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On May 25, Olorato Mongale, a 30-year-old woman from South Africa, went on a date with a man she had recently met. Less than two hours later, she was dead. Her half-naked body was found by the roadside in Lombardy West, a suburb north of Johannesburg. It showed signs of severe trauma and bruising. Investigators…
The men provided financial assistance to al-Shabab fighters who attacked the DusitD2 complex in Nairobi, killing 21 people. A Kenyan court has sentenced two men to 30 years in prison for aiding al-Shabab fighters who were behind a deadly attack in Nairobi that left 21 people dead in 2019. On Thursday, Judge Diana Kavedza Mochache…
Police are investigating the killing of Kenyan MP Charles Ong'ondo Were, who was shot dead in his car in Nairobi. Source link
Calls for more aid, support for police amid surge in violence in the Caribbean nation since the end of last year. Haiti is approaching a “point of no return” as it struggles to respond to escalating gang violence, the top United Nations official in the country has said. Maria Isabel Salvador, the UN special representative…
Nairobi, Kenya – On the afternoon of August 19, brothers Jamil and Aslam Longton had just had lunch at home and were heading back to work at the cybercafe they run in Kitengela town, on the outskirts of Nairobi, when they noticed someone suspicious. A woman was loitering outside their front gate, talking on her…
Amnesty International welcomed the transfer but said Guantanamo would remain a ‘glaring, longstanding stain’ on human rights in the US. The United States has transferred 11 Yemeni detainees from its notorious Guantanamo Bay detention centre to Oman after holding them for more than two decades without charge as part of Washington’s so-called “war on terror”….
Political cartooning in Kenya has never been without its risks. Cartoonists have faced state-engineered dismissal and censorship, lawsuits from irate politicians unhappy with their portrayal, and even the occasional phoned-in threat. However, until this week, they had never had to endure arbitrary detention. Even during the worst days of the 24-year Daniel arap Moi dictatorship,…
Double Olympic champion Beatrice Chebet smashed the women’s 5km world record with a time of 13 minutes 54 seconds at the Cursa dels Nassos road race in Barcelona on Tuesday as she finished a blockbuster year on a high. The Kenyan beat her previous record – set a year ago to the day at the…
The Kenya Space Agency identified the metal ring that fell in the country as a separation ring from a launch rocket. Source link
NewsFeed A 500-kilogram metallic object crashed into Mukuku village in Makueni County, Kenya this week. The Kenya Space Agency suggests this object is a separation ring from a rocket’s launch vehicle and that it poses no immediate threat to safety. Published On 2 Jan 20252 Jan 2025 Source link
