The drought that has left some 4.35 million people in the Horn of Africa in dire need of humanitarian aid – with 43,000 in Somalia estimated to have died last year – would not have been possible without climate change,…
Bodex Hungbo shortlisted for University of Georgia’s African Civic Engagement Summit in Kenya
Bodex Social Media Hangout, an award winning digital and traditional media programme, has been shortlisted for the African Civic Engagement Summit in Kenya by the University of Georgia. This was revealed in a statement by the convener of the initiative,…
Kenya to launch 1st operational satellite next week
Kenya will launch its first operational satellite next week in a landmark achievement for the country’s space programme, the government said on Monday. Taifa-1, or one nation in Swahili, is scheduled to be launched on April 10 on board the…
Edwin Chiloba: LGBTQ activist found dead in Kenya
Police in Kenya are investigating the death of young fashion designer and LGBTQ activist Edwin Chiloba after his body was found dumped in a metal box by the roadside near the town of Eldoret. But rights organisations in Kenya, where…
Suspected extremists attack police in northern Kenya; 3 dead
Three people, including two police officers, were killed Wednesday morning in an attack by al-Shabab extremists in northern Kenya, Kenyan police have announced. The victims were in a police vehicle when they were attacked between the Hayley Lapsset Camp and…
Ex-Kenya PM Raila Odinga to speak at Leadership conference
Former Kenyan Prime Minister, Raila Odinga, will participate as the keynote speaker at the 14th edition of the annual LEADERSHIP Conference and Awards. The event, which is billed to be held on January 31, 2023, at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, is…
David Rudisha: 2-time Olympic 800m champion survives plane crash in Kenya
Kenya’s two-time Olympic 800m champion David Rudisha is reportedly unharmed after a plane he was travelling in crash-landed on Saturday evening. The plane carrying the 33-year-old, who won gold at both London 2012 and Rio de Janeiro 2016, and five…
Women’s basketball: ‘I’ve been spat at in the face for the colour of my skin’
Basketball scout Sarah Chan’s career has taken her all over the world, from Sudan to Kenya, Europe and the US – but she’s had to face war, racism and gender-based violence along the way. “I have been spat in the…
Drought, conflict force 80k Somalis to Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camps – UN
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has said that no fewer than 80,000 Somalis were forced from their homes by extremist violence and drought. According to the agency, these Somalias had sought shelter in recent weeks at Kenya’s Dadaab Refugee Camps.…
Fifa lifts Kenya’s ban from global football after conditions met
Kenya’s ban from global football has been lifted by world governing body Fifa. The suspension was imposed in February after Kenya’s sports ministry disbanded the country’s football federation (FKF) over alleged misappropriation of funds and appointed a caretaker committee in…
