12-year-old boy allegedly tortured to death by grandparents

By CNN,

The grandparents and uncle of a 12-year-old boy in Montana have been charged in connection with his death after police say they found evidence of them...

Gallatin County , James Alex Hurley , Montana , murder

Sudan’s government agrees to hand over ex-President Bashir to ICC

By Reuters,

Sudan's government and rebel groups in Darfur agreed on Tuesday that all those wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) should appear before t...

Mzee Moi: Scandals and politics

By Reuters,

Critics described Daniel arap Moi as a virtual dictator, but despite its poverty Kenya was more stable than many other countries in the region emergin...

moidead

Maziwa ya Nyayo & tingiza kidole: What I was told about Moi when growing up

By Duncan Mutwiri,

I was born in 1997, just five years before the then President Daniel arap Moi exited from power. My recollection of Nyayo is very limited save for ...

Fimbo ya Nyayo , maziwa ya nyayo , moidead

Man found dead in Machakos 3 months after he was abducted in Kwale

By Nicky Gitonga,

The body of a 28-year-old man from Kibundani village in Ukunda, Kwale County has been found at the Machakos County Referral Hospital mortuary three mo...

KWALE

Cases of coronavirus in China jump by 30% overnight

By CNN,

As of Wednesday, there were 5,974 confirmed cases of the virus in China, including 132 deaths, according to the National Health Commission (NHC). T...

coronavirus

Who shot my son? Kamukunji man devastated as bullet still lodged in boy’s head

By Raquel Muigai,

10-year-old Destiny Mumo is fighting for his life at the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH): he has a bullet lodged in his head. His health becoming ...

kamukunji protests

Chinese Gov’t poses global threat to human rights: study

By Citizen Reporter,

The Chinese government is carrying out an intense attack on the global system for defending human rights. According to Human Rights Watch, the Chin...

chinese , human rights , Trump

Huge crowds in Iran for Soleimani funeral as new commander promises revenge

By Reuters,

Hundreds of thousands of Iranians thronged Tehran’s streets on Monday for the funeral of military commander Qassem Soleimani, killed by a U.S. drone...

Donald Trump , Iran , Qassem Soleimani

Charles Rubia, first African Mayor of Nairobi, dies at 96

By Ian Omondi,

First African Mayor of Nairobi Charles Rubia is dead. Rubia, a former political detainee, died on Monday at his Karen home in Nairobi. Rubia joi...

Charles Rubia

Abusive, unruly & violent: Sonko draws wrath of police boss

By Wangui Ngechu,

The office of the Inspector General of Police will be preferring assault charges against Nairobi Governor Mike Mbuvi Sonko. On Saturday, National P...

Sonko

Man whose wife was found dead commits suicide

By Citizen Reporter,

The ex-husband of Faith Wangui, a mother of two who was on Saturday evening found dead in Menengai Forest, has reportedly committed suicide. Confir...

Commander Stephen Matu , Menengai Forest , murder , Nakuru County , suicide

Former Equity Bank CEO John Mwangi’s widow wants his body exhumed

By Dzuya Walter,

One of the widows of the late Equity Bank CEO and Enashipai Resort owner John Mwangi Kagema now wants his body exhumed for a DNA test to be conducted ...

Enashipai Resort owner , John Mwangi Kagema

How Moi survived two terms post-democracy

By Duncan Mutwiri,

The advent of multiparty politics is  one that threw President Daniel Toroitich Arap Moi into uncharted political waters. His move to repeal secti...

Daniel Moi , moidead , Multiparty , YK 92

MP Gideon Keter to sue Natembeya over alleged harassment in Mau evictions

By Citizen Reporter,

Nominated Member of Parliament Gideon Keter has vowed to take legal action against Rift Valley Regional Coordinator George Natembeya over alleged hara...

Gideo Keter

Three Kenyan fishermen arrested in Uganda fined Ksh.35,000

By George Juma,

Three Kenyan fishermen who were arrested at Yama Island in Uganda last Friday and their boats confiscated were released on Sunday after their families...

Kibro Beaches , lake victoria , Yama Island

Court bars eviction of families from Inyali settlement in Kitui

By Dzuya Walter,

The government has been directed not to evict over 10,000 families living at the Inyali settlement in Kitui County pending the hearing and determinati...

Inyali settlement , KITUI COUNTY

Second suspect in Tob Cohen murder case wants court to release him

By Dzuya Walter,

The second suspect in the murder of Dutch businessman Tob Cohen has now asked the court to release him on bail pending hearing and determination of th...

DCI , Justice Daniel Ogembo , KNH , murder , sarah wairimu , Tob Cohen

‘They rubbed pilipili on my wounds,’ Form 3 student says

By Lawrence Nganga,

A Form Three student was hospitalised after his colleagues allegedly rubbed pilipili on wounds inflicted on him during a beating. The boy from St. ...

beating , bullying , KWALE , torture

Central African football boss hears war crimes charges

By Reuters,

Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC) said two alleged leaders of Central African Republic militias, one of them prominent in African ...

Alfred Yekatom , Patrice Edouard Ngaissona