Nine more perish as season of horror on Kenyan roads persists and fatalities near 100 in a month
Preliminary reports said the bus christened Greenline was travelling from western Kenya to Nairobi when it collided head-on with a mini-bus that was going to Nakuru. Six occupants of the matatu lost their lives on impact.
US dethronement of Maduro raises unease about international legal framework as Trump warns Colombia, covets Greenland
US President Donald Trump insists capturing Maduro was legal. His administration has declared the drug cartels operating from Venezuela to be unlawful combatants and said the US is now in an “armed conflict” with them, according to an administration memo obtained in October.
PMI: Kenya closes 2025 on positive note as private sector business environment expands
Kenyan firms also reported a strong increase in sales volumes in December. Anecdotal survey reports pointed to several factors enhancing growth, such as improved tourism and demand in general, greater advertising and passing on subdued cost pressures to customers via more affordable prices.
Museveni’s fierce critic Sara Bireete detained ahead of January 15 presidential election
Police in Uganda said they have detained a prominent human rights activist as long-serving President Yoweri Museveni’s government widens its crackdown on dissent and political opposition ahead of the January 15 general election. The detention of Sarah Bireete, head of a rights organisation and a frequent anti-government commentator on local...
Another Kenyan attempts 80-hour tree-hugging record as a symbol of cancer patients endurance
The awareness campaign comes just days after Truphena Muthoni from Nyeri completed a 72-hour tree-hugging challenge, which focused on environmental conservation, opposing deforestation, and highlighting the link between environmental protection and mental health.
Dangerous buildings: Kenya’s construction authority embarks on clampdown of rogue contractors in Kisumu
Speaking during the operation, NCA Central Nyanza Regional Coordinator Festus Mariera said the authority, working in collaboration with the Kisumu County government, had inspected several ongoing projects in the area, with most found to be in breach of the law.
Museveni times seven: How normalisation of violence became hard currency for winning Uganda’s omnipresent leader 7th term
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni is seeking his seventh term in office in the January 15 presidential election that kicks off Africa’s 2026 election calendar. He and his National Resistance Movement (NRM) party are running on the campaign theme of “Protecting the Gains: Making a Qualitative Leap into High Middle-Income Status.”
How conservationists in Kenya remember iconic ‘super tusker’ that was the symbol of African savanna’s largest land animal
In Amboseli National Park, a protected area whose vegetation ranges from savannah woodland to open grasslands near the Tanzania border, Craig stood out as an attraction to tourists and a notable creature to conservationists working to protect elephants from poachers and other threats.
