East African bloc convenes conference in Kenya on education transformation
Mary Goretti Nakabugo, co-chair of the conference organizing committee, noted that the initiative aims to foster resilient, future-ready education systems capable of driving socioeconomic transformation across East Africa.
Iran war hits Trump as approval rating drops to 33 per cent, lowest of his presidency
Some 80 per cent of Americans – including 87 per cent of Democrats and 71 per cent of Republicans – think US involvement in Iran “will go on for an extended period of time,” the Reuters/Ipsos poll found. Just 16 per cent said the conflict would likely end in a few weeks.
Iran warns that it will go on offensive in Strait of Hormuz if diplomacy with US fails
There was no immediate response to those comments from Washington, but U.S. President Donald Trump said in a phone interview with Fox News on Monday that Iran “should put up the white flag of surrender”.
Lower Court will hear your fraud case, High Court rules in Ksh1.3 billion rules against former Nairobi Provincial Commissioner
The decision was made in High Court case HCCHRPET/E155/2024, Davis Nathan Chelogoi v Director of Criminal Investigations, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and three others on Monday.
Arsenal’s 3-0 mauling of Manchester City gives them reason to believe they’ve laid down marker for new season
The signing of Ronald Araujo from Barcelona should help address those weaknesses. Manchester United enters the campaign in a more settled position after Michael Carrick guided the club to third place last season and subsequently took the job on a permanent basis.
Somalia’s National Intelligence and Security Agency kills nine al-Shaabab Middle Shabelle region
Somalia’s National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) backed by international partners, killed nine al-Shaabab militants, including two commanders, during a targeted operation near Jowhar town in south-central Somalia. “Among those killed were senior al-Shaabab leaders Ahmed Ali Jimale, top commander for Jowhar district and Gedi Mohamed Nur Adde, head of...
Energy minister Wandayi warns against anti-Ruto rallies as Wanga and Kaluma make good vow they ‘cannot be led a Luhyia’
Wanga, Kaluma and Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi have in the past openly declared that they cannot be led by a Luhyia (or Abandu), hence their allegiance to Ruto – a fellow Nilote.
Ebola still on rampage as it spreads to sixth province in eastern Congo with warnings of prolonged transmission
The latest government report put the contact follow-up rate at 82.6 per cent. Africa CDC, however, said the proportion of registered contacts being followed does not by itself reflect the effectiveness of contact tracing if many contacts are never identified in the first place.
In classical case of biting the hands that feeds you, South Africans feel economic bite of anti-migrant xenophobia
An anti-migrant protest march through Johannesburg’s Alexandra township on 16 July 2026.
How US Secret Service sneaked Trump out of Turkey after Iran’s assassination plot leaked at NATO summit
Trump had flown to the annual gathering of NATO country leaders in Ankara, Turkey, in a new Qatari-gifted and retrofitted red, white and navy blue jet. But ahead of departing Turkey, he said he would fly partway home on an older-model baby blue Air Force One plane instead.
