Rapper Kanye West announces U.S. presidential bid on Twitter

By Reuters,

American rapper Kanye West, a vocal supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump, announced on Saturday that he would run for president in 2020 in an appa...

Joe Biden , kanye west , President Donald Trump , U.S Presidency

OPINION: Who would have thought that one global crisis would forever change the way humans worked?

By Guest Writer,

By Kagwe Kibugu Ever since COVID-19 ushered people into their respective homes and away from offices, work has rapidly shifted from desks and cubic...

ODPP speaks out on ‘slow’ prosecution of Babu Owino over attempted murder of DJ Evolve

By Citizen Reporter,

Kenya's top prosecutor has revealed why the case linking MP Paul Ongili Babu Owino to the attempted murder of Felix Orinda aka DJ Evolve has slowed do...

B Club , Babu Owino , Dj Evolve

DJ Evolve speaks for the first time since the shooting incident at B-club

By Tonny Ndungu,

Felix Orinda popularly known as DJ Evolve has opened up for the very first time since a shooting incident involving Embakasi East MP Babu Owino at a l...

Babu Owino , Dj Evolve

Speaker Elachi, 30 MCAs under siege as goons storm City Hall at night

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Chaos erupted at City Hall in Nairobi on Thursday morning after suspected hired goons attempted to attack County Assembly Speaker Beatrice Elachi and ...

Beatrice Elachi , Nairobi County Assembly

COVID-19: Financial hardships overtake health as top concern among Kenyans

By Kepha Muiruri,

Financial constrains arising from the COVID-19 pandemic have now overtaken health as the greatest concern among Kenyans, a new survey shows. Accord...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , Infotrak poll , VAT

JAMILA MOHAMED: The many ironies of COVID-19 pandemic

By Jamila Mohamed,

Today I note the many ironies of the COVID-19 pandemic. You see on international travel, the pandemic has been an equalizer of sorts; we are all in...

coronavirus , COVID-19

24 MCAs hold ‘sleepover’ at the Kirinyaga County Asembly as Governor Waiguru impeachment hots up

By Tonny Ndungu,

24 out of the 33 MCAs who make up the Kirinyaga county assembly spent their Monday night at the assembly ahead of Governor Anne Waiguru impeachment mo...

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Djokovic: US Open coronavirus protocols ‘extreme’

By Agencies,

World number one Novak Djokovic has called the coronavirus safety protocols, planned in order for the US Open to take place, "extreme". The hard-co...

coronavirus safety protocols , Extreme , Novak Djokovic , US Open

60yr-old Gerald Murungi sentenced to life in prison for defiling 10yr-old girl

By Daniel Kalunge,

60-year-old Gerald Murungi from Bulapesa, Isiolo County has been jailed for life after he was found guilty of defiling a 10-year-old girl. Isiolo P...

defilement , Gerald Murungi , rape

Uproar after police shoot dead homeless man in Mathare

By Tonny Ndungu,

Mathare residents have vowed to move to the streets in protests after police officers enforcing the daily curfew reportedly shot down a homeless man a...

Mathare

‘Make use of your time, don’t waste it doing nothing,’ experts tell Kenyans amid Covid-19 restrictions

By Kepha Muiruri,

The Covid-19 pandemic has brought with it an unprecedented top up of free time due to the many disruptions it came with including, but not limited to,...

COVID-19 , curfew

Peru seemed to do everything right, so how did it become a Covid-19 hotspot?

By CNN,

Peru was one of the first nations in the Americas to take strict preventative coronavirus measures, like stay-at-home orders, curfews and border closi...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , Latin America , Peru , President Jair Bolsonaro , President Martin Vizcarra

African music legend Mory Kante dies aged 70 in Guinea

By Reuters,

Musician Mory Kante, who helped win African music a global following, has died in the capital of his homeland Guinea at the age of 70, his agent said ...

Mory Kante

Children of Rwandan genocide fugitive Kabuga led police to Paris-area hideout

By Reuters,

French intelligence agents spied on the children of Rwanda’s most-wanted genocide fugitive to track him down to an apartment in a Paris suburb and e...

Kabuga

Children of Rwandan genocide fugitive Kabuga led police to Paris-area hideout

By Reuters,

French intelligence agents spied on the children of Rwanda’s most-wanted genocide fugitive to track him down to an apartment in a Paris suburb and e...

Kabuga , Rwanda genocide

China’s ambassador to Israel found dead in his home

By Reuters,

China’s ambassador to Israel was found dead in his home in a Tel Aviv suburb on Sunday, an Israeli police spokesman said. He did not comment on t...

Over 100 families spend night in the cold following demolitions in Ruai

By Ian Omondi,

Over 100 families living in a disputed land in Ruai, Nairobi, were on Friday forced to spend the night in the cold after their houses were demolished....

Demolition , Eviction , Ruai

Italy becomes third country to top 30,000 Covid-19 deaths

By VOA,

Italy on Friday became the third country to record more than 30,000 deaths from the coronavirus, with only Britain and the United States reporting mor...

coronavirus , italy

Indian train kills 14 workers laid-off in coronavirus lockdown

By Reuters,

An Indian train killed 14 migrant workers who had fallen asleep on the track on Friday while they were heading back to their home village after losing...

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