Proceedings at the Narok Law Courts were temporarily disrupted on Tuesday after anti-riot police fired warning shots and tear gas to disperse a group of about 400 morans who allegedly attempted to forcefully free a businessman and politician facing murder charges. Citizen Digital reports The suspect, David Matuke Ole Mayone, was arraigned over the alleged…
Nearly two decades after six of her sons were killed by mobs in separate incidents, 79-year-old Nicera Wangithi Njando says she continues to live with the memories of the events that changed her family’s life. Ms Wangithi, who lives in Kahiro Village in Ndia, Kirinyaga County, has told Citizen Digital that she still hopes to…
The Trump administration is developing a plan that would allow U.S. immigration officials to quickly reject some asylum applications without interviewing the applicants, according to internal federal government documents obtained by CBS News. The Department of Homeland Security regulation described in the internal documents would be the latest effort by President Trump’s White House to…
At least five Mozambican nationals have been killed in “xenophobic attacks” in South Africa over the weekend, the Mozambican government said, marking the first deaths officially linked to country-wide protests against undocumented immigration. AI Jazeera and AFP reports About 800 Mozambicans got caught up in violence that broke out in the southern coastal city of Mossel Bay on Friday,…
A new phase of the natural El Niño weather pattern could begin in a matter of weeks, the UN has warned, boosting temperatures on a planet already under strain from climate change. The World Meteorological Organization said this El Niño is likely to strengthen over the rest of 2026, driving more extreme weather around much…
The main airport in Ituri, the DR Congo province at the epicentre of an Ebola outbreak, reopened on Tuesday after a 10-day closure for safety reasons. Citizen Digital reports quoting AFP The Democratic Republic of Congo is battling a major epidemic of the highly contagious haemorrhagic fever that is suspected to have killed at least…
The State Department plans to drastically slash the number of U.S. embassies and consulates in Africa that can process visas for foreigners seeking to come to the United States. UK-based Independent newspaper reports The almost 50 U.S. embassies and consulates that are processing visa applications will be reduced to 20 in the coming weeks, according to three…