Thousands of elderly Kenyans are preparing to sue the British government over abuses — including torture, illegal detentions and rape — its forces allegedly committed during its suppression of a 1950s anti-colonial rebellion, a lawyer representing the group said Wednesday...

Kenyan runner Vivian Cheruiyot won the prestigious Laureus Award Monday, being chosen as the best Sportswoman of the Year ahead of a star-studded cast.

The award comes as a tonic after she missed out on the IAAF's award last November to Australia's Sally Pearso...

US President Barack Obama’s grandmother, Mama Sarah Obama, sustained bruises during a road accident at Otonglo on the Kisumu-Busia highway at the weekend.

The accident, which took place on Saturday around 9pm, is reported to have occurred after the driver lost cont...

Until a new anti-homosexuality bill caused a wave of homophobia in Uganda, John and Paul could hold hands in the streets of the capital Kampala and kiss in night clubs.

Then the nightmare started — people began insulting and then assaulting them, and then they...

Managed by the World Bank, the Social Development Civil Society Fund (CSF) has directly funded civil society organizations (CSO) since 1983 by awarding grants to projects encouraging the civic engagement of marginalized and vulnerable groups. This year, the CSF is focusin...

While President Barack Obama spends the last year of his current term in office with many pressing issues, including trying to get re-elected, African analysts and advocates say policy toward sub-Saharan Africa ranks as a very low priority.  This has come as a disapp...

U.S. President Obama says the departments of State and Homeland Security are working together to improve and speed up the visa process for foreign travelers to the United States.

He announced a new visa pilot program that will “simplify and speed up the non-imm...

One-time NBA star Dikembe Mutombo has made a worldwide name for himself sponsoring humanitarian projects and noble causes in his native Africa, so it was only natural that two State Department officials would meet with him in November 2010 as part of his effort to bring m...

The East African Community could have a single currency by the end of the year if all goes according to plan, according to a senior Kenyan official.

David Nalo, permanent secretary in the ministry of the East African Community, says everything is being done to...

Google has been accused of accessing the servers of a Kenyan business directory and trying to poach its customers.

According to contacts compendium Mocality, it caught Google accessing its database of African businesses and then cold calling them to offer inclu...

A former US Army soldier from Laurel, Maryland has been accused of trying to help the Somali terrorist group al-Shabaab.

Craig Baxam, 24, attempted to travel to Somalia last month to give money to the terrorist organization, according to a criminal complaint fi...

A federal appeals court has tossed out a lawsuit challenging President Barack Obama's U.S. citizenship and his eligibility to serve as commander in chief.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that none of the challengers had legal standing to fi...

Did you know 27 million people are enslaved worldwide annually through human trafficking and $32 billion (Sh3 trillion) is generated in profits annually from the illicit business?

This is the third largest illegal trade in the world after dealing in narcotics a...

In footage provided by Sky Italia, an Italian man with right-wing views opened fire in two markets in Florence on Tuesday, killing two Senegalese immigrants and critically wounding three others before killing himself, authorities said. (Dec. 13)

Gambia's Fatima Bensouda has been formally elected chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court.

Bensouda was the only name put to the 120 member states in Monday’s election at the United Nations headquarters.

The appointment of an African co...