Somalia is facing a dilemma over the next phase of peace support operations in the country, coming in the wake of tensions with neighbouring Ethiopia and uncertainty around funding. This emerged as President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud toured the region to meet leaders of troop-contributing nations to the African Union Transition Mission (Atmis), except Ethiopia. Mohamud…
Activist Boniface Mwangi has come out to narrate his ordeal after he was arrested from his home on Sunday, October 27, 2024. Speaking after his release on Monday, October 28, 2024, after spending the night at Kamukunji Police Station Boniface detailed that officers stormed his house early in the morning to arrest him, he noted…
Manchester United have sacked manager Erik ten Hag following the club’s poor start to the season. Ten Hag’s final game was Sunday’s 2-1 defeat by West Ham that left the club 14th in the Premier League with just three wins from their opening nine matches. United are also 21st of 36 teams in the…
Traffic was disrupted for hours on Monday at Ololulunga junction, along the Narok – Bomet Highway after an irate mob blocked the road to protest an incident where a 55-year-old watchman was killed and another man seriously injured. The youth burned tyres in the middle of the road…
Eliud Kipchoge was a big omission in the 2024 Out of Stadium Athlete of the Year nominations, as three Kenyan athletes made the list. Kenyan trio Ruth Chepngetich, Agnes Jebet Ngetich and Benson Kipruto have earned nominations for the coveted Out of Stadium Athlete of the Year 2024 Award. In a year marked by memorable…
Chinese state-affiliated hackers intercepted audio from the phone calls of US political figures including an unnamed Trump campaign adviser, the Washington Post reported Sunday. The FBI and the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said on Friday they were investigating unauthorised access to commercial telecommunications infrastructure by people associated with China. Reuters reported Friday that…
Atsango Lwande and Ndirangu Kariuki were crowned winners of the Lady Captain’s Prize at Karen Country and Golf Club. The occasion marked the end of Betty Gacheru’s one year tenure as the Lady Captain, with the winning Atsango set to take over. Atsango had a comfortable 45 points win with a three-point gap ahead…
Botswana will hold a general election on Wednesday with President Mokgweetsi Masisi competing against three challengers for a second term in the diamond-rich southern African state. The poll could be competitive, analysts said, although a divided opposition gives the advantage to Masisi’s Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), which has ruled the country of 2.3 million people…
Home player Stephen Gichari put up a spirited fight to emerge the overall winner of the final qualifying leg of the 2024 NCBA Golf Series at the Great Rift Valley Lodge and Golf Resort. This was the last local qualifying event in the series that teed off in March at the Kenya Railway Golf…
A Kenyan marathon star faces a high-stakes court battle after allegedly losing control of her Sh70 million estate to her ex-husband, revealing a complex web of trust, finances, and betrayal. Former Commonwealth 10,000-meter champion Lucy Kabuu is embroiled in a complex legal battle over the ownership of multi-million-shilling estates. Kabuu, known also for her historic…
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump headlined a rally at New York’s Madison Square Garden on Sunday that began with a series of vulgar and racist remarks by allies of the former president. Trump, a New York celebrity for decades, hoped to use the event at the iconic venue known for Knicks basketball games and Billy Joel…
The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has handed over properties acquired through corruption to the State including land, cash, and other assets. Speaking at a business forum in Eldoret, EACC Chairman Bishop David Oginde acknowledged that corruption remains a major challenge with the commission struggling to address all cases due to resource and staffing constraints….
Two men have been found guilty by the Eldoret High Court for the murder of Ugandan steeplechase athlete Benjamin Kiplagat, with CCTV and forensic evidence linking them to the crime. Two men have pleaded guilty in a high-profile murder case involving renowned Kenyan-born Ugandan athlete Benjamin Kiplagat who was killed on New Year’s Eve, 2023….
Vivian Kajaya, an MKU student whose body was found in Kiamunyi, Nakuru, had gone to meet a man Kajaya and the mysterious man had known each other for two weeks, but he left Thika to visit her The stranger, whom he described as wealthy, allegedly gave him expensive gifts a few days before his death…
Khalusha had confessed to the murders of 42 women The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) is once again appealing for information to help locate Kware serial murder suspect Collins Jumaisi Khalusha. Khalusha, along with 12 other suspects, escaped from Gigiri police cells on the morning of August 21 and has yet to be recaptured, despite…