Uganda’s preparation for oil exports includes state naming crude oil blend ‘Pearl Sweet’ as production nears
Uganda is estimated to have recoverable oil reserves of roughly 1.6 billion barrels. The investors are French oil company TotalEnergies, which owns the largest stake, and China National Offshore Oil Corporation, or CNOOC.
High Court in Nairobi quashes Institution of Engineers of Kenya board nominations after petition cites irregularities
The case was filed by Francis Awino, who argues that the nomination exercise may have been initiated without a formal approval of the newly elected IEK Council.
Day desert in north-eastern Kenya was drenched in Somali blood: Revisiting the 1984 Wagalla Massacre story the state wants to bury in ‘second grave’
In February 1984, in Wajir, more than 5,000 Somali Kenyan men were gathered at Wagalla Airstrip during a security operation. What followed became one of the darkest episodes in Kenya’s post-independence history. For years, the truth was disputed, minimised and buried beneath official explanations. Later investigations, survivor testimonies and the work of Kenya’s Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission brought the massacre back into nation’s human rights and political discourse.
Zambia President Hichilema re-elected for a second term after garnering 61 per cent of the vote
According to the commission, Hichilema won with 2,965,326 votes and his closest competitor was opposition leader Brian Mundubile, who won 1,856,217 votes.
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.
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.
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.
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 China’s new ‘unity with diversity’ law provides vital lessons for Africa that is riven more than 2,500 languages
Drawing on years of field research in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Hu views the legislation as a codification of the country’s experience in combating separatism, countering terrorism and extremism, and promoting ethnic unity and progress.
