U.S. government executes third man this week after 17-year hiatus

By Reuters,

A week that marked the return of capital punishment by the U.S. government after a 17-year hiatus ended on Friday with a third execution of a federal ...

capital punishment , Execution , President Donald Trump , U.S. government

How one gay Egyptian woman stood up to homophobia and paid the ultimate price

By CNN,

In 2017, Sarah Hegazi was arrested and said she was tortured for waving a rainbow gay pride flag at a concert in Cairo. Last weekend, the 30-year...

Gay , LGBTQ , Sarah Hegazi

31 prisoners evacuated after testing positive for the new coronavirus

By Tonny Ndungu,

31 prisoners have tested positive for the new coronavirus at the Nairobi Remand and Allocation Prison, the Kenya Prisons Service commissioner general ...

coronavirus

Constable Mang’eni turns green the dusty Matete grounds, left bare for 30 years

By Godfrey Ashiali,

Godfrey Ashiali Budding footballers in Malava, Kakamega County have every reason to smile and enjoy horning their talents again thanks to the efforts...

Kakamega County , Malava , Matete playing ground , Matete United , Moses Mang’eni , Police constable

At least 17 prisoners killed in riot at Venezuelan jail: military

By Tonny Ndungu,

At least 17 prisoners in a Venezuelan jail were killed on Friday as they attempted to escape during a riot, according to a military report seen by Reu...

venezuelan jail

Italian mafia bosses released from prison over coronavirus fears

By CNN,

Several Italian mafia bosses have been released from prison under a new coronavirus regulation, the country's national anti-mafia prosecutor said. ...

Alfonso Bonafede , coronavirus , Italian mafia

Concerns rise over state of quarantine facilities in Kenya

By VOA,

Kenyan authorities faced a backlash this week after extending by two weeks a mandatory quarantine for people held in centers where coronavirus has bee...

coronavirus , Quarantine

Why coronavirus is making people hoard illegal drugs

By CNN,

It's not just toilet roll that people are panic buying. Some illegal drug users are reportedly stockpiling their substance of choice as restrictio...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , stockpiling

Kenya releases 4800 prisoners to decongest prisons over coronavirus

By Tonny Ndungu,

The National Council on the Administration of Justice (NCAJ) after multi-agency consultations has resolved to release 4800 prisoners who are serving t...

coronavirus , prisoners

Seven years after bus rape and murder shocked the world, attackers hanged in India

By CNN,

Four men have been executed for the gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old student on a New Delhi bus in 2012, a case that shone a global spotlight on ...

Iran frees 85,000 prisoners amid coronavirus crisis

By Reuters,

Iran has temporarily freed about 85,000 prisoners, including political prisoners, a spokesman for its judiciary said on Tuesday, in response to the co...

coronavirus , Iran , prisoners

Judiciary suspends open court appearances, conferences, foreign trips over coronavirus

By Benjamin Muriuki,

The Judiciary has announced a raft of new measures aimed at protecting its staff as well as the public from coronavirus infection and to prevent the s...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , Judiciary , Maraga

Iran to temporarily free 54,000 prisoners as coronavirus spreads

By CNN,

Iran will temporarily release 54,000 people from prisons and deploy hundreds of thousands of health workers as officials announced a slew of measures ...

Iran

Police officer arrested over prisoners’ daring escape from cell in Kirinyaga

By Johnson Muriithi,

A police officer has been arrested over the suspicion of aiding four suspects who escaped from the Sagana Police station in Kirinyaga on Saturday morn...

Mzee Moi: Scandals and politics

By Reuters,

Critics described Daniel arap Moi as a virtual dictator, but despite its poverty Kenya was more stable than many other countries in the region emergin...

moidead

DCI arrest prison officers accused of killing inmate at Naivasha prison

By Tonny Ndungu,

The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) officers have arrested two prison officers in connection with the murder of Simon Nduro- a former inm...

inmate killed at Naivasha maximum prison

75 ‘highly dangerous’ gang members escape prison

By CNN,

At least 75 inmates escaped from a prison in Paraguay through an underground tunnel Sunday, the Ministry of Interior's Office said in a statement. ...

Gang members , Paraguay , Primeiro Comando da Capital , prison break

‘Jeff cried like a baby’: Miguna leaves JKL show host in stitches

By Tonny Ndungu,

Self-styled liberation leader Miguna Miguna sent the audience into a frenzy with hilarious depictions of JKLive show host Jeff Koinange and ODM leader...

miguna

OPINION: Why we need a Structured Parliamentary Diplomacy for Africa

By Citizen Reporter,

By Joel Okwemba Foreign Policy is Public Policy. Foreign policy has hitherto been a prerogative of the Executive arm of government despite the glob...

democracy , diplomacy

Warriors have one foot in KBF league semis playoffs

By Dennis Kamariki,

Last term’s Kenya Basketball Federation (KBF) men's Premier League first runners-up Ulinzi Warriors have one foot in the 2019 league semis playoffs ...

Kenya basketball league , Lakeside , playoffs , Ulinzi Warriors