Countries

Kenya sacks prison boss after ‘terror’ inmates escape

Nairobi – Kenya’s president on Wednesday sacked the country’s top prisons boss over an embarrassing jailbreak by three “terror” inmates... Read more

18 Nov, 2021

Countries

Husband of slain Kenyan Olympian Tirop charged with murder

Nairobi – The husband of Kenyan distance running star Agnes Tirop was on Tuesday charged with her murder, a day... Read more

17 Nov, 2021

Countries

Blinken warns on democracy at start of Africa tour

Nairobi – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday urged Africans to watch out for rising threats to... Read more

17 Nov, 2021

Countries

Kenya’s suspended football boss Nick Mwendwa in court

Nairobi – The head of Kenya’s disbanded national football federation appeared in court on Monday over allegations of corruption. Football... Read more

15 Nov, 2021

Countries

Family of murdered Kenyan woman sues UK army to demand answers

Nairobi – The family of a young Kenyan mother allegedly murdered by a British soldier almost a decade ago is... Read more

10 Nov, 2021

Countries

From slums to nets: Kenyan cricket’s comeback pitch

Nairobi – The slum-dwelling schoolboys batting in the nets in Nairobi are at the heart of an effort to... Read more

3 Nov, 2021

Countries

UK ‘co-operating’ with Kenya murder inquiry, officials say

Nairobi – The British High Commission in Nairobi on Sunday said it was “fully co-operating” with a police investigation... Read more

25 Oct, 2021

Countries

Mourners pay homage to slain Kenyan running star Agnes Tirop

Mosoriot – Olympic running greats came together on Saturday to bid farewell to rising Kenyan star Agnes Tirop, whose murder... Read more

23 Oct, 2021

Countries

Kenya runner Agnes Tirop’s death highlights pressures faced by female athletes

Nairobi – The death of Kenyan running star Agnes Tirop has thrown a spotlight on the pressures faced by the... Read more

22 Oct, 2021

Coronavirus

Kenya lifts dusk-to-dawn Covid curfew

Nairobi – Kenya’s president Uhuru Kenyatta announced on Wednesday the immediate lifting of a nationwide coronavirus curfew in force... Read more

20 Oct, 2021