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The African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) Eastern Africa Regional Office has been operationalized in Nairobi, Kenya. This follows a decision by the African Heads of State and Government who during the 31st Ordinary Session of the African Union Summit, approved the transformation of the New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD) into the African Union Development […]
Zimbabwe’s founding leader Robert Mugabe has passed away at 95. The Former Zimbabwe president, who reigned in power from 1980-2017 ,died in a Singapore hospital on Friday Morning 6th Of September 2019. His death was confirmed by the Zimbabwean president Emerson Mnangagwa. “It is with the utmost sadness that I announce the passing on of […]
Kenyans will now be able to sell their avocados in China. This follows a trade deal signed between kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing on Thursday 25th April, 2019. The signing of the agreement which makes Kenya the first African nation to export avocados to the Asian nation with […]
Kenyan head of state President Uhuru Kenyatta has congratulated Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi who has secured another five-year term after winning a landslide general election victory. Here is President Uhuru’s congratulatory message; “CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO H.E NARENDRA MODI, PRIME MINISTER OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA FROM H. E PRESIDENT UHURU KENYATTA Excellency and Dear […]
President Uhuru Kenyatta has today eulogized fallen Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe as an icon of Africa’s liberation struggle and an elder statesman who relentlessly championed for African dignity. The President said the founding father of independent Zimbabwe will forever be remembered for his contribution to the liberation of many African nations which benefitted from the […]
A top critic of Uganda President Yoweri Museveni has been jailed for writing a poem describing the Head of State’s private part. Ugandan university lecturer, Stella Nyanzi who has threatened to strip naked in the recent past shared the poem on her Facebook Status. She has been sentenced for the crime of cyber harassment and […]
A section of Ugandans have been irked by the tough Visa requirements that they must fulfill for them to visit the United Kingdom. They now feel that same stringent requirements should be imposed on foreigners visiting Uganda. “We need to address this visa injustice. It’s time we talked about visa reciprocity. If you apply these […]
The government of eSwatini has come out to strongly term the story on all men being forced into polygamy as fake and an insult to the country. The story that the Polygamous King Mswati III ordered men to have at least two wives or face jail has been trending online for some time now; since […]
The Kenyan government has come out to reassure foreigners of their security within the country. This comes days after Starehe Member of Parliament, Hon Jaguar, negatively commented about Tanzanian business community in Kenya; whom he wanted deported. This elicited debate in the Tanzanian National Assembly. Here is the response by Col Cyrus Oguna who is […]
Ms Jane Marriott OBE has been appointed British High Commissioner to the Republic of Kenya. This announcement was made today by the United Kingdom government on its official website; https://www.gov.uk/government/news/change-of-british-high-commissioner-to-kenya-summer-2019 Ms Jane Marriott OBE has been appointed British High Commissioner to the Republic of Kenya in succession to Mr Nic Hailey. Ms Marriott will take […]
Kenya’s bid for one of the non-permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council got a boost today after several new envoys assured President Uhuru Kenyatta of their countries’ support. The pledges to support Kenya’s candidature for the UNSC seat during the election scheduled for June next year were made at State House, Nairobi, when […]
The United States of America, USA, government has revoked the entry visa for the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Fatou Bensouda. The decision is thought to be the US Government’s response to Ms Bensouda for carrying out investigations on possible war crimes by American forces and their allies in Afghanistan. Ms Bensouda’s office […]
Somalia’s Health ministry has called on international partners to relocate it’s functions from Nairobi Kenya to Somalia citing recent detention of top Somalia officials at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, JKIA, in Nairobi. The move comes on the backdrop of the maritime dispute between Somalia and Kenya. Somalia now says it will not participate in […]
President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni on Thursday September 12, 2019 witnessed the signing of an agreement aimed at promoting sustainable peace and development among Turkana, Pokot and Karamojong communities. The programme dubbed Cross-Border Sustainable Peace and Development seeks to end hostilities among the three neighboring communities and enhance development in the […]