US no-show at first international Space Summit in Paris overshadowed by transatlantic tensions
The event had been overshadowed by transatlantic tensions before its opening, with major US space companies cancelling their participation. French daily Le Monde reported that space giants Blue Origin and SpaceX, as well as Stoke Space and Starcloud, had withdrawn from the summit.
Kenya in push to expand access to legal services through draft regulations that widen advocates training
Kenya School of Law Acting CEO Isaac Kuloba welcomed the proposals, describing the draft reforms as significant milestones to streamline legal education and advocates’ professional training. The draft regulations will undergo further review before proceeding through the formal approval process.
Insurance experts say increased risk management is critical to protecting Kenya’s rising external trade
CIC General Insurance Ltd Underwriting Manager-Technical and Risk Improvement Douglas Chepkuto says “every container arriving at a Kenyan port, every truck crossing a border and every consignment delivered to a warehouse represents far more than its commercial value.”
Declining international humanitarian support prompts Uganda to relook at refugee numbers
Tony Ameny, acting commissioner for refugees management of Uganda, said dwindling international support for Uganda’s refugee response had necessitated the verification exercise.
How al Qaeda began disintegrating as infighting intensified and weakened Osama Bin Laden on power
Al Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden had assumed that those who pledged their allegiance to him would pursue the kind of attacks against the United States that al Qaeda had pioneered. Their success, he hoped, would “raise the morale of Muslims, who would, in turn, become more engaged and supportive...
When Saad bin Laden’s pregnant wife wanted to deliver Iranian doctors waited until ‘sthe foetus stopped kicking, then they forced her ‘to deliver after he died’
So desperate were their conditions that when a Libyan jihadi leader, Abu Uns al-Subayi, was eventually released in 2010, he wrote to bin Laden that Iran is where the “greatest Satan reigns.” Detention there felt like being “exiled from religion,”
Foreign citizens in Kwale wary of xenophobic chain reaction following President Ruto’s directive to leave Kenya
The debate has particularly attracted attention in areas such as Diani and Kombani where people from different East African countries live, work and do business alongside locals. Some foreign nationals say the directive has created uncertainty over their livelihoods, particularly those dependent on small businesses and casual labour.
Bin Laden’s catastrophic success: How Al Qaeda changed geopolitics, although not in the way it expected
Although bin Laden was inspired by religion, his aims were geopolitical. Al Qaeda’s mission was to undermine the contemporary world order of nation-states and re-create the historical umma, the worldwide community of Muslims that was once held together by a common political authority.
A 30-year man sentenced to life imprisonment for defiling an 8-yeard old girl in Kericho County
Kericho Principal Magistrate Japheth Bii found Vincent Kimutai Koech guilty of defiling an eight-year-old girl in her home on December 24, 2025, at Nyallibush Village in Sigowet Sub-County of Kericho County.
Deputy Speaker reveals National Assembly is prioritising consequential election and audit laws before dissolution of parliament
To resolve heavy backlogs in oversight organs, Boss disclosed that parliament is evaluating internal proposals to ease workloads, including the potential split or creation of additional audit accounts committees to assist organs like the Public Accounts Committee in clearing pending reports faster.
