By Moses Muli Published: August 29,2024 10:56 AM Uganda President Yoweri Museveni used ODM leader Raila Odinga’s African Union Commission (AUC) chairmanship bid to express his reservations over Kenya’s move to block sugar from his country. He also used the…
Reuters Published: August 28,2024 06:10 PM EAT Egypt delivered its first military aid to Somalia in more than four decades on Tuesday, three diplomatic and Somali government sources said, a move likely to deepen strains between the two countries and…
By Moses Muli Published: August 28,2024 03:35 PM Fourteen years after Kenyans adopted a progressive constitution, many of their aspirations remain unfulfilled. Women, in particular, are still hoping for a new dawn when the two-thirds gender rule in elective positions…
BBC News Published: August 28,2024 12:21 PM South African billionaire Johann Rupert has overtaken Nigerian industrialist Aliko Dangote as Africa’s richest person, according to the latest data from the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Mr. Rupert controls Richemont, one of the world's largest…
By Moses Muli Published: August 28,2024 11:30 AM As Kenya marked 14 years yesterday since the adoption of the 2010 Constitution, concerns were raised about the government’s commitment to fully implement it. The International Centre for Policy and Conflict (ICPC)…
By Moses Muli Published: August 28,2024 11:10 AM A flurry of meetings and a court order marked the government’s last-ditch efforts to end the teachers’ strike. The Standard has established that the teachers’ employer will issue show-cause letters to those…
By Moses Muli Published: August 27,2024 6:20 PM Kenya on Tuesday unveiled the candidature of its former Prime Minister Raila Odinga for chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC) at a colorful ceremony graced by several East African Community (EAC)…
East African Published: August 27,2024 03:31 PM The United Nations Security Council unanimously voted on 15 August 2024 to extend the mandate of the 12,626 men and women of the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (Atmis). The African mission…
Reuters Published: August 27,2024 The near-term risk of a broader war in the Middle East has eased somewhat after Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah exchanged fire without further escalation but Iran still poses a significant danger as it weighs a strike…
By Moses Muli Published: August 27,2024 11:22 AM Your university funding must fall. That is what brave members of the Gen-Z told President William Ruto on Sunday night during an audience about the crisis in the education sector. The youth…