Caster Semenya: A Rebel With a Cause
When 19-year-old unknown South African Caster Semenya pulled off a stunning 800 metres final triumph at the 2009 world championships in Berlin, she could never have imagined the drama that would follow.
When 19-year-old unknown South African Caster Semenya pulled off a stunning 800 metres final triumph at the 2009 world championships in Berlin, she could never have imagined the drama that would follow.
Kariuki was shot at close range, an incident captured on camera. He suffered severe brain damage and spent two weeks in the Intensive Care Unit at Kenyatta National Hospital before being pronounced dead.
The scam message congratulates KCSE 2024 candidates and instructs them to send KSh 100 to a personal number for automatic delivery of their admission documents—a claim the university has firmly disowned.
The violence erupted on Saba Saba Day (meaning Seven Seven) when demonstrators annually mark the events of July 7, 1990 when Kenyans rose up to demand a return to multi-party democracy after years of autocratic rule by then-president Daniel arap Moi.
Kauli hiyo ya Jaji Mkuu imejiri kufuatia maandamano ya kitaifa yaliyofanyika Julai 7, 2025, wakati wa maadhimisho ya Siku ya Saba Saba, ambapo watu kadhaa walipoteza maisha, wengine kujeruhiwa, na wengine kukamatwa.
DCI ilimhusisha Kinyagia na chapisho la uchochezi lililosambaa kwenye mtandao wa X (zamani Twitter), likihamasisha maandamano ya Gen Z ya Juni 25. Picha hiyo ilibeba nembo ya taifa na ratiba ya shughuli za kisiasa, ikiwemo maandamano kuelekea Ikulu na uapisho wa “baraza la mpito”.
Kinyagia, known for his digital activism and association with the Gen Z protest movement, had been sought by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) over unspecified allegations.
The jury, after 13 hours of deliberation over three days, found Combs guilty of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, each of which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.
Speaking during a public forum in Mbeere North, Embu County, Ruku described the protests as acts of “planned terrorism” and urged young people not to be manipulated by political actors with personal ambitions.
The Israeli military said in a statement that its forces “eliminated… a commander in Hezbollah’s Radwan Force” in the Baraasheet area, referring to the Iran-backed group’s elite unit, and an operative from “Hezbollah’s observation force” in Beit Lif.