Africa
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Senegal coach Thiaw banned, fined after AFCON final chaos
Senegal coach Pape Thiaw has been banned for five Confederation of African Football (CAF) matches and fined $100,000 after the chaotic scenes at the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) final against Morocco this month, it…
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US YouTuber IShowSpeed gains Ghanaian nationality at end of Africa tour
He hit 50 million YouTube subscribers this month, Rolling Stone magazine named him the Most Influential Creator of 2025 and Forbes estimates his net worth at $20 million.
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Can the US Halt Jihadist Violence in Nigeria?
Violence has continued unabated despite US President Donald Trump’s stated goal of stemming the alleged mass killing of Christians in Africa’s most populous nation.
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‘Our children are next’ fear Kenyans as drought wipes out livestock
In drought-hit northeastern Kenya, villagers have been forced to drag their dead livestock to distant fields for burning to keep the stench of death and scavenging hyenas away from their homes.
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PS Mwangi: All set for 2026 Magical Kenya Open
Kenya’s golfing landscape was set ablaze as the inaugural PGK Equator Tour came to a thrilling close at the Royal Nairobi Golf Club.
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Farmer-Centred Reforms Drive Sugar Sector Recovery, Board says,
The government-led reforms launched last year are geared towards providing long-term solutions to perennial problems facing the sugar sector, the Kenya Sugar Board (KSB) has said.
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DR Congo City Residents Forced to Adapt During Year of M23 Rule
Around one million Goma residents were holed up in their homes on January 26, 2025, when the Congolese army and its allies were forced to pull out of the provincial capital.
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Emotions as three US-based siblings die in a grisly road accident in Kenya
Kenyans in the diaspora and the homeland, as well as friends and family, are today holding a memorial service for the three US-based siblings who died in a freak road accident while on holiday in …
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YouTuber IShowSpeed hits 50mn subscribers in Nigeria on Africa tour
US YouTuber IShowSpeed visited Nigeria’s cultural and economic capital Lagos as part of his African tour on Wednesday, where he celebrated his 21st birthday by hitting 50 million subscribers.
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Kiongozi wa upinzani Uganda ajificha, mwingine akiwa mahututi hospitalini
Kiongozi wa upinzani nchini Uganda, Bobi Wine, amesema yuko mafichoni kufuatia uchaguzi wa wiki iliyopita, huku kiongozi mwingine wa upinzani, Kizza Besigye, akiwa mahututi kutokana na hali mbaya ya afya, kwa mujibu wa mke wake.
