Former Nairobi Governor Sonko pays $1,540 to bail out 200 Gen Z protestors, among them lactating mother with baby
Sonko, who was in court, then offered to pay the Ksh1,000 ($7.71) for all 200 accused persons. The total pay-out was Ksh200,000.
Tel Aviv declassifies files of the 1976 Entebbe commando raid via Kenya to free 102 Israeli hostages
According to the documents, Israel took a two-pronged approach. It pushed forward France-led negotiations with Ugandan President Idi Amin, while mocking up blueprints of the airport and preparing to send transport planes to Kenya
Rogue DPM: Kenya deports Somalia deputy prime minister over alleged passport fraud
The second deputy prime minister was held in a VIP lounge at the Nairobi airport and issued with a return ticket to Mogadishu.
Moroccan court commits 29 senior state officials, prominent politicians and sports managers to prison, fines them millions of dollars
The court also ordered the defendants to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in fines late on Thursday after a trial that lasted more than two years.
Noodled China: Matcha boom turns Guizhou tea into new growth ingredient in the mountainous Guizhou Province
In May, a sweet potato instant noodle product from Sinan County in Tongren became a consumer hit after adding a matcha flavour to its traditional sour-and-spicy formula. Made mainly from local sweet potatoes and blended with matcha powder produced in Tongren, the product kept its familiar spicy-sour taste, while using matcha’s fresh aroma to cut through greasiness.
Summer Davos forum in Dalian city shines spotlight on China’s innovation-led road to world economic growth
This year’s Summer Davos, held under the theme of “Innovating at Scale” from June 23 to 25, has brought together over 1,700 participants from more than 90 countries and regions to discuss ways to scale innovation into better jobs, stronger economies and new growth opportunities.
Mt Kenya University’s global technology award winners warn AI misuse compromises intellectual development
Mount Kenya University (MKU) teams of students and their instructors who won global awards in America and China recently have warned young people on rising misuse of artificial intelligence (AI) technology. A team of four MKU students has put the institution on the spotlight after securing a finalist award at...
Kenya’s Director of Public Prosecution tells High Court magistrate’s court is competent to hear $10.4 million land fraud case
DPP through lawyers Idris Ali, Lorna Miima and Allan Mogere in their submissions urged Justice Alexander Muteti to dismiss the application filed by the former PC Davis Nathan Chelogoi through his lawyer Harrison Kinyanjui requesting the court to give directions on the matter pending in the lower court be transferred to another magistrate.
Veteran politicians and young Kenyans march to mark anniversary of bloody 2024 anti-government protests
Organisers had planned remembrance marches in the coastal city of Mombasa and the capital Nairobi to mark the second anniversary of the June 25, 2024 unrest, when protests escalated dramatically and protesters breached parliament grounds before a security crackdown left dozens dead.
Kenyan capital, Nairobi, no-go zone as police block roads around country’s seat of power to head off anti-state protests
Interior Minister Kipchumba Murkomen said on Wednesday police would escort the protesters but warned that criminals disguised as protesters would not be allowed to infiltrate and raid businesses.
