#AfricaTogether: Facebook, Red Cross launch campaign calling for vigilance against Covid-19

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Facebook and the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement are partnering to launch #AfricaTogether – a digital campaign and two-day festiva...

Actress who fronted ‘Stay Home’ campaign arrested after hosting a party during lockdown

By CNN,

Nigerian actress Funke Akindele-Bello has been arrested after hosting a birthday party for her husband during a lockdown in the country -- despite fro...

coronavirus , Funke Akindele-Bello , lockdown , Nigeria

Netflix pauses production in U.S, Canada due to coronavirus restrictions

By CNN,

Netflix is pausing scripted TV and film production in the US and Canada for two weeks due to government restrictions and health and safety precautions...

‘Comedians should run for office. We already have a bunch of clowns!’ Kenyan politicians the punchline for comedy

By Reuters,

Whenever a more risque line shocks his audience into silence, Brian Onjoro knows he can rescue his set with a sure-fire punchline: Kenyan politicians....

comedy

2019 Kalasha Awards winners receive Ksh.1.7 million cash prize

By Paul Ombati,

The Kenya Film Commission (KFC), in what is probably a first in history, presented winners of the 9th Kalasha International Film and TV Awards with ca...

Kalasha Awards , Kenya Film Commission , Pascal Tokodi , Sarah Hassan , Timothy Owase

Comedian in trouble for making Magufuli ‘look like him’ on Instagram

By Paul Ombati,

Tanzanian comedian Idris Sultan risks arrest over an Instagram post where he is said to have altered his image with that of President John Pombe Maguf...

Idris Sultan , magufuli

Tyler Perry Studios: Journey of abuse, homelessness and now, poetic justice

By Duncan Mutwiri,

The weekend launch of the Tyler Perry studios in Atlanta Georgia was an emotive affair for black Americans. This especially considering the history...

Tyler Perry

Britain’s new leader Johnson: ‘We are going to get Brexit done’

By Reuters,

Boris Johnson, the Brexiteer who has promised to lead Britain out of the European Union with or without a deal by the end of October, will replace The...

Boris Johnson , brexit , BRITISH PM , Theresa May

East Africa’s Got Talent judges finally unveiled

By Citizen Reporter,

Four East Africa’s Got Talent judges have finally been revealed in a much anticipated ceremony, for one of the world’s most popular reality televi...

East Africa’s Got Talent , gaetano , Jeff Koinange , kansiime , Mdee

Rip Torn, actor best known for ‘Men in Black’ dies at 88

By CNN,

Rip Torn, an Emmy Award-winning actor who starred in "Men in Black" and HBO's "The Larry Sanders Show," has died, according to his publicist Rick Mira...

Men in Black , Rip Torn

MP John ‘KJ’ Kiarie narrates near-death experience at the hands of political goons

By Citizen Reporter,

Dagoretti South Member of Parliament John "KJ" Kiarie has revealed how he was nearly killed by a hired mob in 2007 in the run up to the Orange Democra...

Dagoretti South MP , John Kiarie , KJ , odm , raila odinga , Redykyulass

Fake Instagram accounts are hijacking Sudan solidarity campaign

By CNN,

Some Instagram accounts have been accused of using a social media campaign that aims to promote solidarity with victims of unrest in Sudan merely to g...

Fake Instagram accounts , hijacking Sudan solidarity campaign

Trump loses loyalist Sarah Sanders in another White House departure

By Reuters,

White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders, a fierce loyalist of President Donald Trump, will leave her job at the end of the month. This for a possible...

Kanze Dena , Sarah Sanders

Ukraine president holds contest for new ‘highly moral’ lawmaker candidates

By Reuters,

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s team on Monday invited applications from members of the public to fight a snap election in July for his ne...

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‘East Africa’s Got Talent ’ show to air exclusively on Citizen TV

By Citizen Reporter,

The East African version of ‘Got Talent’, one of the world's most popular reality television shows, will be aired exclusively on Citizen TV. Th...

Cowell , East Africa’s Got Talent , Got Talent

Archie?! Comic book character and now the latest British royal

By Reuters,

Archie, the red-headed comic book character? Or Archie Bunker, American television’s bad-tempered bigot from the 1970s? The choice of Archie as t...

archie , Meghan Markle. , Royal baby

Ukrainian comedian wins presidential election by landslide

By CNN,

Ukrainians threw their overwhelming support behind comedian, actor and businessman Volodymyr Zelensky in Sunday's presidential election, according to ...

ukrain , Volodymyr Zelensky

Ivy Wangechi murder: Who made us judge and jury?

By Rachel Ombaka,

Why is it that every time a young woman is killed she is castigated and blamed for 'causing her own death'? In the era of social media, a section o...

ivy wangechi murder , Moi University , Sharon Otieno murder

Bill Cosby settles defamation lawsuit brought by 7 women

By Reuters,

Convicted sex offender Bill Cosby on Friday settled a federal defamation lawsuit brought by seven women who said the former actor and comedian sexuall...

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Donald Trump, Mao Zedong headline New Hong Kong Opera

By VOA,

Cantonese opera is an art form best known for elaborate make up, costumes and tales of long-dead heroes. But for four days this April, a Hong Kong the...

Donald Trump