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Kenya faces threat of athletics ban

Andrew Mbeki September 1, 2025

Kenya Kenya faces the prospect of being banned from international athletics because of doping problems that have now reached “crisis” levels, according to authorities in the country. The threat of an imminent ban by track and field governing body World Athletics, which would have repercussions

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Kenya moves to convert dollar loan to yuan

Andrew Mbeki August 26, 2025

Kenya Nairobi specifically wants to reprofile the $5bn loan that Beijing underwrote for the construction of the east African country’s modern railway, the finance minister told Reuters Wednesday. If approved, the move would reduce pressure on Kenya’s forex reserves. The country spends nearly $1bn a year in debt service to China. Since 2022,

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Cultism: More graves descovered in Kenya after two years

Andrew Mbeki August 23, 2025

Kenya More than two years after the discovery of over 400 bodies linked to a doomsday cult in Shakahola Forest, authorities have uncovered five more bodies in the nearby village of Kwa Binzaro, Kilifi County. In addition to the exhumed remains, ten human body parts were found scattered across nearby thickets. Pathologist Richard Njoroge confirmed […]

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Resilient 10-man Kenya hold Angola to go top of Group A

Eric Jabulani August 7, 2025

CAF Ten-man Kenya showed immense grit and resilience to hold Angola to a 1-1 draw in a dramatic Group A clash at the TotalEnergies CAF African Nations Championship (CHAN) PAMOJA 2024 in Nairobi on Thursday night. Playing in front of a boisterous home crowd at the Moi International Sports Centre, the Harambee Stars were forced […]

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CAF Sec Gen Mosengo-Omba lauds Kenya for TotalEnergies CHAN 2024 preparations

Andrew Mbeki August 5, 2025

CAN The Confédération Africaine  de Football (“CAF”) General Secretary Véron Mosengo-Omba has given preparations for the TotalEnergies African Nations Championship Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda (“CHAN”) 2024 thumbs up with two weeks to kick-off. Mosengo-Omba is visiting Kenya and Tanzania to meet with Local Organizing Committee (“LOC”) of the kick-off on 02 August at

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African Americans relocating to Africa

Harrison Mason July 26, 2025

Kenya A growing number of American Africans say they are considering leaving the United States and relocating to Africa. Those who have made the move cite the need to connect with their history and find a better life, and while President Donald Trump’s not a direct reason to leave, they say the political environment is. […]

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Kenya’s debt to remain high

Andrew Mbeki July 23, 2025

Kenya Kenya’s cost of servicing its debts is expected to remain stubbornly high, ratings agency Moody’s said on Wednesday, as the government leans on the domestic debt market to fund its budget shortfalls. The East African nation has one of the highest debt interest costs to revenue ratio in the world, Moody’s said, and spends […]

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Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania to kick off African Nations Championship

Andrew Mbeki July 23, 2025

Kenya Preparations to host African Nations Championship (CHAN) across three East African countries are at an advanced stage ahead of its official kick-off on 2 August. Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda are co-hosting the event.  Salim Mvurya, the Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for the Ministry of Youth Affairs, Creative Economy and Sports says his country is raring […]

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Police take over Nairobi ahead of anniversary protests

Saad Huzaifa June 25, 2025

Kenya A heavy police presence in the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Wednesday, ahead of protests planned to mark the anniversary of last year’s anti-tax demonstrations that left 60 people dead and 20 still missing.   Police in riot gear barricaded parliament and the Prime Minister’s office and deployed what appeared to be tear gas.   They […]

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Hotel Attack: Kenya court sentences two to jail

Saad Huzaifa June 19, 2025

Kenya A court in Kenya on Thursday sentenced two men to 30 years in prison for aiding al-Shabaab militants in a 2019 attack on a Nairobi luxury hotel complex. In January that year, gunmen shot their way into the Dusit hotel and office complex, killing 21 people in a siege that lasted 19 hours. All five […]