There’s a place in my heart that’s aching, how I wish to be a part of a crowd not so hating. Why can’t we love one another, stop the shooting, stop the hating for every bullet you throw your just causing more heart aching. How I wish to be apart of a country who used...
Addis Abeba – A new Human Rights Watch (HRW) report alleges that Sudanese refugees in Ethiopia’s Amhara region have experienced multiple incidents of violence, abductions, and forced labor amid the ongoing conflict between government forces and Fano militias. The report, released on 17 October, 2024, covers research conducted between May and September 2024. It documents numerous security...
Jubaland, The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) officially handed over the Kuday Forward Operating Base (FOB) to Somali Security Forces (SSF) in Jubaland State on Wednesday. Kuday FOB, located in Lower Juba, has been manned by ATMIS Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) since 2015. It has played a critical role in safeguarding the port...
Basillioh Rukanga Kenyan senators have voted to remove Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua from office despite his failure to testify at his impeachment trial after his lawyer said he had been taken to hospital. In one of the most dramatic days in Kenya’s recent political history, Gachagua had been due to appear in the Senate after...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s High Court on Tuesday rejected an application by the deputy president’s lawyers to stop the senate from debating an impeachment motion against him after parliament voted to remove him from office last week. Justice Chacha Mwita ruled that parliament will be allowed to proceed with its constitutional mandate and the court won’t...
Chris Baraniuk One by one, the satellites – each of them encrusted with a hodge-podge of solar panels and other gizmos – detached from their mothership. They had blasted off from Earth just an hour earlier, on 16 August. The 116 satellites onboard the launch vehicle were mostly designed and built by Western nations and...
Kenya’s Ruth Chepngetich put on a performance for the ages as she obliterated the women’s marathon world record in Chicago on Sunday, taking nearly two minutes off the previous best to win in a time of two hours nine minutes 56 seconds. Chepngetich ditched the competition by the halfway mark and ran through a chorus...
BAGHDAD: Iran’s top diplomat vowed Sunday there would be “no red lines” for the country in defending its people and interests, ahead of Israel’s expected retaliation for Iran’s recent missile attack. “While we have made tremendous efforts in recent days to contain an all-out war in our region, I say it clearly that we have...
By Brian Otieno Lawmakers from North Eastern Kenya want the government to mop up at least 850,000 children who have dropped out of school in the region. The MPs claim that the region faces huge shortcomings in human capital development due to insufficient infrastructure and security related challenges. The lawmakers also want Teachers Service Commission...
ADDIS ABABA, (Xinhua) — Experts and decision-makers have praised the China-proposed Global Development Initiative (GDI) as an important impetus to drive global development, with particular emphasis on promoting a thriving South-South cooperation. They made the call Thursday during a high-level dialogue held under the theme “Fully Implementing the Global Development Initiative and Continuously Deepening China-Africa...