NAIROBI, Kenya Jul 1 – Rwanda is set to host the 4th World Kiswahili Language Day celebrations slated to be observed on July 6-7. The date is officially recognized by UNESCO, under the theme ‘Kiswahili, Inclusive Education and Sustainable Development.’…
Danish women now face being called up for 11 months of military service when they turn 18, after a change in the law came into effect. Under new rules passed by Denmark’s parliament, women are to join teenage males in…
NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 1 – The Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) has placed 310,502 students into various universities and colleges, Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba announced on Tuesday. The placements include 194,372 students from the 2024 KCSE…
Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi chaired a planning meeting in London on Monday with Cabinet colleagues and senior government officials in anticipation of President William Ruto’s official visit to the United Kingdom, where he will sign the renewed Kenya–UK Strategic…
Two people have died in Italy as temperatures continue to soar amid an intense heatwave across Europe. In Bologna a 47-year-old died after falling ill on a construction site while a 70-year-old man was reported drowned during flash flooding at…
Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi chaired a planning meeting in London on Monday with Cabinet colleagues and senior government officials in anticipation of President William Ruto’s official visit to the United Kingdom, where he will sign the renewed Kenya–UK Strategic…
NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 1 – The Anti-Corruption Court in Nairobi has granted the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission a month to conclude negotiations with former Migori Governor Okoth Obado and his four children in the Sh505 million corruption case involving them.…
Liberia’s former President William Tolbert is set to receive a symbolic reburial on Tuesday, 45 years after he was murdered during a coup and his body believed to be dumped in a mass grave. Ten days after the president’s killing,…
NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 1 – The High Court has invalidated the land title belonging to Kisii County Assembly Speaker Phillip Machuki Nyanumbi handing a victory to retired teacher John Nyaanga. Nyaanga has been a long-time occupant and intended beneficiary of…
Thailand’s Constitutional Court has suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, who has come under mounting pressure to resign over her leaked phone conversation with former Cambodian leader Hun Sen. The clip, in which Paetongtarn called him “uncle” and criticised a Thai…