Members of the public have expressed their displeasure after a video emerged online showing Nairobi County Speaker Kennedy Okeyo Ng’ondi allegedly violating a Muslim woman’s cultural sanctity, according to Now Kenya reported. In the video shared by popular blogger and activist Cyprian Nyakundi, the Nairobi County Speaker could be seen engaging in song and dance

By Anadolu Agency Israel has carried out a strike inside of Iran, multiple American media outlets reported Thursday citing anonymous US officials, in a move that threatens to further push the region towards war. None of the reports identified the targets, but the attack comes in response to Iran’s unprecedented drone and missile attack on

Former Chief of Defence Forces the late General Francis Ogolla By The East African Kenya’s Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) Francis Ogolla is dead, President William Ruto has confirmed. General Ogolla died on Thursday afternoon after a Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) helicopter crashed in Sindar, Elgeyo-Marakwet County. Read: Kenya Defence Forces chopper crashes, kills five

A Kenya Defence Forces helicopter making a landing. Photo/Courtesy By Daily Nation A Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) helicopter on Thursday afternoon crashed and caught fire in Sindar area of Western Kenya, on the border of West Pokot and Elgeyo Marakwet counties. According to the police, five occupants of the chopper have died while three have

Duke Chapel, West Campus, Duke University, Durham, NC. Photo: Wikimedia Commons/ Warren LeMay By Face2Face Africa Duke University has ended its full-ride scholarship program for Black students following the 2023 Supreme Court ruling that ended affirmative action in admissions. The Reginaldo Howard Memorial Scholarship Program was for “top applicants of African descent,” but it has

File Photo/Somali Times The European Union approved $74.4 million for the cost of transferring the security responsibility of the African Union forces that will leave Somalia at the end of this year in 2024. Read: Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh history of corruption 2012-2017 Read: Somalia Hassan Sheikh’s government is facing a widespread financial crisis and

File Photo/Somali Times The administration of SSC-Khatumo was angry about the reason why they were excluded from the meeting by the President of Mogadishu Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud announced, which was invited to the leaders of the regional governments of the country. Read: World Bank sent a strong warning to Somalia president Hassan Sheikh for corruption

Five hundred Kenyans fell off the exclusive list of dollar millionaires. File/Pool By Business Daily Africa Five hundred Kenyans fell off the exclusive list of dollar millionaires in 2023 as a weak shilling cut the valuation of their liquid investable wealth in dollar terms, a new report shows. The super-rich were also affected by instability

File Photo/Somali Times Puntland has boycotted the consultation meeting which the president of Mogadishu, Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud, called the presidents of the states and the Banadir region. The Minister of Information of Puntland, Mohamoud Aidid Dirir, who gave an interview to the local media, said that there is no Somalia government that they recognize and

Well-known Somali singer Ugbad Aragsan: Credit Photo/Facebook Colonel Muse Bihi and his sons arrested the well-known Somali singer Ugbad Aragsan from the Garxajis community in Hargeisa. The sons of Colonel Muse Bihi kidnapped Ugbad Aragsan in Hargeisa. Garhajis community is aware and not happy about the incident. Ugbad has been tortured and has a leg