Crackdown on free press intensifies in Tanzania

Tanzanian government has officially banned all local media outlets from broadcasting foreign content without government permission.…

Nigerian singer sentenced to death for blasphemy in Kano state

A musician in Nigeria’s northern state of Kano has been sentenced to death by hanging for…

Kenya protests Ethiopia’s detention of journalist Yassin Juma

Nairobi on Monday protested Ethiopia’s continued detention of Yassin Juma, a Kenyan journalist freed by the…

Chopper hitch as CS leaves Kericho

Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe and other senior officers were forced to travel from Kericho to Nairobi…

Lebanon PM Hassan Diab expected to announce resignation

Beirut, Lebanon – Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab is due to address the nation, in a speech…

Iran Shutters Newspaper After Expert Questions Official Coronavirus Numbers

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran shut down a newspaper on Monday after it published remarks by…

Kenya reports 492 new coronavirus cases

Kenya on Monday recorded 492 additional cases of Covid-19 as well as three deaths in the…

Martha Karua puts Kagwe on the spot over ‘Mafya house’

Narc-Kenya leader Martha Karua has demanded full accountability for Covid-19 funds in Kenya, even as she…

Yemen’s UNESCO-listed Old Sanaa houses collapse in heavy rains

The houses in Yemen’s UNESCO-listed Old City of Sanaa are collapsing due to heavy rains, as…

Lang’ata residents face eviction in Ngong Forest land tussle

On a sunny Saturday morning, Waswa Wekesa stood outside his family’s four-bedroom home in a middle-class…