Tourists arriving in Kenya aboard cruise ships grosses 4,890 in 10 months as first-ever vessel from Asia docks in Mombasa with 700 visitors
Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) Managing Director William Ruto described the maiden arrival of the cruise vessel from Asia as a testament of Kenya’s growing appeal as a global cruise tourism and rising confidence in the Port of Mombasa as a strategic gateway to East Africa.
High prospects of Kenya’s economy becoming minerals-driven jolts state into mining laws reforms
The proposed legislative reforms include the Explosives Bill (2026) the Minerals, Mining and Beneficiation Policy, the Explosives (Fees) Regulations and the Mine Health, Safety and Environment Regulations.
US signs agreement to invest $1.3 billion in Tanzania’s health sector over the next five years
The agreement, signed late on Wednesday, is similar to those struck with countries including Rwanda, Kenya and Uganda under US President Donald Trump’s “America First Global Health Strategy”, designed to make poorer nations more self-reliant as the US has dismantled foreign aid programmes.
South African President Ramaphosa rejigs Government of National Unity with a cabinet reshuffle
The structural adjustments also introduced several new deputy ministers from the DA, including Alexandra Abrahams for electricity and energy, Jack Bloom for water and sanitation and Yusuf Cassim for higher education.
Kenya Railways and Kisumu County chiefs eye Railways City on 100-acre land that will serve as East Africa’s logistics hub
The SGR extension from Narok to Kisumu officially commenced on Thursday, marking a major milestone in Kenya’s transport infrastructure development and positioning Kisumu as a regional railway and logistics hub in East Africa.
US Senate committee chair brands state agencies ‘thoroughly corrupt’, censures drug firms and mainstream media for lying about Covid vaccines
“Prior to 2021, on average VAERS reported about 280 deaths associated with various vaccines,” Johnson said. “With the advent of the Covid injections, they reported 21,000 worldwide deaths. So 280 on average to all of a sudden 21,000.”
Turning cotton waste into archival paper: Egypt’s breakthrough in manuscript conservation
Soliman Ahmed, a lead laboratory conservator who participated in the development trials, said perfecting the cotton formula required moving past rigid chemical equations to master manual papermaking as an intuitive art form, where the craftsman physically judges the exact weight of the water and the pull of the screen.
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.
Terrified Malawians, Zimbabweans flee South Africa following widespread protests against foreign workers
The South African police have deployed hundreds of officers in cities including Johannesburg in Gauteng province and Durban in KwaZulu-Natal province to prepare for potential violence.
Negotiators express confidence latest sporadic US-Iran clashes will not derail fragile truce
Regional analysts said the latest exchange of fire underscored the deep-rooted divisions and mutual distrust between the United States and Iran, warning that their entrenched hard-line positions suggest the path to future negotiations is likely to be fraught with challenges.