George Blake, last in line of Cold War spies who betrayed Britain, dies at 98

By Reuters,

George Blake, who died in Russia on Saturday at the age of 98, was the last in a line of British spies whose secret work for the Soviet Union humiliat...

Cold War , George Blake , President Vladimir Putin

Garissa University terror attack: 1 gets life imprisonment, two jailed for 41 years

By Sophie Njagi,

A Nairobi court on Wednesday sentenced two people found guilty of the Garissa University terror attack to 41 years in jail and a third to life impriso...

Duncan Ondimu , Garissa University , Magistrate Francis Andayi , Milimani Law courts , Terror Attack

Once vulnerable, genocide survivor aims to empower Rwandan women

By VOA,

Safi Mukundwa knows what it means to be young, fearful and desperate. Mukundwa was just 8 years old when she hid among bloodied bodies, emerging as...

GENOCIDE , Kigali , Rwanda

Burundi schoolgirls expelled for doodling on President’s image in textbook

By CNN,

Three schoolgirls who were detained in Burundi for doodling on a picture of the President have been expelled from school following their release from ...

Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza

How Indonesia’s president has tried to claw back voter support in Muslim heartland

By Reuters,

When Wawan Setiawan, a volunteer for Indonesian President Joko Widodo’s re-election campaign, goes door-to-door in this conservative part of Java, h...

Indonesia , Indonesian President Joko Widodo

Nicaragua releases 50 prisoners to house arrest

By VOA,

Nicaragua on Friday released another 50 people jailed for protesting against President Daniel Ortega’s government, bringing the number freed since l...

Nicaragua

Cameroon Journalist Jailed in Anglophone Unrest

By Vincent Maruga,

A popular journalist from Cameroon's restive Anglophone region remains in jail after she was arrested and charged with propagating false information a...

Anglophone region , Boko Haram , Equinoxe broadcast , Libom Li Likeng , Mimi Mefo

4 students jailed for burning dormitory in Machakos

By Alphonse Mbithi,

Four students from Kithimani HGM Secondary in Machakos County have been sentenced to one year in jail for burning the school dormitory. The student...

Dormitory burnt , Kithimani HGM Secondary , machakos county , Students jailed

Magoha: Keep burning schools, you’ll sit exams under trees

By Allan Obiero,

Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) Chairman Prof. George Magoha has scoffed at the ongoing school unrest saying the exams body will administer...

kcse examinations , Kisumu Girls High School , KNEC Chairman George Magoha , School unrest

CS Amina: Three students jailed, 125 arrested over school protests

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Three students have so far been jailed and 125 others arrested following the recent wave of unrest in several schools across the country. Making th...

Amina Mohammed , dormitory fire , education ministry , school fires , School protests

Tanzania opposition MP jailed for insulting President Magufuli

By Reuters,

A court in Tanzania sentenced two opposition leaders to five months in prison on Monday for insulting President John Magufuli, a decision likely to fu...

Opposition politician , President John Magufuli , Tanzania

Medical students take to the streets to show solidarity with medics

By Wangui Ngechu,

Medical students have poured onto the streets in solidarity with striking medics to pressure the government to end the doctor’s strike so their lect...

a 300 percent pay rise , a 40% pay rise , Afya House , CBA , CBA is fully implemented. , Health Cabinet Secretary Cleopa Mailu , Kenya Medical Practitioners , KMPDU , Lecturers , Medical students strike , Ministry of Health headquarters , Pharmacists and Dentists' Union , pile pressure , striking doctors

17-year-old makes toddler smoke weed

By Citizen Reporter,

When you hear of peer-pressured pot smokers, you picture first-year college students or coming-of-age teens, not toddlers. That's why a video that pol...

Bullets trump rehab as Asia quickens ‘failing’ war on drugs

By Lisa Kamau,

The Philippines has launched a bloody "war on drugs" that has killed at least 2,400 people in just two months, while neighbouring Indonesia has declar...

narcotics , war on drugs

Four Chuka students charged with arson

By Maureen Murimi,

Four students were on Tuesday arraigned before a Chuka Court and charged with attempted arson after they were suspected of plotting to torch a dormit...

arson , Chuka , Chuka town , kenya , meru , meru county , Students in court , students in court over arson

Arrest, prosecute and jail student arsonists – Matiang’i

By Maureen Murimi,

Any student involved in burning of school property should be arrested, prosecuted and jailed, this is according to Education Cabinet Secretary Dr. Fre...

education , Education Cabinet Secretary Dr. Fred Matiang’i , kenya , Matiang’i , School unrest

MP wants students who destroyed school property jailed

By Citizen Reporter,

A Member of Parliament has called for jailing of students who participate in arson or perpetrate school strikes that have led to destruction of school...

arson , embu , kenya , Manyatta Mp John Muchiri , secondary schools , strikes

KIRUKU: Randy teachers deserve whipping at morning assemblies

By Anne Kiruku,

This year, the Teachers Service Commission, the body mandated with managing teachers’ affairs in Kenya, has already suspended 22 teachers for engagi...

Ex-Maseno University student gets 20 years for engaging in terrorism

By Koome Kimonye,

A former Maseno University student has been jailed for 20 years by a Mombasa Court after being found guilty of engaging in terror-related activities. ...

Teacher Jailed For Defiling Students

By Citizen,

Sammy Toivo Ameso allegedly had carnal knowledge of 14 and 16 year old minors on 27/6/2012 and 28/6/2012 respectively at Ng’iya Gorls Boarding S...