Kenya, with one of highest refugee numbers in the world, says it’s preparing report for safe, orderly and legal migration

Kenya, with one of highest refugee numbers in the world, says it’s preparing report for safe, orderly and legal migration

Director of National Coordination Mechanism on Migration (NCM) Dan Opon said the report will be Kenya’s voice during the IMR Forum, noting that Kenya and Luxembourg were appointed by the President of the United Nations General Assembly to be the co-facilitators during the event.

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Judiciary commemorates fallen Supreme Court of Kenya judge Mohammed Ibrahim in symbolic ‘Closing of File Proceedings’

Judiciary commemorates fallen Supreme Court of Kenya judge Mohammed Ibrahim in symbolic ‘Closing of File Proceedings’

Chief Justice Martha Koome described Justice Ibrahim as a legal giant whose life was dedicated to the pursuit of justice and truth. She said the fallen judge’s work helped shape Kenya’s constitutional culture and safeguard the freedoms enjoyed today.

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Understanding Iran’s new Ayatollah Mojtaba: ‘It’s humiliation for US to kill an 86-year-old man only to have him replaced by his hard-line son’

Understanding Iran’s new Ayatollah Mojtaba: ‘It’s humiliation for US to kill an 86-year-old man only to have him replaced by his hard-line son’

Mojtaba Khamenei has spent years building influence within Iran’s political and security apparatus. Palestinian political analyst Abdul Qader Hammad of Al-Aqsa University in Gaza noted his close ties to the IRGC, which bolster his credibility and make it possible to secure support from hard-line factions.

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Group of Seven nations considers release of reserves as oil prices soar highest since 2022 at more than $119 a barrel on Iran war

Group of Seven nations considers release of reserves as oil prices soar highest since 2022 at more than $119 a barrel on Iran war

Monday’s prices compare with all-time highs of around $147 a barrel for the contracts in 2008, according to LSEG data going back to the 1980s. The premium of front-month loading Brent contracts over contracts ⁠for delivery in six months’ time surged to an all-time high on Monday of almost $36, according to LSEG data going back to 2004.

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Why Trump revisited allegations of Iran ‘stealing’ the 2020 US election hours after Israel hit Tehran

Why Trump revisited allegations of Iran ‘stealing’ the 2020 US election hours after Israel hit Tehran

Trump has spent the years since 2020 boosting numerous baseless conspiracy theories about the 2020 election being rigged. Since his return to the White House last year, he has empowered his administration to use those debunked conspiracy theories to inform decision-making, from election office raids in Fulton County, Georgia, to lawsuits over unredacted voter rolls.

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Bootleg liquor crackdown: Thika residents in central Kenya hand over to police the identifies and locations of drugs cartels

Bootleg liquor crackdown: Thika residents in central Kenya hand over to police the identifies and locations of drugs cartels

The residents alleged that some of the suspects named have been operating with the protection of rogue police officers. The police protection makes it easy for the trade to thrive despite repeated complaints.

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‘Godfather of vaccines’ tries to defend himself eight years later but can’t reset truths

‘Godfather of vaccines’ tries to defend himself eight years later but can’t reset truths

Despite his best efforts, he was not able to put the truths he was forced to admit in that deposition back in the bottle; nor have his efforts succeeded in bullying everyone into injecting without thinking.

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Crisis in Middle East shows that when the Internet goes dark, the truth goes with it

Crisis in Middle East shows that when the Internet goes dark, the truth goes with it

Nearly two years after clashes reignited, with 72,045 Palestinians killed according to local authorities, an independent UN commission of inquiry concluded that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, a finding that the Israeli foreign ministry has dismissed as “distorted and false.”

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Interior Principals Secretary Omollo assures country full probe into Nandi helicopter crash

Interior Principals Secretary Omollo assures country full probe into Nandi helicopter crash

Principal Secretary for Interior Raymond Omollo, has assured Kenyans that the government will conduct a thorough investigation into last Saturday’s helicopter crash in Mosop, Nandi County, which claimed six lives. While conveying condolences to the bereaved families, Dr Omollo described the incident as regrettable, noting that security agencies had already...

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Ex-Librarian President Sirleaf tells African countries to invest in youth as inter-generational clashes over jobs become manifest

Ex-Librarian President Sirleaf tells African countries to invest in youth as inter-generational clashes over jobs become manifest

In remarks delivered on his behalf by Deputy Head of Public Service Amos Gathecha, Koskei disclosed that fellows initiated 62 cross-ministerial collaborations and introduced 37 new workplace processes, generating service efficiency ranging from 31 to 35 per cent.

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