Sonko rushed to Nairobi Hospital over stomach complications

By Citizen Reporter,

Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has been admitted to the Nairobi Hospital with stomach pains, reports say. Sonko was reportedly rushed to the hos...

Sonko

How the U.S. helped Museveni stay in power for over 3 decades

By CNN,

Ugandans go to the polls on January 14, with Bobi Wine and nine other candidates challenging incumbent President Yoweri Museveni, who has been in powe...

bobi , Museveni , uganda

Security forces killed at least 76 in Ethiopia unrest after musician’s killing: Rights body

By Reuters,

Ethiopia’s state-appointed human rights commission said on Friday that security forces killed at least 76 people and wounded nearly 200 during viole...

Abiy Ahmed , Ethiopia , Haacaaluu Hundeessaa , tigray

U.S. charges Kenyan man with researching 9/11-style airplane hijacking

By Reuters,

U.S. prosecutors said on Wednesday they had charged a Kenyan man with terrorism-related offences including conspiring for a 9/11-style airplane hijack...

9/11 attacks , Cholo Abdi Abdullah , Dusit

Heavy security deployed ahead of judgement in Westgate mall attack case

By Dzuya Walter,

There was a heavy police deployment at the Milimani Law Courts ahead of delivery of judgement in a case involving three suspects implicated in the Sep...

Westgate Mall attack.

Terror suspect arrested after he’s captured on CCTV mugging school girl

By Citizen Reporter,

By Francis Mtalaki Police officers in Mombasa County are presently holding a terror suspect also believed to be behind several mugging incidents in...

Abdallah Hassan Noordin , Mombasa County. , OCPD Eliud Monari , Old Town , terror

BWIRE: Cross border movements and conflicts require more than security interventions

By Victor Bwire,

By Victor Bwire The questioning of eleven Members of Parliament from North Eastern Kenya by police on Sunday on return from a visit to Somalia once...

Garissa residents call for Mohamud Saleh’s return following Al Shabaab attacks

By Citizen Reporter,

The Clergy and Garissa County locals are calling for the former North Eastern Provincial Commissioner Mohamud Saleh to be included in security matters...

BWIRE: Media shouldn’t glorify terrorism

By Victor Bwire,

By Victor Bwire As we mourn the loss of lives and destruction of property following the recent terror attacks in Lamu County over the past few days...

lamu , terrorism

UK Interior Ministry offices on lockdown after stabbing

By CNN,

The offices of Britain's interior ministry in London were placed on lockdown Thursday after a man was stabbed on the street outside, in a knife attack...

Britain's interior ministry , United Kingdom (UK)

Court detains three men for taking pictures of Villa Rosa Kempinski Hotel

By Sophie Njagi,

A Nairobi court has detained three men accused of taking pictures of Villa Rosa Kempiski Hotel for five days. The three; Abdi Mohammed Guled, Ibrah...

Villa Rosa Kempiski

Most wanted Mombasa gang leader shot dead by police

By Citizen Reporter,

Police in Mombasa on Sunday gunned down one of the most wanted criminals in the area after months of hunting him down. Dula alias Captian J is beli...

Mombasa gangs , Wakali Wao

Blasts kill soldiers, Shi’ite Muslims in Pakistan

By VOA,

Authorities in Pakistan say a roadside bombing Friday near the Afghan border killed at least four soldiers and injured four others, while two separate...

Afghan war , Pakistan - Afghan border

Shooter kills four people in Darwin, Australia

By Reuters,

A gunman killed four people and wounded one in the Australian city of Darwin on Tuesday, in one of the country’s most violent attacks in years as st...

Australia , Custody , Darwin , gunman , shooter , suspect

Week-long US-Taliban talks end without breakthrough

By VOA,

The Taliban and the United States on Thursday concluded weeklong negotiations in Qatar but reported no significant progress on peace efforts in Afghan...

Commander: No Decision on US Troops in Afghanistan

By VOA,

As the United States and the Taliban begin a new round of negotiations in an effort to move the peace process forward, a senior U.S. military commande...

Bomb scare, suspicious vehicle rattle nervous Sri Lanka amid attack probe

By Reuters,

Sri Lankan authorities locked down the central bank and the road leading to the jittery capital’s airport was shut briefly by a bomb scare on Thursd...

Sri Lanka Bomb scare

Pakistani forces kill five terrorists in Peshawar

By VOA,

Officials in Pakistan announced Tuesday counterterrorism forces have killed five militants in a 17 hour long gun battle in an upscale locality in the ...

pakistani

BWIRE: Battle against violent extremism can be won

By Citizen Reporter,

By Victor Bwire Kenya is firmly on course on dealing with violent extremism (VE), though a number of challenges still face the country’s interven...

Why ISIS is easier for big tech to fight than white supremacy

By CNN,

Social media networks are facing a reckoning for their role in spreading far-right terrorist propaganda, after a deadly attack on a New Zealand mosqu...

ISIS , social media , white supremacy