By The Star, Kenya A father who was sentenced to 30 years behind bars for impregnating his teenage daughter twice has lost a bid to reduce the jail term. In his second appeal to court, NTN who was charged in 2012 with the offence of incest had asked the court to set aside the sentence

File – President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin, arrive to meet at the ‘Villa la Grange’, June 16, 2021, in Geneva, Switzerland. Biden and Putin are scheduled to speak Thursday, Dec. 30, as the Russian leader has stepped up his demands for security guarantees in Eastern Europe. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) By Associated

File Photo/Somali Times Somalia’s spy agency, NISA, has rejected claims that it mistreated Mukhtar Rubow, the ex-Shabaab leader who was arrested and detained in early 2020. NISA instead said Sheikh Mukhtar Robow Ali, known by his alias Mukhtar Robow Abu Mansoor, was in good health. Daily Nation reported. The agency was responding to a request

File Photo/Somali Times US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Mary Catherine Phee has announced that she has spoken to Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo and asked him to support the efforts of Prime Minister Roble. “I spoke today with Somali President Farmajo about the urgent need to stop the rhetoric and actions that

File Photo Somali Times/Somali chief of army forces commander General Odowa Yusuf Rage Somali chief of army forces commander General Odowa Yusuf Rage ordered the troops to be on high alert, saying that the troops should not be allowed to follow any particular group or ideology, and that they would carry out their national duties

By Daily Nation Deputy President William Ruto has said he will beat the so-called deep state in its schemes to sabotage his presidential ambitions, telling his rivals to prepare for a battle next year. The DP also claims that President Uhuru Kenyatta is “a friend” and has no interest in competing against him, saying the

A man wearing a protective mask looks at an electronic stock board showing Japan’s Nikkei 225 and Shanghai indexes at a securities firm with a traditional New Year decoration at it entrance Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021, in Tokyo. Asian shares mostly slipped Wednesday, as worries lingered about the coronavirus omicron variant’s potential damage to the

Shoppers cross Oxford Street, London, Britain, December 28, 2021. REUTERS/Toby Melville By Reuters Britain reported a record 129,471 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, a day after Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he would not bring in new restrictions this year to limit the spread of the highly transmissible Omicron variant of the virus. Johnson

Credit to Photo Anadolu Agency/British Prime Minister Boris Johnson By Anadolu Agency British Prime Minister Boris Johnson represents a significant threat to the electoral success of the Conservative party according to a new poll, which also revealed that members of his Cabinet would have a better chance at facing the Labour party. The survey carried

Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan addresses delegates after the signing framework agreements with the government of Tanzania in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania December 13, 2021. REUTERS/Emmanuel Herman By Reuters Tanzania on Tuesday signed a contract with Turkish firm Yapi Merkezi to build a 368 km section of standard gauge railway that is expected to cost