AFRICA

Barely 24 hours after being heckled and forced to cut short his speech at a stormy political rally in Usenge, Siaya County, Governor James Aggrey Bob Orengo took centre stage…

Daniel Chapo arrived in Nairobi on Tuesday for a three-day working visit that is expected to deepen diplomatic ties and unlock fresh economic opportunities between Mozambique and Kenya. The visit,…

Africa’s top healthcare decision-makers converged in Nairobi this week for the Smart Summit 2026, issuing a strong call to shift from fragmented digital health efforts to fully integrated, accountable systems…

Presidents William Ruto and Yoweri Kaguta Museveni today officially launched construction of the Kisumu-Malaba Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) Phase 2C, tightening the first symbolic bolts at Kibos in a powerful…

Africa’s trade landscape is showing encouraging signs of transformation, with improved infrastructure, rising business confidence and stronger regional integration shaping a more optimistic outlook for cross-border commerce. This is according…

In a revelation that has sent shockwaves through Nairobi and Khartoum alike, Kenya’s Directorate of Immigration Services stands accused of one of the most brazen betrayals of national sovereignty in…

Panic over? South Sudan’s top legislator, Rt. Hon. Jemma Nunu Kumba, Speaker of the Transitional National Legislative Assembly (TNLA), is in Nairobi, Kenya, for a planned routine medical check-up –…

Kenya’s First Daughter Charlene Ruto was warmly hosted today by Uganda’s Chief of Defence Forces, Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, at the Special Forces Command (SFC) Headquarters in Entebbe. The meeting –…

Pretoria lifts long-standing restrictions, allowing foreign hunters to export trophies of endangered species — a move hailed by industry, condemned by critics. South Africa will once again grant export quotas…

In a shocking administrative fiasco that has sparked widespread mockery and outrage, South Sudanese President Salva Kiir has appointed a deceased politician to a key panel tasked with paving the…

Uganda’s powerful army chief Muhoozi Kainerugaba, son of long-time President Yoweri Museveni, has sparked global outrage with explosive — and now-deleted — social media rants. In the wake of the…

Amid escalating political tensions in Uganda surrounding opposition leader Bobi Wine’s abduction claims, disputed elections, and reports of youth disappearances, misleading social media posts have falsely claimed that US President…

Burkina Faso has abruptly canceled all planned fitness events featuring South African trainer Nkululeko Dlamini, the viral sensation known as the “King of Squats”, citing pressing national challenges. Authorities stated…

Uganda’s fragile post-election calm shattered on Monday as General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the powerful army chief and son of President Yoweri Museveni, issued a chilling public ultimatum to opposition leader Bobi…

Pape Gueye’s 94th-minute rocket seals second title for Teranga Lions as Brahim Diaz’s Panenka nightmare hands victory to Senegal Senegal claimed their second Africa Cup of Nations crown in dramatic…

KAMPALA — Uganda’s long-serving President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has been declared the winner of a contentious presidential election, clinching a seventh term in office and extending his rule to nearly…

Casablanca, Morocco – In a tense, cagey affair that delivered no goals across 120 minutes but exploded in the penalty shootout, Nigeria clinched the bronze medal at the 2025 Africa…

KAMPALA, January 17, 2026 – Uganda’s opposition leader Bobi Wine was allegedly seized from his home in a dramatic military helicopter raid on Friday, just hours before President Yoweri Museveni…

President Yoweri Museveni has surged ahead in Uganda’s 2026 presidential election, claiming 61.7% of votes in the first official results released by the Electoral Commission (EC), while main challenger Bobi…

Uganda’s latest presidential election descended into controversy on polling day after widespread delays, a nationwide internet shutdown and serious failures of the biometric voter identification system — including a moment…

Ugandans began voting Thursday in a highly charged election as long-ruling President Yoweri Museveni seeks a seventh term against main challenger Bobi Wine, with the head of the electoral commission…

Kampala, January 13, 2026 — Uganda has gone dark online. The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has ordered all mobile operators and internet providers to suspend public internet access effective immediately,…

A Kenyan man’s pursuit of better opportunities abroad has ended in heartbreaking tragedy after Kepha Otundo, from Kisii County, was found dead from hypothermia in freezing British winter conditions. The…

Kampala, January 13, 2026 – As Ugandans prepare to vote on Wednesday, January 15, in presidential and parliamentary elections, President Yoweri Museveni stands on the verge of a seventh term,…

Morocco’s march into the semifinals of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2025 may have delivered joy to home fans, but the aftermath of their 2–0 quarterfinal victory over Cameroon…

In a heartbreaking twist that’s reigniting fears of witchcraft in Kenya, a fresh university graduate has been filmed roaming the streets of Nyamache in Kisii County just days after her…

Former President Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta has delivered a rousing continental call-to-action, declaring Africa’s youth the single most powerful force capable of reshaping the continent’s destiny—if they choose integrity, vision and…

LAGOS — In a high-profile African send-off to 2025, His Excellency President (Rtd) Uhuru Kenyatta has arrived in Lagos, Nigeria, where he is poised to headline one of the continent’s…