‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero arrested on terrorism charges

By Reuters,

Rwanda said it had arrested Paul Rusesabagina - the man who was hailed a hero in a Hollywood movie about the country’s 1994 genocide - on terrorism ...

Hotel Rwanda , Rusesabagina , Rwanda

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

Duale accuses Kanini Kega of ‘extortion, threats, blackmail’ in impeachment plot

By Ian Omondi,

Garissa Township Member of Parliament Aden Duale has accused his Kieni counterpart Kanini Kega of being behind a plot to remove him as National Assemb...

Aden Duale , Kanini Kega , Majority Leader , National Assembly

DP Ruto allies Cherargei, Linturi removed from key Senate committee positions

By Ian Omondi,

Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei and his Meru counterpart Mithika Linturi are among Jubilee Party rebels allied to Deputy President William Ruto who wer...

DP William Ruto , Irungu Kang'ata , senate , Senator Mithika Linturi , Senator Samson Cherargei

Kithure Kindiki ouster: How Senators voted

By Citizen Reporter,

The purge on Jubilee Party rebels continued on Friday as 54 Senators voted out Deputy Speaker Kithure Kindiki over allegations of insubordination. ...

JUBILEE , Kithure Kindiki , omanga

‘We will not be intimidated!’ DP Ruto allies dismiss threats to de-whip them

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Three Jubilee lawmakers allied to Deputy President William Ruto’s Tanga Tanga faction have dismissed threats to de-whip them from parliamentary comm...

John ‘KJ’ Kiarie , JUBILEE , Kimani Ichung'wa , Rigathi Gachagua

Uhuru & Gideon Moi in new party deal as Murkomen, Kihika face the axe

By Sam Ogina,

It is a defining moment for the Jubilee Party Senate leadership on Monday with President Uhuru Kenyatta summoning senators to a parliamentary group me...

Gideon Moi , JUBILEE , KANU , Uhuru

How football legend Drogba, helped to halt civil war in his home nation

By Agencies,

Al-Merrikh Stadium, in Sudan's second largest city of Omdurman, is not one of the world's great gladiatorial arenas. Yet this small ground - known as ...

african cup of nations , Bouake , chelsea , Didier Drogba , Ivory Coast , Laurent Gbagbo , World cup

Coronavirus: Police officers in Nigeria quote Bible to defiant pastors

By Tonny Ndungu,

Police officers in Nigeria have resorted to a different technique in taming defiant pastors who have disregarded directives to close places of worship...

churches in Nigeria

Legendary photojournalist Sir Mohinder Dhillon dies at 88

By Ian Omondi,

Legendary photojournalist Sir Mohinder Dhillon has died at the age of 88. The renowned founder of film/cinematography company Africapix died at aro...

Aga Khan University Hospital , Richard Vaughan , Sir Mohinder Dhillon

OPINION: It’s time to end factionalism in Jubilee and work for country

By Citizen Reporter,

By Michael Cherambos They say that loyalty needs to be a two-way street. If it is not requited or returned, then it is certainly not deserved. T...

Sudan’s government agrees to hand over ex-President Bashir to ICC

By Reuters,

Sudan's government and rebel groups in Darfur agreed on Tuesday that all those wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) should appear before t...

Moi and the 1982 Coup: Fight that retained power

By Citizen Reporter,

August 1, 1982, will remain a dark day in Kenya’s history. It would also be the day said to have changed the life of retired President Daniel Tor...

1982 coup , Moi , moidead

Central African football boss hears war crimes charges

By Reuters,

Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC) said two alleged leaders of Central African Republic militias, one of them prominent in African ...

Alfred Yekatom , Patrice Edouard Ngaissona

Syrian government closes in on town that was bombed with sarin

By Reuters,

Syrian government forces on Wednesday closed in on a rebel-held town in Idlib that was bombed with sarin in 2017, sources on both sides said, building...

Idrib region , Khan Sheikhoun , President Trump , Sarin gas attack , Syrian government , U.N

Ex-hostage: Aid worker kidnappings ‘big business’ as criminals wade in

By VOA,

Kidnapping of aid workers has become "big business" as militants often work with crime networks to carry out abductions, a senior United Nations offic...

Aid workers , Kidnappings , Thomson Reuters Foundation , United Nations Commission on Refugees (UNHCR)

WFP to resume food aid to Yemenis in Houthi-controlled area

By VOA,

The World Food Program said Friday that it would resume food aid next week to 850,000 Yemeni civilians in Sanaa who have not received rations for two ...

The United Nations (UN) , U.N.'s World Food Programme (WFP) , Yemen

Sudan military, opposition sign constitutional declaration

By Reuters,

Sudan military rulers and the main opposition coalition initialed a constitutional declaration on Sunday, paving the way for a transitional government...

Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo , omar al bashir , Sudan

Four children killed in attack on Yemen market

By CNN,

Four children were among 14 civilians killed in an airstrike on Al-Thabet market in Yemen's northern Saada province on Monday, according to Houthi a...

Al-Thabet market , Houthis , Yemen

Congo Islamist ADF rebels kill 12 in Ebola area

By Reuters,

Islamist rebels killed twelve people in two attacks in an area of east Congo that is struggling to contain an Ebola epidemic, local authorities said o...

Allied Democratic Forces , Congo , ebola , Islamist