Countries ‘No home left untouched’: Kenya floods kill 81, displace thousands Nairobi – Torrential storms that have triggered flash floods in Kenya have killed at least 81 people this month,... Read more 23 Mar
Business Oil price surge is hurting African economies: scholars in Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, SA, take stock Stephen Onyeiwu, Allegheny College; Ibrahima Thiam, Université Iba Der Thiam de Thiès; Rod Crompton, University of the Witwatersrand; Tsegay... Read more 20 Mar
Countries Two men in Kenyan court for ant-smuggling Nairobi – Two men appeared in a Nairobi court on Tuesday accused of attempting to smuggle thousands of ants... Read more 18 Mar
Countries Mudavadi travels to Russia to secure repatriation of Kenyans press-ganged into Ukraine Nairobi – Kenya’s foreign minister took off for a visit to Moscow on Sunday in a bid to put a... Read more 16 Mar
Business Power cuts are the new normal in Kenya – what went wrong and how to fix it Peter Twesigye, University of Cape Town Millions of Kenyan households and businesses have been subjected to interruptions of electricity... Read more 12 Mar
Countries African workers in the Middle East weigh safety against livelihoods as conflict escalates Johannesburg – When blasts rolled across Dubai as air defences intercepted Iranian missiles overhead, Marion Kuria froze as a... Read more 7 Mar
Countries Kenyan charged with trafficking citizens to Russia: prosecutor Nairobi – A key figure in a network that sent more than 1,000 Kenyans to fight for the Russian army... Read more 27 Feb
Countries Activist drugged, kidnapped in Kenya — rescued in border rendition scare Nairobi – A Tanzanian human rights activist was abducted in Kenya but rescued before being taken across the border,... Read more 24 Feb
Countries Over 1,000 Kenyans tricked into Russia’s Ukraine war: Some hospitalised, others missing Nairobi – More than 1,000 Kenyans have gone to fight for the Russian army in Ukraine, most of them... Read more 19 Feb
Business TERMINAL SLEEPOUT! Travellers count losses as Kenya strike ends Nairobi – Workers at Kenya’s main airport ended a strike on Tuesday that had caused severe disruptions to flights... Read more 18 Feb