Kenya among 13 countries slapped with visa ban by UAE

By Reuters,

Kenya is among 13 countries slapped with a visa ban by the United Arab Emirates, according to a document issued by a state-owned business park. Als...

dubai , UAE

Ethiopia war destabilising east Africa, warns EU

By Reuters,

Fighting between Ethiopia’s military and regional forces from the northern Tigray region is seriously destabilising the East African and Horn region...

Ethiopia , tigray

Rising Stars hit camp ahead of Cecafa Under-20

By Agencies,

The Kenya Under-20 football team, the Rising Stars are in camp at the Kenya School of Government ahead of the upcoming CECAFA U20 Championships. Th...

CECAFA Under-20 , Join camp , Rising Stars

New FAO Kenya boss Carla Mucavi takes office

By Citizen Reporter,

The newly appointed Food and Agriculture (FAO) Representative to Kenya Carla Elisa Luis Mucavi has taken office. On Monday, she was welcomed by the A...

Kenya slides down to position 113 in world prosperity ranking

By Kepha Muiruri,

Kenya has fallen one spot in the world’s prosperity ranking to wound up at position 113 in the world out of a survey of 167 countries. This accor...

2020 Prosperity Index , Legatum Institute

Former Ghanian President Jerry Rawlings dies at 73

By Reuters,

Jerry Rawlings, who seized power twice in military coups but is now regarded as a driving force behind Ghana’s emergence as a stable democracy, died...

Ghana , Jerry Rawlings

Doctor’s self-funded test lab Medipark leads way in Somalia’s COVID fight

By Reuters,

Having scraped money together following medical studies abroad, Somali doctor Abdullahi Sheikdon Dini opened Mogadishu’s first advanced diagnostic l...

coronavirus , somalia

Westgate mall attack: Two men jailed for 18 and 33years

By Reuters,

Two men were on Friday sentenced to 18 years in prison for helping al Shabaab gunmen in a 2013 attack on the Westgate mall that killed 67 people. M...

Westgate Mall

La Nina to cause drier than normal conditions in East Africa – WMO

By VOA,

The World Meteorological Organization predicts La Nina will continue through January and is expected to usher in drier and wetter conditions than norm...

la nina , locusts

Rising Stars in Group C of CECAFA tournament

By Agencies,

The Kenya U20 national team, Rising Stars, has been pooled in Group C of the upcoming CECAFA U20 Championships to be played between November 22 and De...

CECAFA , Rising Stars

Mandera now testing COVID-19 samples tests at KEMRI lab after Nairobi trips became too costly

By Citizen Reporter,

COVID-19 tests can now be done in Mandera following the launch of a Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) laboratory in the county. Governor Ali...

coronavirus , Mandera , roba

Stima focused on top-tier league status despite turmoil

By Luqman Mahmoud,

Coast region writer Coast Stima chairman Kevin Opiyo has set his eyes on ensuring the club earns a ticket to the top flight football next season desp...

Coast Stima , FKF PL , Kevin Opiyo , kplc , Serani grounds , sponsors

How gunmen abducted man acquitted in Westgate Mall attack trial

By Reuters,

Gunmen abducted a man moments after he was released from State custody a day after he was acquitted of charges of helping al Shabaab militants storm t...

westgate

Al Shabaab frees two Cuban doctors who were kidnapped in Kenya

By Citizen Reporter,

Two Cuban doctors who were kidnapped in Kenya and held for over a year in Somalia have been released after months of negotiations. According to the...

Al Shabaab , Cuban doctors

12 Somalia nationals arrested aboard a GK vehicle in Garissa

By Citizen Reporter,

Police officers in Garissa are investigating an incident in which 12 Somalia Nationals without valid identification documents were nabbed inside a cou...

garissa

3 al-Shabaab millitants killed,4 injured while assembling IED in Garissa

By Tonny Ndungu,

Three al-Shabaab millitant have been killed while tinkering with an improvised explosive device (IED) in Garissa, police reports say. The incident ...

Suspected Al-Shabaab militants

World records under threat in Brussels

By World Athletics,

The King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels will be empty of spectators for Friday night’s Wanda Diamond League exhibition meeting but brimming with amb...

Brussels , Faith Kipyegon , King Baudouin Stadium , Wanda Diamond League , World records

Futures destroyed: COVID-19 unleashes ‘shadow pandemics’ on Africa’s girls

By Reuters,

Until the new coronavirus hit Kenya in March, 17-year-old schoolgirl Anna believed the world was hers for the taking. It didn’t matter that she l...

child marriage , coronavirus , FGM , shadow pandemic , teen pregnancies

Coronavirus cases hit 31K as Kenya expands ‘safe flights’ list to 130

By Citizen Team,

Kenya's coronavirus caseload has risen to 31,015 on a day that saw the government announce that the 'safe flights' list has been expanded to 130 count...

coronavirus , safe flights , Tanzania

Morans ripe for world stage, says ace Bosire

By Mkalla Wa Mwambodze,

Mkalla Mwambodze  in Nairobi Basketball star Victor Bosire, the league’s most valuable player opines that Morans have the potential to perform we...

Afrobasket , Kenya Basketball Federation (KBF) , morans , MVP , Victor Bosire