More than 200 gunmen on motorbikes have attacked a Niger army base near the border with Mali, leaving at least 34 soldiers dead, the country’s defence ministry said. The attackers – described by the ministry as “mercenaries” – raided the base in the western town of Banibangou on Thursday, injuring 14 other soldiers. The ministry […]
Police on Friday violently dispersed a group of protesters who had blocked Mwiki-Kasarani Road to protest the brutal murder of a woman aged 18. The badly mutilated body of the woman was found in their house in Thursday hours after her murder. Detectives are investigating the murder. Police said the deceased identified as Abigael Winner […]
The family of Zambia’s former President Edgar Lungu said he will be buried in South Africa in a private ceremony following a row with the government over the funeral arrangements. Late on Thursday, President Hakainde Hichilema cut short a period of national mourning after Lungu’s family refused to allow his body to be repatriated from […]
President Donald Trump has extended the deadline for TikTok’s sale in the US for a further 90 days. The video-sharing app has faced questions over its future after the US passed a law last year requiring the app to be banned unless sold by its Chinese parent company, ByteDance. Lawmakers said it posed a risk […]
Xiaomi and Polyphony Digital have announced a landmark partnership at Round One of the Gran Turismo World Series 2025. Under this collaboration, Xiaomi SU7 Ultra — Xiaomi EV’s top-of-the-line high-performance luxury electric vehicle — will debut in the globally acclaimed racing simulator Gran Turismo 7, for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5, marking the first Xiaomi […]
Former Chief Justice David Maraga condemned the shooting of a facemask hawker identified as Boniface Kariuki during Tuesday’s protests by a police officer at close range in Nairobi. Kariuki was accosted by two cops while selling masks to protesters, during which one of the cops fired at him. Maraga said the act by the officers […]
TikTok will live on for at least another three months in the United States, as President Donald Trump is poised to extend a sale or ban deadline for the third time since taking office this year. “President Trump will sign an additional Executive Order this week to keep TikTok up and running,” White House Press […]
WhatsApp is launching three new ad features in a global roll-out across the messaging app. The Meta-owned platform says the new ads will not be shown in the same place as people’s private chats, nor will the contents of their messages – which are encrypted – be used to decide which ads to display. WhatsApp […]
The High Court m issued orders suspending the implementation of Executive Order No. 2 of 2023, which transferred the custody of Kenya’s Public Seal from the Office of the Attorney General to the Chief of staff. The orders were issued pending further orders of the court in a constitutional petition filed by Katiba Institute. In […]
Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja Wednesday provided a timeline of events leading up to the death of teacher Albert Ojwang. Ojwang died in police custody just hours after being arrested. Kanja said the process began on June 4, 2025, when Deputy Inspector General Eliud Langat filed a formal complaint with the Directorate of Criminal […]
Major Apple announcements from its annual developers conference the past two years heralded big changes — which, so far, have largely fallen flat. This year, the tech company badly needs to deliver a win. Apple’s weeklong Worldwide Developers Conference, teased with the tagline “on the horizon,” kicks off with a keynote at 1 pm ET […]
Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah has accused the county government of interfering with cross-border trade by erecting unauthorized signs that restrict the use of public roads near the governor’s office. His remarks follow a warning by the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA), which flagged an illegal signpost installed outside the Busia governor’s office. In a statement […]
