Media censured by ruling UDA for relentlessly pinpointing President Ruto’s chronic lying, disregard for court orders and systemic corruption
Former Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero said the media has a constitutional responsibility not only to inform the public but also to educate citizens and promote national cohesion through factual and balanced reporting.
President Trump arm-twisting Iranians to buy, eat American food as part of potential ceasefire agreement
Abdolnaser Hemmati, governor of Iran’s central bank, told the Iranian news agency Tasnim that “there is no obligation to buy agricultural inputs from the US.”
Governor Anyang-Nyong’o draws up six-point plan to re-imagine Kisumu’s image sullied by runaway insecurity
The security team announced plans to institutionalise community policing through village and neighbourhood committees aimed at improving intelligence gathering and promoting proactive policing.
Xenophobia: Landlords kick out foreign tenants as South African cities are shuttered by anti-migrant protests
The campaign group March and March, run by a former radio presenter behind the latest protests, denies encouraging violence and says it cannot be held responsible for spontaneous acts of anger by South Africans towards undocumented migrants.
Ruto’s deportation of rights activists echoes Jomo Kenyatta’s rejection of influential Black thinkers Walter Rodney and Frantz Fanon
Walter Rodney had come from Guyana with a scholar’s training and a revolutionary’s concern for ordinary people. He had studied Africa deeply, not as a dead place in old books but as a living source of memory, pride, and resistance.
Indigenous South Africans feel skills gaps as African immigrants leave and calls for peace, social cohesion take centre-stage before June 30 demos
Interviews conducted in townships including Soweto, Alexandra, Tembisa and Diepsloot reveal a different mood on the ground, with many residents arguing that protests often disrupt livelihoods and local commerce while doing little to address underlying challenges.
Ugandan President Museveni’s son, army chief shuts down Kenyan-owned major news outlets
The National Association of Broadcasters said in a statement that at least six publishing and broadcasting outlets – all under Nation Media Group – were closed. “We are deeply concerned about this action and its impact on the media ecosystem,” the statement said.
Iran-US fragile ceasefire put to test following renewed attacks in strait of Hormuz
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed hope that the Strait of Hormuz could return to its status quo ante, said his spokesperson Stephane Dujarric on Friday.
France considers reciprocal measures as it denounces Burkina Faso’s decision to sever ties hostile, baseless
France’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Pascal Confavreux said in a statement that the country regrets the “hostile and unfounded decision, which illustrates the worrying drift of the Burkinabè authorities.”
Former Nairobi Governor Sonko pays $1,540 to bail out 200 Gen Z protestors, among them lactating mother with baby
Sonko, who was in court, then offered to pay the Ksh1,000 ($7.71) for all 200 accused persons. The total pay-out was Ksh200,000.
