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China-Africa relations
China to remove tariffs on nearly all goods from Africa as both criticise US
Plan expands on policy announced last year granting 33 least-developed African countries zero-tariff treatment.
12 Jun 2025 - 6:00PM
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Africa
Kenya author Ngugi wa Thiong’o, one of Africa’s literary greats, dead at 87
29 May 2025 - 2:04PM
China-Africa relations
China turns to PPPs as a ‘yellow brick road’ solution to fund projects in Africa
18 May 2025 - 5:00PM
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Africa
Belgian teenagers face US$7,700 fine or 1-year jail over ants in Kenya
Authorities said the ants were destined for European and Asian markets in an emerging trend of trafficking lesser-known wildlife species.
7 May 2025 - 6:16PM
China-Africa relations
China to fund Kenyan road and rail schemes as it seeks support for tariff stance
President Xi Jinping promises to fund a number of projects in a meeting with his Kenyan counterpart William Ruto in Beijing.
25 Apr 2025 - 5:42PM
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Belt and Road Initiative
‘Game changer’: why Chinese rail contractors have East Africa in their sights
Business case is stacking up for the export-driven railway network that China’s companies are building with African finance.
6 Feb 2025 - 3:09PM
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China-Africa relations
As Chinese official visits, Kenya says deal to fund and build highway is close
Kenyan President Ruto says talks are at a late stage for China to finance and build highway through Rift Valley and possible SGR extension.
5 Nov 2024 - 6:00PM
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China-Africa relations
China begins work on Kenyan geothermal power plant amid renewable energy push
A new Chinese-built geothermal power plant in Kenya’s Great Rift Valley highlights Beijing’s focus on clean energy in Africa.
2 Nov 2024 - 4:00PM
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China-Africa relations
‘Quite crucial’: Ugandan rail deal spurs hope of Chinese project resumption
A recently announced rail project in Uganda could have wide-ranging implications for neighbouring Kenya, observers say.
23 Oct 2024 - 12:58PM
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Africa
Kenya’s impeached deputy president blasts ‘vicious’ boss
‘If anything happens to me or my family, President William Ruto must be held to account,’ said Rigathi Gachagua, claiming past attempts on his life.
20 Oct 2024 - 8:40PM
Africa
Kenya’s deputy president ousted in historic impeachment
Rigathi Gachagua impeached on five of 11 charges, a first under Kenya’s revised 2010 constitution.
18 Oct 2024 - 4:22PM
Africa
Kenya school dormitory fire kills 17 students sleeping inside
Police said the bodies recovered from the Hillside Endarasha Academy were burnt beyond recognition.
6 Sep 2024 - 3:58PM
Science
Chinese and Kenyan researchers find Stone Age ‘production line’ for tools
The team unearthed hundreds of stone tools made using a distinctive technique that helped early humans shape and sharpen their blades.
18 Aug 2024 - 4:00PM
Africa
Kenya’s starvation cult leader goes on trial for manslaughter over mass deaths
The grisly case led the government to flag the need for tighter control of fringe denominations, while questions have been raised about how Mackenzie evaded law enforcement despite a history of extremism.
12 Aug 2024 - 7:25PM
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Africa
Kenyan police hurl tear gas at protesters as cabinet ministers sworn in
The protests in Nairobi were organised by activists upset with President William Ruto even after he dismissed almost all of his ministers and added opposition members to what he called a “broad-based” government.
8 Aug 2024 - 9:33PM
Africa
Uganda anti-corruption protests are ‘playing with fire,’ warns President Museveni
Security forces arrested dozens who tried to demonstrate against high-level corruption in protests that authorities said were illegal.
24 Jul 2024 - 6:58AM
Americas and the Caribbean
Haiti’s PM mobilises UN-backed Kenyan forces to reclaim capital from gangs
Gangs control 80 per cent of Port-au-Prince, and they have been blamed for killing or injuring more than 1,500 people.
18 Jul 2024 - 2:47PM
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Africa
Kenya police arrest ‘serial killer’ suspect who confessed to murdering 42 women
The discoveries have also thrown another spotlight on Kenyan police and added more pressure on President William Ruto, who is struggling to contain a crisis over widespread anti-government protests.
15 Jul 2024 - 6:43PM
China-Africa relations
A Chinese civil servant went on safari in Kenya. Now lions are his life
Wildlife conservationist Zhuo Qiang is on a mission to save the lions, and he wants other Chinese to get involved.
14 Jul 2024 - 5:00PM
Africa
Anger in Kenya, as bodies of dismembered women found in Nairobi dump
The corpses, wrapped in bags and secured by nylon ropes, had visible marks of torture and mutilation, police say.
14 Jul 2024 - 6:15AM
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Africa
Kenyan president dismisses almost entire cabinet after deadly protests
The East African nation was left reeling after peaceful rallies last month over steep tax increases flared into deadly violence with police firing at crowds who stormed parliament.
11 Jul 2024 - 10:57PM
Barack Obama
Meet Barack Obama’s activist half-sister Dr Auma Obama, who just protested in Kenya
The elder half-sibling of the 44th US president is a force to be reckoned with, whose advocacy spans Germany and Kenya
10 Jul 2024 - 6:00AM
Africa
Kenyan cult leader on trial for terrorism as 400 starved to death to ‘meet Jesus’
Self-proclaimed pastor Paul Nthenge Mackenzie, who was arrested in April last year, is alleged to have incited his acolytes to starve to death to “meet Jesus”.
8 Jul 2024 - 6:13PM
Africa
Amid tear gas, stones, and flames, Kenyan protesters say president ‘Ruto must go!’
The nationwide demonstrations signalled President William Ruto failed to appease a spontaneous youth protest movement, despite abandoning plans for tax rises that triggered unrest last week.
2 Jul 2024 - 10:22PM
Fame and celebrity
Meet controversial TV star Kenya Moore, who may get suspended from RHOA
Abandoned by her mother as a baby, the former beauty queen and reality TV star has had a string of broken relationships and history of unpaid taxes
29 Jun 2024 - 6:00AM
Africa
2 dead as Kenya police fire on protesters after president scraps tax hikes
Kenyan police fired tear gas at demonstrators in the capital Nairobi on Thursday, a day after the government agreed to scrap contentious tax hikes following deadly protests.
28 Jun 2024 - 2:23AM
Africa
Kenya president backs down on tax hikes after deadly unrest
Kenyan President William Ruto dramatically reversed course on a contentious finance bill after more than 20 people were killed in clashes with police and parliament was ransacked by protesters.
27 Jun 2024 - 9:38AM
Africa
Kenya’s president vows tough response after anti-tax protests turn deadly
Police fired on demonstrators trying to storm the parliament compound, killing at least five.
26 Jun 2024 - 11:29AM
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