NAIROBI, Kenya Aug 13 – The vetting of Duncan Oburu Ojwang for the position of Chairperson of the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) will not proceed after he formally declined the nomination. In a communication to the House…
At least 40 people have been killed in an attack on a camp for displaced people in Sudan’s western Darfur region, according to an aid group that works there. The Abu Shouk Emergency Response Room said Monday’s assault was carried…
An investigation by the British Army has found some soldiers stationed at a controversial base in Kenya continue to use sex workers despite being banned from doing so. Soldiers at the British Army Training Unit Kenya (Batuk) used sex workers…
The wife of South Korea’s jailed former president, Yoon Suk Yeol, has been arrested over a raft of charges, including stock manipulation and bribery. Former first lady Kim Keon Hee denied all charges during a four-hour court hearing in Seoul…
NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 13 – Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has appealed to Kenyans without tickets for Sunday’s Harambee Stars match against Zambia to stay away from Kasarani Stadium, warning that breaching Confederation of African Football (CAF) crowd limits could…
NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 13 – The government will not go back on easing vetting of Kenyans living along the borders for issuance of identification documents, Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has said. The DP said the decision by President William Ruto…
NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 13 – Public Service Cabinet Secretary Geoffrey Ruku has stepped in to defuse tensions in Siakago, Mbeere North, after violent clashes between rival groups left several people injured and disrupted business. Touring the troubled town on Tuesday,…
A Kenyan magistrate says the cause of death of British tycoon Harry Roy Veevers, whose exhumed body has been in a morgue for 11 years, cannot be determined. David Odhiambo ordered the inquest to be closed, saying that “due to…
KISUMU, Kenya, Aug 13 – Kisumu Senator Tom Ojienda has invited claims from victims of political unrest since 2017 for forwarding to Nairobi, even as a fierce political row rages over the legal basis of President William Ruto’s compensation framework.…
NAIROBI, Kenya Aug 12 – The US government is now offering a reward of up to $5million for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Haitian gang leader Jimmy Cherizier alias Barbecue. A statement from the US Department of…