Biden sworn in as U.S. president, takes helm of deeply divided nation

By Reuters,

Joe Biden arrived at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday morning for his presidential inauguration, ready to take over a country battered by the coronavirus...

How the U.S. helped Museveni stay in power for over 3 decades

By CNN,

Ugandans go to the polls on January 14, with Bobi Wine and nine other candidates challenging incumbent President Yoweri Museveni, who has been in powe...

bobi , Museveni , uganda

U.S. Capitol secured, 4 dead after rioters stormed the halls of Congress to block Biden’s win

By CNN,

The US Capitol is once again secured but four people are dead -- including one woman who was shot -- after supporters of President Donald Trump brea...

Mike Pence , President Donald Trump , President-elect Joe Biden , Speaker Nancy Pelosi , U.S. Capitol , U.S. Congress

Judge bars ‘sloppy’ prosecutors from case of ex-cops charged in George Floyd’s death

By Reuters,

The judge in the criminal case against four former Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd’s death disqualified four local prosecutors o...

Derek Chauvin , George Floyd , J. Alexander Kueng , Judge Peter Cahill , Thomas Lane , Tou Thao , U.S. Justice Department

‘No tourist, no dollar’: Pandemic decimates livelihoods at Maasai Mara

By Reuters,

For more than 50 years, Loiman Letolo, 70, has peddled her colourful beaded necklaces and bracelets to safari-goers at the entrance gates to Kenya’s...

coronavirus , Maasai , Maasai Mara

Violence erupts near White House

By VOA,

Midnight violence erupted within two blocks of the White House on Saturday night while U.S. Park Police, the Secret Service and the National Guard def...

George Floyd , White House

Fires. Tear gas. Rubber bullets. ‘I can’t breathe’ protests heat up over death of George Floyd

By Reuters,

Civil unrest flared and curfews were imposed in several major U.S. cities on Saturday as demonstrators took to the streets to vent outrage at the deat...

George Floyd

US Senate acquits Trump, ending noisy impeachment

By CNN,

The Senate voted to acquit President Donald Trump on two articles of impeachment Wednesday, marking the inevitable and historic end to a bitterly foug...

Trump impeachment

South African soldiers deployed to Cape Town to help fight gangs

By Reuters,

South African soldiers were deployed to gang-ridden Cape Town suburbs on Thursday to help quell escalating violence that has killed hundreds this year...

south africa gangs

Trump says new sanctions on Iran to start Monday, dials back rhetoric

By Reuters,

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he would impose fresh sanctions on Iran but that he wanted to make a deal to bolster its flagging economy...

angela merkel , Donald Trump , Iran , Mike Pompeo , sanctions , United States

Serani Boys win, Tudor held as Mombasa County games kick-off

By Luqman Mahmoud,

Serani Boys started their Mombasa County Secondary School games on a winning not overcoming their long time rivals Shimo La Tewa Secondary 2-0 in the ...

Mombasa County Secondary School games , Serani Boys , Shimo La Tewa Secondary

Man who set himself on fire near White House dead: officials

By Reuters,

A man who set himself on fire near the White House died of his injuries, the U.S. Park Police said on Thursday. The man set himself on fire on the ...

Fire , Metropolitan Police Department , U.S. Park Police , White House

Man lights himself on fire near White House: U.S. Secret Service

By Rob Liban,

A man set himself on fire outside the White House on Wednesday and was being treated at the scene, the U.S. Secret Service said. Authorities from t...

Secret Service , White House

North Korea fires ‘projectiles’, South Korea says stop raising tensions

By Reuters,

North Korea fired several “unidentified short-range projectiles” into the sea off its east coast on Saturday, prompting South Korea to call on its...

Mike Pompeo , North Korea

Trump: more troops needed at border with Mexico

By VOA,

U.S. President Donald Trump says more troops will need to be sent to the country’s southern border because too many dangerous people are illegally e...

Mexico , Trump

St. Anthony’s confident of hockey title defense after clean start

By Luqman Mahmoud,

St. Anthony's Kitale High School kicked off their boys hockey title defence with a 3-0 win against Coast's St. Georges High on Tuesday, as the Nationa...

Hockey , Mombasa , School Games , Shanzu Teachers College , St. Anthonys Kitale , title

Trump heads to US-Mexico border

By VOA,

U.S. President Donald Trump is scheduled to travel to the U.S. - Mexico border Friday to view a border wall project, one day after backing down on a t...

Mexico , Trump

Back home from Hanoi, Trump faces more political headwinds

By Reuters,

President Donald Trump embarked on his trip to Vietnam with a political cloud hanging over his head and keen to show progress on a thorny foreign poli...

Hanoi , Trump

Chinese tech investors flee Silicon Valley as Trump tightens scrutiny

By Reuters,

New Trump administration policies aimed at curbing China’s access to American innovation have all but halted Chinese investment in U.S. technology s...

Technology startups , U.S President Donald Trump , Uber Technologies Inc

Trump, without evidence, says Arizona ‘bracing’ for surge of immigrants

By Reuters,

U.S. President Donald Trump said without evidence on Thursday Arizona “is bracing for a massive surge” of immigrants along part of the border that...

arizona , Donald Trump