More than two million people in Kenya face acute food shortages as drought kills livestock
Four consecutive wet seasons have failed in parts of the Horn of Africa, which juts into the Indian Ocean. The wet season from October to December was one of the driest ever recorded, according to the UN health agency. Because the rains were brief, parts of eastern Kenya were the driest they have been during that season since 1981.
Think again: How Tanzania is forcing hapless Burundian refugees to death via repatriation
Most Burundian refugees in Tanzania fled in 2015 when Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza announced he would seek a controversial and potentially unconstitutional third term. It led to massive protests and a violent government and allied militia crackdown.
Revisiting Simmers Restaurant land dispute in Nairobi’s red district: A 14-year war of the high and mighty
In a major ruling by Justice Ogutu Mboya, the court recently reaffirmed Margaret Magugu’s right to possession, occupation and use of the land. The judge ordered that the “status quo” be maintained, effectively stopping any new developers or “unknown groups” from seizing the property by force.
Forced vaccination: US Congress members petition attorney general to investigate four states for religious exemptions ban
In their letter, Steube and his colleagues argued that in two recent decisions, the US Supreme Court has provided clear guidance on First Amendment rights. In a June 2025 Supreme Court decision, Mahmoud v. Taylor, the court sided with parents who wanted to opt their children out of LGBTQ-themed elementary school books due to their religious beliefs.
Covid: New evidence reveals US Defence Intelligence Agency suspected lab leak scenario in March 2020
The new material also shows the DIA’s detailed early assessment circulated through the agency’s top ranks just weeks into the pandemic, but the DIA’s official position remained that the virus’s origins were “unknown.”
Kenya unveils plan to shift fully to ‘green drive’, cut fossil-fuel imports and carbon footprint
Rising transport emissions also threaten climate resilience. The sector accounted for 13 per cent of national greenhouse gas emissions in 2015, projected to rise to 17 per cent by 2030 without corrective action. Between 2009 and 2019, domestic transport emissions rose by 59 per cent, largely due to road transport.
‘Football in Kenya is filthy’: Fears officials, ‘big’ club and players face life bans as Fifa as undercover investigates endemic match-fixing
The undercover Fifa probe takes place at a time there is a stand-off in Football Kenya Federation between the executive and the secretariat over allegations of match-fixing among other things. At the heart of the dispute between FKF Chief Executive Officer Harold Ndege and FKF President Hussein Mohammed are complaints of disorganised national youth team preparations, questionable technical appointments, league management problems and recurring security incidents at matches.
Young Tanzanian inventor defies cultural taboos to start manufacturing fertiliser from human hair
Today, the 27-year-old Tanzanian is the founder and chief executive officer of Cut-Off Recycle Limited, a waste management and agricultural support company that transforms human hair into organic fertilisers.
Rebuilding Sudan: Khartoum’s dilapidated airport receives first flight since war broke out in in 2023
The resumption of flights follows a period of relative calm in the capital. The Sudanese government officially relocated its headquarters from Port Sudan to Khartoum on January 11 and the International Organization for Migration estimates that 1.4 million residents have returned to the city.
Human rights groups term the war in Ethiopia’s Oromia region as the most atrocious, but hidden by state
The rebel commander leads the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) from a series of remote forest outpost in Oromia, the country’s biggest region with a population of roughly 40 million people.