PROFILE: Jamila Mohamed, top journalist who embodies humility amidst great strides in the media industry

By Guest Writer,

By Patience Nyange and Esther Kiragu This week in our #KenyaWomenSeries, we feature a renowned journalist and quite a familiar face in many Kenyan...

#KenyaWomenSeries , Jamila Mohammed , media

30 years on, women-only village in Samburu inspires land equality

By Reuters,

When Jane Nolmongen’s husband banished her from their family home in northern Kenya after discovering she had been raped by a British soldier, she w...

FGM , Samburu , women only village

Calm returns in Isiolo after 3 days of clashes between two communities

By Elphas Lagat,

Leaders and elders in Isiolo County on Sunday held peace meetings to restore calm in the area that has witnessed three days of clashes between the Mer...

borana , Isiolo town , meru

Gov’t to launch disarmament in Marsabit, neighboring counties over insecurity

By Ian Omondi,

Interior Cabinet Secretary Dr. Fred Matiang’i now says the government is set to launch an immediate disarmament exercise in Marsabit and all its nei...

CS Fred Matiang’i , Kapedo , Marsabit County

Mandera communities to engage in peace talks to end inter-clan clashes

By Citizen Reporter,

Clan elders from the Murule and Garreh communities in Mandera County have resolved to engage in a dialogue aimed at bringing an end to hostilities tha...

Garreh communities , Mandera , Murule

Mali President Keita resigns  after arrest by mutinous soldiers

By VOA,

Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita resigned late Tuesday night, hours after he was arrested by mutinous soldiers following months of massive protes...

keita , MALI

Two chiefs among 16 to be charged for incitement over Mariashoni clashes

By Maryanne Nyambura,

Two chiefs are among 16 people in police custody for allegedly fueling violence in Mariashoni, Nakuru County, leading to inter-ethnic clashes in the a...

George Natembeya , inter-ethnic clashes , Mariashoni , Nakuru County

Kenyan conservationist Abdullahi Hussein bags the coveted Whitley Award

By Moses Ngugi,

Smack in the middle of the coronavirus disquiet that has gripped the world, a Kenyan conservationist has won the most coveted award in the conservatio...

Ten arrested with bows and arrows as inter-clan clashes escalate in Narok

By Hassan Mugambi,

The Siria-Eruasingishu clan stand off on the slopes of Transmara, Narok County, seems far from being resolved. Ten young men were on Sunday arreste...

Governor Samual Ole Tunai , Inter-clan clashes , Narok County

Six injured in fresh inter-clan clashes in Narok

By Duncan Mutwiri,

Several people are nursing serious arrow inflicted injuries in renewed border clashes at the Nkararo-Enooretet border in Transmara, Narok County. A...

border clashes , clan wars , narok

30 women arrested following protests over Transmara clashes

By Chrispine Otieno,

Police on Monday morning arrested over 30 women in Kilgoris, Narok County amid rising tensions over the ongoing fighting between the Siria and Iruasi ...

Kilgoris , Narok County , Transmara clashes

Dozens dead in new bout of inter communal fighting in Chad

By VOA,

At least 37 people have been killed in fresh fighting this week between rival ethnic groups in Chad, President Idriss Deby said on Friday. The viol...

Chad , Chad’s President Idriss Deby , ethnic clashes

Over 15 people nursing arrow-inflicted wounds in Trans Mara

By Stephen Letoo,

More than 15 people are nursing arrow-inflicted wounds in Kilgoris and Kisii hospitals after renewed clashes at the border of Enooretet and Nkararo su...

Thousands flee DR Congo as inter-ethnic violence flares

By VOA,

The United Nations refugee agency reports around 7,500 DR Congo refugees have fled to Uganda this month to escape escalating inter-ethnic violence. ...

DR Congo

At least 161 dead in northeast Congo in apparent ethnic clashes

By Reuters,

At least 161 people have been killed in a northeastern province of Democratic Republic of Congo in the past week, local officials said on Monday, in a...

Democratic Republic of Congo.

Blasts kill soldiers, Shi’ite Muslims in Pakistan

By VOA,

Authorities in Pakistan say a roadside bombing Friday near the Afghan border killed at least four soldiers and injured four others, while two separate...

Afghan war , Pakistan - Afghan border

Clashing tribes and shrinking grassland as Isiolo airport sparks property boom

By Reuters,

Sitting on a roadside boulder at the edge of Kenya’s Isiolo airport, six young men engage in a friendly argument over what speed an airplane reaches...

Governor Mohamed Kuti , Isiolo Airport , Isiolo County

Clashing tribes, shrinking grassland: Isiolo airport sparks property boom

By Reuters,

Sitting on a roadside boulder at the edge of Isiolo airport, six young men engage in a friendly argument over what speed an airplane reaches on takeof...

Isiolo Airport

Pakistani forces kill five terrorists in Peshawar

By VOA,

Officials in Pakistan announced Tuesday counterterrorism forces have killed five militants in a 17 hour long gun battle in an upscale locality in the ...

pakistani

Dozens die in Burkina as Sahel conflict spirals

By VOA,

Dozens of civilians have been killed in tit-for-tat clashes between communities in northern Burkina Faso last week, the ruling party said Wednesday, t...

Burkina