Isapa, Ekiti LGA, Kwara State| Barely 72 hours after gunmen stormed a church in the same village and kidnapped 38 worshippers, terror returned to the sleepy Isapa community on Monday night as heavily armed bandits abducted eleven residents in a coordinated and brazen raid. The fresh attack has plunged the agrarian community into deeper despair, […]
Nairobi, Kenya| The East African Community (EAC) has delivered its most impressive quarterly trade performance in recent years, with total trade volume soaring by 28.4% year-on-year to reach USD 38.2 billion in the second quarter of 2025 (April–June), according to the latest EAC Trade and Investment Statistics Bulletin. The figures, presented at the 47th Meeting […]
In the quiet, rocky shores of Lake Victoria in Siaya County, western Kenya, a transformation is quietly rewriting the lives of some of the region’s most vulnerable women. For decades, widows in Got Matar village endured leaking mud-walled homes, relentless poverty, the shadow of HIV/AIDS, and harmful cultural practices like wife inheritance that stripped them […]
In a rare and dramatic geological event, Ethiopia’s Hayli Gubbi volcano in the remote Afar Region exploded into life on Monday, November 24, 2025 — marking its first confirmed eruption in approximately 12,000 years. The powerful blast hurled enormous plumes of volcanic ash more than 12 kilometers into the stratosphere, creating a fast-moving cloud that […]
Tehran, Iran| In a fiery and unfiltered statement that has rapidly gone viral across Persian-language social media and international platforms, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has directly challenged Israel and its Western supporters on their moral standing in the ongoing Gaza conflict, questioning whether “Zionists” can still claim to be defenders of human rights while, in […]
Thika, Kenya| In a groundbreaking move that positions Kenya at the forefront of artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics education in Africa, Mount Kenya University (MKU) has officially launched the Walker E Educational Humanoid Robot alongside a state-of-the-art Robotics, AI, Data Science, and Immersive Technologies Lab at its Thika Main Campus. This cutting-edge initiative marks a […]
Nairobi, Kenya| In a resounding endorsement of cultural preservation and economic empowerment, the Kenyan national government has pledged unwavering support for the annual Lamu Cultural Festival, positioning it as a cornerstone of the country’s tourism revival strategy. This commitment was prominently reaffirmed during the just-concluded 23rd edition of the festival, held from November 20 to […]
Washington, D.C.| In a political spectacle that defied months of heated rhetoric and mutual accusations, President Donald Trump and New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani emerged from their first face-to-face meeting at the White House on Friday describing the encounter as “productive,” “great,” and filled with unexpected common ground. The Oval Office sit-down, which lasted […]
Nairobi, Kenya| In a moment that captured both profound grief and unbreakable resolve, Ayan Mohamed Tubi, daughter of the late Isiolo South Member of Parliament Mohamed Tubi, was admitted to the Kenyan Bar on Thursday, exactly seven days after laying her father to rest. The Supreme Court of Kenya ceremony, meant to be a pinnacle […]
Kampala, Uganda| In a fiery national radio address that has sent shockwaves across East Africa, President Yoweri Museveni declared Uganda’s landlocked geography a “major strategic threat” and warned that without reliable, sovereign-like access to the Indian Ocean, future conflicts in the region are inevitable. “If regional cooperation continues to fail,” Museveni stated, “the ocean belongs […]
