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ICC suspends Zimbabwe over government interference
By Reuters,
1802, July 19, 2019 (EAT)
Zimbabwe were suspended from the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday, with the world governing body saying the country’s cricket adminis...
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South African soldiers deployed to Cape Town to help fight gangs
By Reuters,
1418, July 19, 2019 (EAT)
South African soldiers were deployed to gang-ridden Cape Town suburbs on Thursday to help quell escalating violence that has killed hundreds this year...
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Ahmad sacks deputy as CAF purge continues
By Reuters,
1125, July 19, 2019 (EAT)
Confederation of African Football (CAF) President Ahmad Ahmad fired his deputy Amaju Pinnick on Thursday just as global governing body FIFA was releas...
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Kenya to face Egypt, Togo in 2021 AFCON qualifiers
By Matthews Mutai,
1349, July 19, 2019 (EAT)
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 ...
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Fintech: Kenya’s Wapi Pay seeks payment solutions between Asia and Africa
By Kepha Muiruri,
1204, July 18, 2019 (EAT)
Kenyan based financial technology (fintech) company Wapi Pay has moved to strengthen payments on its Afro-Asia corridor under a new partnership with S...
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COMESA heads keen on SME growth in push for intra-regional trade
By Kepha Muiruri,
1835, July 17, 2019 (EAT)
Heads of State drawn from the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) are keen to see the incorporation of small and medium enterprises...
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African club finals to be played over one leg
By Reuters,
1800, July 17, 2019 (EAT)
The finals of Africa’s two international club competitions will each be played in one single match in future rather than over two legs as at present...
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Nairobi CBD building owners now given 14 days notice
By Wambui Kihara,
1310, July 17, 2019 (EAT)
The Nairobi City County Government will now take stern action against owners of properties within the Central Business District who will not have repa...
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South Africa’s Zuma to face corruption inquiry
By Reuters,
1004, July 15, 2019 (EAT)
Former South African president Jacob Zuma will be questioned at a public inquiry into state graft on Monday, a dramatic fall from grace for a politici...
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Three Kenyans killed in Kismayu hotel attack, death toll rises to 26
By VOA,
1812, July 13, 2019 (EAT)
The death toll from the Kismayu hotel attack in Somalia has risen to 26, with three Kenyans, one Briton, two Americans and three Tanzanians among thos...
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Duduzane Zuma found not guilty in South Africa car crash case
By Reuters,
1400, July 12, 2019 (EAT)
A South African court on Friday found Duduzane Zuma not guilty of culpable homicide and negligent driving over a fatal car crash. Prosecutors are s...
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Classy Malkia make light work of Botswana, ease to semis
By Stanley Mativo,
2259, July 10, 2019 (EAT)
Spot-on Malkia Strikers on Wednesday evening advanced to the semi-finals of the ongoing Women's Africa Nations Volleyball Championship following a spa...
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LGBT+ campaigner bids to become Tunisia’s first openly gay president
By Reuters,
1036, July 10, 2019 (EAT)
A Tunisian politician vying to become his country's first openly gay president has said he will push to decriminalize gay sex and insisted his candida...
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Would-be first black African in space dies in road crash
By VOA,
902, July 9, 2019 (EAT)
A South African man who won the chance to become the first black African in space has been killed in a motorcycle crash. Mandla Maseko was 30. Mase...
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Joe Biden apologizes for touting past work with segregationist senators
By Wambui Kihara,
1731, July 7, 2019 (EAT)
Seeking to put to rest a weeks-old controversy that has dogged his campaign for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, Joe Biden apologized on S...
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Botswana seeks to overturn court ruling allowing gay sex
By Reuters,
1359, July 6, 2019 (EAT)
Botswana’s government will appeal a high court ruling which decriminalized homosexuality, potentially resuscitating a law that punished gay sex by u...
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Prominent city lawyer Karanja Kabage dies
By Karanja Morgan,
1327, July 6, 2019 (EAT)
Prominent city lawyer and business mogul Karanja Kabage is dead. Early reports indicate that Kabage might have suffered a heart attack while drivin...
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Zimbabwe runs out of passports, adding to long list of shortages
By Reuters,
1324, July 4, 2019 (EAT)
Zimbabwe has run out of passports and vehicle registration number plates, forcing citizens to wait for long periods to get them - yet another sign of ...
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Mozambique says militants kill 11 in attack near Tanzania border
By Reuters,
852, July 4, 2019 (EAT)
Eleven people were killed in an attack last week by an Islamist militant armed group in northern Mozambique near its border with Tanzania, Mozambican ...
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African nations urged to enforce family laws to protect women
By Reuters,
1205, July 3, 2019 (EAT)
Women and girls in African nations are still being pushed into forced or early marriages, while those in unhappy unions face discrimination when seeki...
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