Rising Stars in Group C of CECAFA tournament

By Agencies,

The Kenya U20 national team, Rising Stars, has been pooled in Group C of the upcoming CECAFA U20 Championships to be played between November 22 and De...

CECAFA , Rising Stars

Heroine and bhang concealed in buttons of dresses, kitenge cloth intercepted at JKIA

By Citizen Reporter,

Kenya Revenue Authority officers have intercepted concealed heroine and bhang that were being smuggled through the Jomo Kenyatta International Airpor...

heroine , KRA

Uganda slashes cost of COVID-19 test from Ksh.7K

By VOA,

Uganda has reduced the cost of a COVID-19 test from $65 (Ksh.7,075) to $50 (Ksh.5,442) in a move welcomed by truck drivers in the East African region....

coronavirus , Covid-19 test , uganda

Morocco’s Hajij elected CAVB president

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

The Royal Moroccan Volleyball Federation president Bouchra Hajij is the new president of the African Volleyball Confederation (CAVB). Hajij unseate...

Bouchra Hajij , CAVB President , Morocco

KCB closes branch after South Sudan envoy to Eritrea collapses, dies inside banking hall

By Erick Owenga,

Police in Nairobi are probing the mysterious death of South Sudanese ambassador to Eritrea Michael Nyang' who collapsed and died at the KCB bank KenCo...

Victims of Kenya, Tanzania 1998 terror attacks reject U.S. deal to delist Sudan

By VOA,

One of the attorneys representing victims of the 1998 terror attacks on U.S. embassies in East Africa and their families says the majority of his clie...

Sudan , U.S. embassy bomb blast

Trump to remove Sudan from terrorism blacklist after Ksh.36B pay to U.S. victims

By Reuters,

President Donald Trump announced on Monday the United States would remove Sudan from its list of state sponsors of terrorism as soon as Khartoum sets ...

Bashir , U.S. Embassy bombing

How African countries fared in FIFA week friendlies

By Agencies,

African countries wound up their final round of friendly match engagements with several matches played this week. As attention returns to interclub...

Algeria , Angola , Cote d’Ivoire , DR Congo , FIFA , Morocco , Mozambique , Nigeria , tunisia

Abuse and harassment driving girls off social media – global survey

By Citizen Reporter,

Girls and young women worldwide are demanding urgent action from social media companies after a landmark survey has revealed more than half (58%) have...

Online Harassment , social media

Mwendwa upbeat FKF polls will go on as planned

By Jacob Icia,

Football Kenya Federation president Nick Mwendwa is adamant elections will proceed as planned despite legitimacy questions subjected to it by his bigg...

FKF , Nick Mwendwa

FKF hoping to get top-tier league started by Nov. 6: Mwendwa

By Luqman Mahmoud,

Football Kenya Federation  President Nick Mwendwa says he's hoping to have the top-tier football league begin by November 6.   Speaking moments af...

Amina Mohamed , FKF , FKF Premier League restart , Nick Mwendwa , nyayo national stadium

Man, 32, arrested for impersonating Sudanese Army General

By Ian Omondi,

Detectives from the Serious Crime Unit of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Friday arrested a 32-year-old man for allegedly imperson...

DCI , impersonation , Serious Crimes Unit , Sudanese Army General

Uncertainty rocks Cecafa competitions as Covid-19 bites on

By Jacob Icia,

The Council of East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) is racing against time to have four tournaments held this year despite the Covid...

Auka Gecheo , CECAFA , competitions , COVID-19 , Uncertaintly

Jamii Bora becomes Kingdom Bank after Co-op buyout

By Kepha Muiruri,

Jamii Bora Bank (JBB) has been renamed Kingdom Bank following its acquisition by the Co-operative Bank of Kenya. The buyout which became effective ...

Co-operative Bank , Jamii Bora Bank , Kingdom Bank

Futures destroyed: COVID-19 unleashes ‘shadow pandemics’ on Africa’s girls

By Reuters,

Until the new coronavirus hit Kenya in March, 17-year-old schoolgirl Anna believed the world was hers for the taking. It didn’t matter that she l...

child marriage , coronavirus , FGM , shadow pandemic , teen pregnancies

Raychelle Omamo, Sylvia Mulinge among 100 most influential African women

By Citizen Reporter,

Raychelle Omamo and Sylvia Mulinge are among 100 most influential women in Africa in 2020. Omamo is Kenya's Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary and M...

graca machel , Raychelle Omamo , Sylvia Mulinge

Morans ripe for world stage, says ace Bosire

By Mkalla Wa Mwambodze,

Mkalla Mwambodze  in Nairobi Basketball star Victor Bosire, the league’s most valuable player opines that Morans have the potential to perform we...

Afrobasket , Kenya Basketball Federation (KBF) , morans , MVP , Victor Bosire

U.S. issues high risk travel alert for Kenya over COVID-19

By Citizen Reporter,

The American Government has issued a travel alert for Kenya over the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in the country. Also Read: U.S. sets recor...

coronavirus , travel alert , US Embassy

Makueni County tops list of happiest counties in Kenya

By Tonny Ndungu,

Makueni County has topped the list of the happiest counties in Kenya in a just released poll by Infotrak. According to the poll, Makueni leads in t...

makueni county

Global coronavirus deaths exceed 700,000, one person dies every 15 seconds on average

By Reuters,

The global death toll from COVID-19 surpassed 700,000 on Wednesday, according to a Reuters tally, with the United States, Brazil, India and Mexico lea...

coronavirus , COVID-19