New long distance star is born as Kenya’s Diana Wanza wins women’s 10,000m gold at African Athletics Championships
Coming up against 17 equally good athletes on the continent, Wanza won the gold medal in a time of 31 minutes and 33 seconds.
Sports: Mt Kenya University towers over peers with outstanding performances in Nairobi North Conference League
Speaking after the competition Head of Sports, Creative and Performing Arts at MKU and Secretary of the Nairobi North Conference William Luta lauded the athletes for their dedication.
Africa CDC confirms Ebola outbreak in war-ravaged eastern Congo after testing 20 samples
In a statement, the public health agency said the latest update shows about 246 suspected cases and 65 deaths, mainly in Mongwalu and Rwampara health zones.
How Tanzanian state-sponsored band, Nuta Jazz and its mutations gave East African music unmistakable tone and tenor
Nuta Jazz Band may not have documented albums in the modern commercial sense the way today’s artists release studio projects, but the band produced a rich catalogue of classic muziki wa dansi songs that circulated widely on vinyl records, radio broadcasts, live recordings and compilations across East Africa during the 1960s, 70s and 80s.
Crackdown on gay men in Senegal in wake of punitive new law criminalises HIV infection
Monitoring by the HIV Justice Network, an international organisation that tracks the criminalisation of people living with HIV worldwide, puts the total number of detentions under Article 319 since early February at more than 70, with at least 62 linked to the Diallo investigation.
How US firm, Cisco Systems, saw Israeli invasion of Gaza as a means of ramping up lucrative stream of business
One “Iron Swords” presentation deck states that, “Supply of Cisco equipment to Israel will be reinforced, priority given to Cybersecurity equipment,” while assigning designated Cisco employees to “to support Israeli Sales Teams presenting our Cybersecurity solutions to officials and Private sector partners.”
Kenya seals AI deal with France to help forecast crop yield and fortify food security
Michel Benet, Chair of DIGINOVE hailed the partnership as a step toward stronger collaboration in food security.
New study finds surge in violence followed Trump’s cuts to USAID programmes in Africa
For many years, USAID had provided crucial support to African countries wrecked by conflict and violence. By eliminating more than 90 per cent of foreign aid contracts, the Trump administration effectively cut some $60 billion in funding.
Magistrate in $1.2 million land fraud case orders suspect to be taken to hospital before taking plea
John Kigomo Mwaura and his co-accused Abdisalan Adan Hussein have allegedly been in hiding for months to escape facing charges of conspiracy to defraud, forgery, use of forged documents, creating documents without legal authority and obtaining land registration by pretence.
Consumers pay more for tomatoes in central Kenya as traders and farmers cite impassable roads, bad weather
At Nyeri open-air market, traders say the increase has caught both vendors and customers by surprise. Jane Mwangi, a vegetable trader commonly referred to as a mama mboga (vegetable vendors), said the high prices have affected business as customers are now buying smaller quantities.
