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Kenya has strongly rejected Russia’s decision to recognize breakaway rebel regions of Ukraine as independent states. Kenya’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Amb. Martin Kimani said Kenya was gravely concerned by the announcement by Russian President Vladimir Putin to recognize the…

Police in Amsterdam, the Netherlands have launched an investigation after a stowaway was found alive in the nose wheel of a cargo plane that landed at Schiphol Airport on Sunday. The flight operated by Cargolux Italia had flown from Johannesburg, South Africa on Sunday, and made only one stop at…

South Africa's High Court has set aside an earlier decision to release former President Jacob Zuma on medical parole. The court on Wednesday directed the 79-year-old former president to return to jail to continue with his 15-month sentence.  On Wednesday, Justice Elias Matojane declared the…

The UK has become the first country in the world to announce a death from the new Omicron coronavirus variant that has so far spread to over 70 countries. Addressing reporters in west London on Monday, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said one person was confirmed dead after being infected with…

South Africa's last white president Frederik Willem de Klerk has passed away. De Klerk passed away on Thursday morning at his home in Cape Town following a long battle with mesothelioma cancer. The FW de Klerk Foundation announced the 85-year-old’s death through a statement, saying he died…

The US has announced a combined cash reward of $21 million for information leading to the arrest of four al-Shabaab leaders. They include Abu Ubadiah (leader), Mahad Karate (Amniyat Commander), Fuad Mohamed Khalaf (Financial Facilitator), and Jafar (Facilitator and Operational Planner).  The…

Police in the UK have arrested a 25-year-old man in connection with the murder of conservative MP Sir David Amess. BBC reported that Sir David died after being stabbed at his constituency surgery in Essex on Friday. Police said they recovered a knife at the scene and were not looking for any other…

US-based Kenyan author Ngugi wa Thiong’o has once again missed out on the Nobel Prize in Literature. This year’s Nobel Prize in Literature was on Thursday awarded to Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah, who moved to the United Kingdom as a refugee in the 1960s. Abdulrazak won the prestigious award…

A magistrate court on Friday ruled that the remains of the late former Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe should be exhumed and reburied at the National Heroes Acre in Harare. Magistrate Ruth Moyo upheld a ruling by traditional chief Stanly Wurayayi Mhondoro, who in May found Mugabe’s widow Grace…

Ten Kenyans are among thousands of foreigners stranded in Afghanistan in the wake of the Taliban’s takeover. Reports indicate the ten were working for international agencies and technology companies in the capital Kabul. Kenyans on social media are calling on the government through the Foreign…