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When Zubeida Kananu first walked into a Kenyan newsroom nearly two decades ago, she quickly realised what the pecking order looked like. Men set the agenda, occupied the leadership desks, and dictated the subjects and the tone of the news. Stories about women’s health, family struggles, or gender-based violence were often derided as “soft” or unworthy of…
BOSTON — A flight attendant accused of taping his cellphone to the lid of an airplane toilet to secretly film young girls was sentenced to just under 20 years in prison Wednesday. Former American Airlines flight attendant Estes Carter Thompson III received a sentence of 18.5 years, followed by five years of supervised release. Boston U.S. District Court…
Several children were killed in an Israeli airstrike at a water distribution point in central Gaza Sunday, health officials said, one of several deadly incidents in the territory that come as ceasefire talks in Doha falter. CNN reports. Hopes had been high for the latest negotiations but after days of negotiations the two sides accused each other…
Resurgent jihadist attacks, huge cuts in foreign aid and a spiralling cost of living: hunger is looming in northeastern Nigeria, where more than a million people face starvation. AFP reports Before insurgency upended daily life, Damboa was a regional farming hub. Today it stands on the frontline of survival. Located around 90 kilometres (55 miles)…
The nation is in shock after revelations that Susan Njoki, a nurse and founder of Toto Touch organisation, was strangled to death at Chiromo Hospital Group, Braeside branch. An autopsy conducted by six pathologists confirmed that Njoki was killed approximately four hours after her last meal last on Tuesday, a day after she was admitted…
Manyatta Member of Parliament Gitonga Mukunji has filed a petition against the Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja, the Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) Mohamed Ibrahim Amin, and the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Renson Ingonga, over his arrest during the Saba Saba protests. The lawsuit, filed at the High Court in Milimani, alleges a…
The government says police have rescued four individuals and are investigating the mysterious deaths of at least three others in a suspected case of religious radicalisation in the Binzaro village of Chakama, Kilifi County. In a statement on Tuesday, the Interior Ministry said police are conducting an operation on a secluded five-acre homestead following a…
NAIROBI, Kenya — A Kenyan national who had been on death row in Saudi Arabia has been released, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed. Stephen Abdukareem Munyakho, a 50-year-old former warehouse manager, walked free on Monday morning after what officials said was the “full satisfaction of judicial decree” in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Foreign Affairs…
Detectives are investigating an incident in which another patient was killed inside a ward at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) in Nairobi. The male patient was found dead in his bed with his throat cut, police and hospital officials confirmed. The incident occurred in Ward Seven on Thursday, July 17. Other patients told police and KNH…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has endorsed the use of the long-acting injectable antiretroviral drug lenacapavir for HIV prevention. This twice-yearly injection is recommended as an additional option for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), offering a long-acting alternative to daily oral medications. It’s given once every six months, and according to experts, it offers sustained protection against…