishing of obscene information unconstitutional

By Dzuya Walter,

The High Court has declared section 84 (d) of the Kenya Information Communication Act, which criminalizes publishing of obscene information in electro...

Anger as investigative journalist Erick Kabendera is arrested in Tanzania

By CNN,

The arrest of Erick Kabendera, a prominent journalist in Tanzania has sparked widespread anger and renewed concerns over press freedom in the country....

kabendera , Press Freedom

Four school children shot dead at Sudan protest: opposition campaigners

By Reuters,

At least four schoolchildren and one adult were shot dead when security forces broke up a student protest in the Sudanese city of El-Obeid on Monday, ...

Amer Mohamed Ibrahim , omar al bashir , protest , Sudan

BWIRE: Nairobi Media Summit should focus on accountability

By Victor Bwire,

By Victor Bwire Uncertain future, shattered careers, tensed and worried families, frozen bank accounts, isolated formerly highly connected individu...

Media Summit

Sudan detains top national journalist

By VOA,

A top Sudanese editor who heads the main journalists' union has been detained, the union said Thursday, calling on Sudan's military rulers to free him...

National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) , Sudan military council , Sudanese Journalists' Union

KLM still under fire after telling breastfeeding mother to cover up

By Reuters,

Dutch airline KLM recently faced sharp criticism for its “antiquated values” after cabin crew told a breastfeeding woman to cover herself up to sp...

breastfeeding , KLM