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Harambee Starlets’ long-awaited return to the continental stage got off to a painful start on Sunday, as hosts Morocco thrashed Kenya 4-0 in their opening Group A fixture at the Moulay El Hassan Stadium in Rabat. It was Kenya’s first-ever…
Kenya aims to improve on its 2024 outing after finishing 5th overall with 3 golds, 3 silvers, and a bronze.
Principal Secretary for the State Department for Public Health and Professional Standards Mary Muthoni Monday hosted a high-level delegation from Ethiopia led by the State Minister of Health, Dr Dereje Duguma, for a consultative meeting on…
Every year on July 25, the world marks World IVF Day, commemorating the birth of the first baby conceived through in vitro fertilisation (IVF) in 1978. Nearly five decades later, assisted reproductive technology has enabled millions of…
The Kenyatta University Council has appointed Prof. John Okumu as the University’s substantive Vice-Chancellor, effective July 27, 2026. Prof. Okumu succeeds Prof. Paul Wainaina, becoming the seventh Vice-Chancellor in the institution’s…
Lesotho’s King Letsie III is in Nairobi for a five-day official visit to Kenya at the invitation of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). King Letsie III, who serves as the IFRC’s Food Security…
Kenya’s ambitious drive to grow 15 billion trees by 2032 received a major boost after more than 4,000 people participated in a synchronised mangrove planting exercise that has positioned the country to set a new Guinness World Record. The…
vivo Kenya has unveiled the vivo Y500, a new mid-range smartphone that aims to address one of the biggest frustrations among mobile users—battery life. The handset debuts with an 8,100mAh BlueVolt battery, which the company says is the…
A high-speed chase along the busy Eldoret-Nakuru Highway ended with two drug traffickers in handcuffs and cannabis valued at Ksh3.3 million seized. Acting on intelligence, a team of detectives from the Anti-Narcotics Unit (ANU) in Nakuru,…
China has launched its first integrated hardware and software platform for new materials modelling. According to Science and Technology Daily, a TV BRICS partner, the platform has been hailed by the industry as a “divine calculator” and a…
Andy Burnham has pledged to continue the UK’s “unwavering” support for Ukraine ahead of meeting Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday. The Ukrainian president will become the prime minister’s first international visitor since he took office a week…
Kenya has intensified its campaign to clinch top slots in two international courts. Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs, Musalia Mudavadi, has departed for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to participate in…
Jean Ojiro has been crowned Miss Universe Kenya 2026 following a glamorous grand finale held at Emara Ole Sereni Hotel in Nairobi on Saturday, July 25. The beauty pageant, which began its national search in June, will continue in Puerto…
Shares in China’s biggest memory chip maker have surged by more than 470% as they made their debut on the Shanghai Stock Exchange’s tech-heavy Star Market. The surge has pushed ChangXin Memory Technologies’ (CXMT) stock market valuation to…
The Festival of Sound and Art, stylised as FOSA, returns this August at the Sarit Centre, featuring several well-known and emerging Kenyan artists in a celebration of Kenyan creativity and the growing creative economy. The festival will…
French President Emmanuel Macron will a hold a crisis cabinet meeting on Monday as wildfires close in on the south-western city of Bordeaux. Another heatwave is set to complicate efforts to tackle the expanding blaze, which is about 15km…
The film from Universal had an “outstanding hold” for its second weekend, industry analyst David A. Gross said, after it dropped only about 30 per cent from its $124 million (Ksh. 16B) debut. “Once or twice a year a movie opens big and…
Director Ryan Coogler announced at Marvel’s San Diego Comic-Con panel that David Jonsson would be assuming the role. Jonsson will play T’Challa’s son in “Black Panther 3,” which will be out on Dec. 15, 2028. Coogler is returning to direct…
Human rights activities are calling for tolerance as LGBTQ individuals in some parts of Kenya’s Eastern and North Eastern regions continue to face heightened risks amid strong religious, cultural and legal opposition to same-sex…
The Kenyan Government has reaffirmed its long-standing defence partnership with the United Kingdom, dismissing reports that the British Army Training Unit Kenya (BATUK) has ceased operations or that defence cooperation between the two…
The Chairperson of the National Assembly’s Departmental Committee on Defence, Foreign Affairs and Intelligence, Nelson Koech, has defended Parliament’s handling of the proposed Kenya-United Kingdom Defence Cooperation Agreement, dismissing…
Nigeria’s president has approved the country’s largest military expansion in recent times – an attempt to tackle the slew of security challenges plaguing the nation. Bola Tinubu has greenlit the recruitment of 28,000 extra soldiers and the…
President William Ruto has assured the country of peace and stability ahead of next year’s General Election. The President said the Government is cracking down on goons that have taken root in certain parts of the country, leading to loss…
Lamu County is cementing its position as Kenya’s leading centre for mangrove conservation, with stakeholders describing the region as critical to the country’s efforts to protect coastal ecosystems, combat climate change and strengthen the…
