Poor nations hosting most refugees worldwide, need more Western help: U.N.

By Reuters,

Developing countries, not rich Western nations, are bearing the brunt of the world’s refugee crisis and are hosting most of the record 70.8 million ...

Global Trends , refugees , UNHCR , United Nations

Three found guilty of Garissa University terror attack, set for sentencing

By Dzuya Walter,

A Nairobi court on Wednesday convicted three persons and acquitted one over the Garissa University terror attack that saw 156 people dead. The cour...

AL-SHABAB , Garissa University , KDF , Magistrate Francis Andayi , Terror Attack

Al Shabaab kill 16 in Kenya and Somalia blasts

By Reuters,

Somali militants killed eight Kenyan police with a roadside bomb near the border between the two countries on Saturday, officials said, while another ...

Al Shabaab , Bomb , charles owino , U.N

Kenyan FGM survivor’s film urges women not to ‘die in silence’

By VOA,

As a 10-year-old in rural Kenya, Beryl Magoko was not surprised when her Kuria community arranged for her to undergo Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), ...

"The Cut" , Beryl Magoko , FGM , Human Rights Watch , Pierre Foldes , world health organization

Roadside bomb kills Kenyan police near Somali border

By Reuters,

A roadside bomb hit a vehicle carrying 11 police officers near Kenya's border with Somalia on Saturday, killing several of the them, the police spokes...

IED , Wajir

African migrant apprehensions spike at Southern US border

By VOA,

The number of African migrants apprehended by U.S. border officials has spiked, from a total of less than a hundred in years past to more than 600 in ...

U.N. refugee agency , US immigration policy

Botswana scraps anti-gay sex laws

By CNN,

Botswana's High Court has overturned a colonial-era law criminalizing consensual same-sex relations in a landmark victory for Africa's LGBTQ movements...

Botswana , decriminalizing gay sex

UN: Millions could face severe food shortages as drought grips Somalia

By VOA,

The United Nations Refugee Agency warns an estimated 5.4 million people affected by worsening drought in Somalia will likely face severe food shortage...

Babar Baloch , Somalia drought , United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR)

149 African migrants evacuated from Libya to Italy

By VOA,

The U.N. refugee agency says it has evacuated 149 refugees and asylum-seekers from the strife-torn Libyan capital of Tripoli and brought them to safet...

italy , libya , refugees , UNHCR

US draws Eritrea closer with removal from terror list

By VOA,

The United States has removed Eritrea from a terror list, the latest in a series of diplomatic victories for the East African nation. The U.S. Stat...

terror list

African refugees evacuated from Libya to Italy, more help needed: U.N.

By Reuters,

A total of 149 Africans in Libya were evacuated to Italy on Thursday, but more states must help people escape deteriorating conditions in Tripoli afte...

Commander Khalifa Haftar , libya , refugees , U.N

Kenya will not allow any unaccompanied baggage from Somalia, Govt says

By Citizen Reporter,

The Kenyan government now says it will not allow any unaccompanied baggage to be ferried into the country on flights from Somalia. In a statement i...

foreign affairs , monica juma , Somali , somalia

Jambojet licensed to operate in 7 more countries

By Nigel Wafula,

Jambojet Kenya has acquired a three-year licence deal which allows the company to operate in seven more regional destinations. The Kenya Civil  Av...

Jambojet

After Amaco triumph, KDF train arsenal on opponents, targets title

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

After bagging the 2019 Amaco Tournament, Kenya Defence Forces who have made winning the elusive Kenyan Volleyball Federation (KVF) league title their ...

Amaco Tournament , KDF , KVF , League title , Volleyball

Somali officer remembered as mother, military hero

By VOA,

Col. Faadumo Ali spent her life trying to bring peace and security back to her home country of Somalia. The 33-year-old mother of 10 joined the mil...

China,United States face off in Djibouti as world powers fight for influence in Africa

By CNN,

A dirt track at Djibouti's Doraleh Port leads to a series of unassuming single-story buildings that, earlier this year, hosted the world's two superpo...

china , Djibouti , Red Sea , US

Omuse, Ngeny new faces in Kenya’s squad for Zone V qualifiers

By Stanley Mativo,

Kenya's men senior volleyball team head coach Moses Epoloto has named two debutants in his final squad for the Africa Zone Five All African Games qual...

Africa Zone Five All African Games qualifiers , Kelvin Omuse , Moses Epoloto , Sammy Ngeny

Former Somali minister Fahiye killed in suicide car bombing

By VOA,

Police in Somalia say former foreign minister Hussein Elabe Fahiye was among five people killed when a car bomb exploded Wednesday. The explosion o...

Al Shabaab , Hussein Ceelaabe Fahiya , somalia

Kenya-Somalia rift widens over new Wajir security checks

By Citizen Reporter,

The Somalia Government has raised concern over the reintroduction of additional security checks on its citizens in Wajir. A letter from the country...

Cuban doctors , Kenya-Somalia

No Ksh.150M ransom talks for abducted Cuban doctors: Gov’t

By Citizen Reporter,

The government has ruled out any possibilities of heeding to the demands for Ksh.150million ransom for two Cuban doctors Landy Rodrigues and Correa He...

Al Shabaab , Cuban doctors