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The International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) has announced the arrest of 27 Kenyan suspects linked to large-scale online investment scams. US-based KSN News reports The arrests form part of a coordinated eight-week cybercrime operation conducted between December 8, 2025, and January 30, 2026, targeting transnational fraud networks that exploited mobile money platforms, fake digital loan apps, and…
A Kenyan national who once worked as a government auditor in New York has admitted to stealing more than $405,000 (KSh 52.6 million) from a local municipality, in a case that authorities say represents a serious abuse of public trust. US-based Ksntoday.com reports. Tobias Otieno, 41, pleaded guilty to second-degree grand larceny for siphoning funds from…
The South African Police Service (SAPS) has confirmed to IOL that Zimbabwean musician and social media personality Malloti is wanted in South Africa on a charge of robbery with a firearm, with authorities now moving to have her extradited from Zimbabwe. IOL reports Speaking to IOL, Western Cape SAPS spokesperson Captain F.C. Van Wyk confirmed…
The just-concluded by-elections in several regions across the country were overshadowed by allegations of malpractice, violence and brazen attacks on IEBC officials, offences clearly prohibited under Kenyan election law. In Narok, some electoral officials were assaulted by masked individuals moments after the close of polling. The attackers are said to have made away with personal…
Four people were killed and 10 wounded in a shooting at a family gathering in California on Saturday night, US police said, calling it a “targeted incident.” The shooting took place inside a banquet hall in Stockton, northeast of San Francisco, just before 6:00 pm, San Joaquin County Sheriff’s office spokesperson Heather Brent told reporters…
The gang that abducted a group of young women in Nigeria’s northeast state of Borno a week ago released the remaining 12 late Saturday, a local official told AFP. Their release comes as the country has experienced a surge in abductions of young people over the past two weeks. “All the 12 were released,” Abubakar…
Nairobi County has recorded the highest number of new HIV infections. Data from the National Syndemic Disease Control Council (NSDCC) shows that in the last year, new infections have risen by 19 per cent, up from 16,752 to 19,991. Citizen Digiatal reports Ten (10) counties, Nairobi, Migori, Kisumu, Homa Bay, Busia, Siaya, Kakamega, Nakuru, Mombasa, and Bungoma, accounted for 60% of all new…
In his resignation letter, sent to Nepal’s President Ram Chandra Paudel, Mr Oli said he is leaving with immediate effect “in order to take further steps towards a political solution and resolution of the problems […] taking into account the extraordinary situation currently prevailing in the country.” The president has now begun the process to…
By Edwin Naidu There is an urgent need to move from dependence to leadership, considering USAID funding cuts, says Professor Olusola Oyewole at UJ Higher Education Media roundtable in Johannesburg In a powerful call to action, the Secretary-General of the Association of African Universities (AAU), Professor Olusola Oyewole, urged African institutions to reclaim ownership of…
Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday began hearings to confirm charges against fugitive Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony, nearly two decades after his indictment. Reuters reports Kony, the elusive leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), has been wanted by the ICC since 2005 and is accused of masterminding atrocities in northern Uganda…