Russia offered Taliban fighters cash rewards to kill US, UK troops in Afghanistan

By CNN,

Russian intelligence officers for the military intelligence GRU recently offered money to Taliban militants in Afghanistan as rewards if they killed U...

John Ratcliffe , President Donald Trump , Taliban Militants , US intelligence , White House

How one gay Egyptian woman stood up to homophobia and paid the ultimate price

By CNN,

In 2017, Sarah Hegazi was arrested and said she was tortured for waving a rainbow gay pride flag at a concert in Cairo. Last weekend, the 30-year...

Gay , LGBTQ , Sarah Hegazi

Kenyan conservationist Abdullahi Hussein bags the coveted Whitley Award

By Moses Ngugi,

Smack in the middle of the coronavirus disquiet that has gripped the world, a Kenyan conservationist has won the most coveted award in the conservatio...

Insurers to report cash transactions above Ksh.1M

By Kepha Muiruri,

Insurance companies in the country will now be obligated to report all cash transactions above Ksh.1 million ($10,000) with the Financial Reporting Ce...

IRA

CBK sanctions Absa Bank for irregular forex trading

By Kepha Muiruri,

The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has flagged Absa Bank Kenya for irregular foreign exchange trades conducted in March. According to the reserve bank...

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

Five banks fined Ksh.385 million over NYS scandal

By Kepha Muiruri,

Five local banks will pay a total of Ksh.385 million as penalties for their respective violation of the various provisions of anti-money laundering la...

AML/CFT , NYS II , ODPP

‘Stop and desist from unwarranted provocations,’ President Kenyatta warns Somalia

By Benjamin Muriuki,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has warned Somalia to desist from what he terms as "provoking Kenya by violating her territorial integrity." In a statemen...

somalia , Uhuru kenyatta

Court stops suspension, arrest of Kenya Airways employee Gire Ali

By Dzuya Walter,

Kenya Airways' decision to suspend employee Gire Ali has been voided by a Nairobi court after he moved to court to challenge the move. At the same ...

Ali Gire , China Southern Airline , coronavirus , jkia , Kenya Airways

Go or no go? U.S. updates travel advisories amid coronavirus outbreak

By VOA,

The U.S. State Department says when it comes to issuing a travel alert for Americans traveling abroad, it takes into account health risks. This inc...

coronavirus

Facebook alert on a terror attack lands Kenyan man in hot soup

By Paul Ruto,

Senior Magistrate Kipkurui kibelion has allowed detectives from Bomet police station to detain for four days a man who warned of an impending terror a...

Bomet man arrested for posting about alleged terror plot on Facebook

By Ian Omondi,

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have arrested a suspect for publishing alarming information warning of an alleged ter...

Bomet County. , DCI , facebook , terrorism

Victims thought they were paying millions to free hostages. But the ‘minister’ who asked them was a fraudster in a mask

By CNN,

There was a sense of urgency in the voice of the man claiming to be France's defense minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian. "We're talking about the lives...

France , Gilbert Chikli , hostages , Jean-Yves Le Drian

Tanzania, Sudan, Nigeria on U.S. travel ban list

By CNN,

The Trump administration on Friday announced an expansion of the travel ban -- one of the President's signature policies, which has been derided by cr...

Tanzania , Travel ban , Trump

United States delivers 6 helicopters to KDF

By Ian Omondi,

The United States Embassy in Nairobi has announced the sale of six MD-530F helicopters to the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) through the United States For...

Ambassador Kyle McCarter , MD-530F helicopter , U.S. Embassy

43 terror suspects arrested in Eastleigh detained for two days

By Dzuya Walter,

Forty three terror suspects arrested in Eastleigh were on Wednesday arraigned before a Nairobi court and detained for two days pending investigations....

ATPU , Eastleigh , Terror Suspects

U.S. plans to restrict visa, Green Card applications for 7 African countries

By Citizen Reporter,

Nigeria and Tanzania are among seven African countries that could have their citizens applications for U.S. visas and Green Cards restricted. Accor...

Green Card

Uhuru meets PM Boris Johnson for talks on trade, fight against terrorism

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta held talks with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson focused on scaling up the robust ties between Kenya and the UK. Durin...

Boris Johnson , Uhuru kenyatta

Iran attacks two Iraqi bases housing US forces in ‘revenge’ for Soleimani’s death

By CNN,

Iran launched more than a dozen missiles at two Iraqi bases that hold US troops in what appears to be retaliation for the American airstrike that kill...

iran launches missiles at a iraqi army base , iran vs America

Mandera court sentences Ugandan national to 30yrs in jail over terror links

By Benjamin Muriuki,

A Ugandan national was on Tuesday sentenced to 30 years in prison after he was found guilty of involvement in terror activities. According to the O...

Mandera