Brazil’s Bolsonaro picks army general as defense minister

By Reuters,

Brazilian President-elect Jair Bolsonaro appointed retired Army General Fernando Azevedo e Silva as defense minister on Tuesday, adding another former...

Army General Fernando Azevedo e Silva , Brazil , Brazil election , Jair Bolsonaro

Rival Libya leaders meet for first time since May

By Reuters,

Libya’s two main rival leaders met for the first time in more than five months at a conference hosted by Italy on Tuesday and the prime minister end...

Col Muammar Gaddafi , Egypt , Khalifa Haftar , libya , Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj , The United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Global oil demand under growing threat from electric cars, cleaner fuel

By Reuters,

Electric vehicles and more efficient fuel technology will cut transportation demand for oil by 2040 more than previously expected, but the world may s...

electric cars , International Energy Agency (IEA) , Oil , United States , World Energy Outlook

Strawberry needle scare: Woman allegedly spiked punnets for revenge

By CNN,

A 50-year-old woman sabotaged Australian supermarket strawberries with sewing needles in an alleged act of workplace revenge, prosecutors told a Brisb...

Australian supermarket , Berrylicious and Berry Obsession farm , My Ut Trinh , Queensland Police , Queensland Strawberry Growers Association , Strawberries

China says world should ignore ‘gossip’ about Xinjiang

By Reuters,

The world should ignore “gossip” about China’s Xinjiang region and trust authorities there, the Chinese government’s top diplomat said on Tues...

Beijing , china , Muslims , Uighur , Western Countries.

As slavery evolves in Mauritania, silent victims prove harder to ind

By VOA,

Day after day, Aminetou Mint Yarg and her fellow villagers in southern Mauritania haul water from the river and tend to their crops under a burning de...

Haratines , Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement (IRA) , Nouakchott , USA

EU extends Ksh.520B loans, grants to support Big Four Agenda

By Dennis Otieno,

The European Union (EU) has advanced Kenya Ksh.520 billion in loans and grants over the next five years. The funds, government says will be key in ...

EU , EU Ambassador to Kenya Stefano Dejak

Stan Lee, creator of Spider-Man and other Marvel superheroes, dead at 95

By Reuters,

Stan Lee, who dreamed up Spider-Man, Iron Man, the Hulk, Black Panther and a cavalcade of other Marvel Comics superheroes that became mythic figures i...

Back Panther , Marvel superheroes , Spider man , Stan Lee

UK PM May stares into Brexit abyss as domestic opposition mounts

By Citizen Reporter,

Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit strategy came under attack from all sides on Monday, increasing the risk that her plan for leaving the EU will b...

Zimbabwe’s unlicensed foreign currency traders face 10-year jail

By Linda Ngari,

Unlicensed foreign currency traders in Zimbabwe face up to 10 years in jail if convicted and lose their money and assets when new exchange control rul...

Foreign Currency , President Emmerson Mnangagwa , Virginia Mabhiza , Zimbabwe

‘Strike for as long as you want,’ defiant Matiang’i tells matatu owners

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i has declared that the government will not relent in the latest crackdown to streamline the transport sector ...

matatu strike , Matiang’i , Michuki Rules

The rise, success, death and resurrection of Michuki rules

By Ian Omondi,

The late John Michuki will go down in Kenya’s history as one of the country’s most easily remembered – or popular - politicians. Mr. Michuki ...

Interior CS  Fred Matiangi , john michuki , Michuki Rules , President Mwai Kibaki , Transport CS James Macharia

Kenya targets green energy sufficiency by 2020, says President Kenyatta

By PSCU,

Kenya targets to attain 100 per cent transition to green energy by 2020 as it scales up investment in renewable energy to address the climate change c...

Green climate Fund , Green energy sufficiency , Paris Peace Forum , President Denis Sassou Nguesso , President Omar Guelleh , President Uhuru Kenyatta

Travellers stranded as matatu operators protest ‘Michuki rules’

By Wycliffe Nyamasege,

Travellers across the country were Monday morning left stranded as matatu operators kept off the roads to protest the re-introduction of  'Michuki' t...

Matatu crackdown , matatu strike , Michuki Rules

Iran sentences two to death in fight against economic crimes

By Reuters,

Iranian special courts set up in a drive against economic crime have sentenced two people to death, state media said on Sunday, as the country faces r...

economic crimes , Iran

World leaders in Paris mark 100th anniversary of WW1 Armistice

By Reuters,

French President Emmanuel Macron will be joined by some 70 world leaders on Sunday to commemorate the centenary of the Armistice that brought World Wa...

Arc de Triomphe , Elysee Palace , Emperor Napoleon , France , German Chancellor Angela Merkel , President Emmanuel Macron , Russian leader Vladimir Putin , U.S President Donald Trump , WW1

Top Philippines news site and company chief face tax evasion charges

By CNN,

A move by the Philippines Justice Department to charge investigative news site Rappler with tax evasion is being seen as a thinly disguised attempt ...

Maria Ressa , Philippine Justice Department , Rappler

U.S. concerned by rising attacks on human rights in Tanzania

By Reuters,

The United States has spoken out against Tanzanian moves to cut back human rights and civil liberties, including arrests and harassment of “marginal...

LGBT , President John Magufuli , U.S. State Department

MPs dismiss reports of fresh ICC investigations against DP Ruto

By Ian Omondi,

A section of Members of Parliament have dismissed reports of fresh investigations by the International Criminal Court (ICC), accusing opponents of Dep...

2022 politics , DP William Ruto , Dr. Wahome Gakuru Memorial Half Marathon , ICC investigations , Jubilee Mps , nyeri county

‘Stop millitarizing exams,’ KUPPET tells gov’t

By Daniel Korir,

Kenya Union of Post Primary Teachers (KUPPET) has accused the government of millitarizing national examinations under the pretext of curbing malpracti...

Big four agenda , Education CS Amina Mohamed , kcpe , KCSE , KUPPET , national exams , President Uhuru Kenyatta