Trade and diplomacy: US President Trump risk isolation as Europe looks to lean towards China
The meeting took place against the backdrop US President Donald Trump’s aggressive territorial expansionist campaign to annex Greenland.
Kenya turns to Chinese investors to prop its fast growing film industry, ranked third Africa after South Africa and Nigeria
The Kalasha International Film and TV Market, Festival and Awards is Kenya’s premier film industry event, organised by the Kenya Film Commission to celebrate excellence, showcase local content, connect industry stakeholders, and promote Kenya as a regional film hub.
Survival of critically endangered African penguins found off coast of South Africa threatened by bird flu
In a statement released in December 2025, the organisation said over 1,000 African penguins had died from bird flu since 2018.
Thirteen artisanal minors killed, six injured in gold mine collapse in South Sudan
Sudan has sought to boost gold production as a key source of foreign currency since losing three-quarters of its oil revenue following South Sudan’s secession in 2011.
EU outrage grows following Trump’s military threats to annex Greenland, dismissal of NATO troops
Critics also argued that Trump’s suggestion of using military force in the Greenland dispute would violate international treaties, including the UN Charter, which forbids the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state.
Lake Victoria, Lake Turkana flagged as notorious trafficking corridors for transnational crime rings
The cabinet secretary announced that at least 200 newly trained officers would be deployed to the Coast Guard from recent recruitments into the Kenya Defence Forces and the National Police Service to address manpower shortages.
Trump’s relentless push to ‘own’ Greenland may have precipitated self-immolation of US as a superpower
Trump’s interest in Greenland is as inexplicable and personal as ever a presidential side quest was. Seeking control from the Danes of a territory holding just 57,000 people and land mostly covered by mile-thick ice is not some long-held conservative shibboleth; it’s not something long lectured about in international-relations classrooms .
Farmers in rain-rich Rift Valley region in Kenya resort to gravity-powered irrigation for round-the-year food supply
The impact of River Nyando’s water has not been limited to crops alone. Livestock farmers, including Daniel Korir from Kapchemutwa, have reported that the river is a reliable water source for cattle, goats, and sheep during dry seasons when pans and seasonal streams dry up.
Privatisation: Kenya Pipeline Company Ltd launches largest ever IPO and first fully electronic public offer in Kenya’s capital markets history
Anchored by KPC’s strong fundamentals, including revenues of Ksh38.6 billion and after-tax profits of Ksh10.37 billion, for the financial year ended 30 June 2025 and supported by its 1,300-kilometre pipeline network that underpins national energy security and regional trade, the IPO marks a defining step in transforming a profitable state enterprise into a people-owned company while strengthening long-term economic resilience.
Wastage in Kenya’s education system rises to all-time high as 700,000 students to drop out of school
Released in August 2023, the Presidential Working Party on Education Reform (PWPER) proposed the scrapping of the four-tier clustering of public secondary schools in favour a career-oriented categorisation that puts schools into three categories. The Prof Raphael Munavu-led team recommended three broad clusters namely; STEM, Social Science and Arts, and Sports Science.
