Five arid and semi-arid regions in Kenya on high alert as weather forecasts show depressed rainfall
At least five counties in the country are at high alert stage of drought with expectation of low or below average rainfall in the March-May long rain season. According to the National Drought Management Authority (NDMA), these counties are Wajir, Mandera, parts of Marsabit, Parts of Kilifi and Parts of...
Kenyan UN peacekeeper killed during patrol in Central African Republic, spokesperson says
The United Nations on Saturday condemned the killing of a Kenyan peacekeeper in an ambush of a patrol in the east of the Central African Republic. Florence Marchal, the spokesperson for MINUSCA, the peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic, said the soldier was killed during a UN patrol near...
Kisumu County scrambles to limit cholera spread linked to ‘rampant open defecation’
Ruth Ojuka, Nyando Sub-County community health focal person lamented that local people still live without safely managed sanitation, with majority still practising open defecation.
Chaos at Pentagon as defence secretary Hegseth accidentally reveals start time of planned killing of Yemeni militant
US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth speaks to US service members at the Defence Personnel Accounting Agency on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii,US, on March 25, 2025. Credit: DOD/U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Madelyn Keech
Diplomacy: Kenya recognises Kosovo as independent state, first such move in five years
Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008, but is not a United Nations member due to opposition from Serbia and its allies, including UN-veto holders Russia and China.
Witness: Sudanese military takes control of capital Khartoum from RSF but wider war far from over
An army statement said his flight into the airport was the first to land there since the outbreak of war in April 2023. The army also said it had gained control of a major RSF base south of the capital that it said was the paramilitary group’s last major stronghold in Khartoum state.
Kenya unveils 2025 medium-term public debt management strategy that stands at $85 billion
Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi disclosed that as of March 2025, Kenya’s total public debt stood at Ksh11.02 trillion ($85.030 billion) from Ksh10.5 trillion ($81.018 billion) in June 2024.
State agency, Communications Authority of Kenya and Huawei to roll back cybersecurity talent search
Director of Cybersecurity at the Communication Authority Vincent Ngundi, noted that the initiative, which has benefited from various collaborations, began in 2022 with approximately 1,700 students participating.
No more trips to India for treatment, Kericho governor announces as he commissions construction of $2.8m cancer centre
The governor further announced a partnership that secured Ksh500 million ($4 million) for expanding and equipping medical facilities noting that Kericho Referral Hospital serves not only local residents but also patients from neighbouring counties such as Bomet, Nakuru and Nandi, with 60 per cent of patients coming from outside Kericho.
Sudanese paramilitary force resorts to extortion, theft of relief as famine bites in IDP camps
About half of Sudan’s population of 50 million suffers from acute hunger, mostly in territory held or under threat from the RSF. More than 12.5 million people have been displaced. Aid agencies have failed to provide adequate relief and freezes on USAID funding are expected to add to the challenge.
