The Democratic Republic of Congo’s president accused Rwanda on Monday of violating a U.S.-brokered peace agreement signed just five days earlier, as the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group pressed a rapid offensive toward a key town on the Burundi border. President Felix Tshisekedi told Congo’s National Assembly that Rwandan forces and their allies launched attacks with…
Elon Musk’s Starlink gained 2,045 subscribers in Kenya during the July-September quarter, lifting its total to a record 19,470 and ending a nine-month slump triggered by network capacity problems, official data showed Monday. The rebound allowed Starlink to surpass its previous high of 19,146 customers reached in December 2024, according to the latest report from…
Kenya’s state-run tea factories are staggering under 26.06 billion shillings ($200 million) in debt after years of loans taken without proper board approval, inflated collateral and diverted project funds, the country’s tea regulator said Monday. A Tea Board of Kenya audit, presented to lawmakers last week, documented widespread violations at factories managed by the Kenya…
Kenya’s National Police Service Commission (NPSC) asked the Court of Appeal on Monday to suspend a recent recruitment of more than 10,000 police constables, saying the exercise was conducted without legal authority and violated the commission’s constitutional mandate. Lawyers for the NPSC told a three-judge bench that Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja overstepped his…
Kenya’s Ministry of Education plans to notify Grade 10 learners of their senior school placements before Christmas, under a government system that prioritises top performers in the Kenya Junior School Education Assessment (KJSEA) for their chosen institutions. The move aims to allow parents and guardians time to prepare ahead of the Jan. 12, 2026, reporting…
Diogo Jota’s death in 2025 became one of Kenya’s most searched news events, reflecting the country’s deep emotional investment in the English Premier League.
Kenya’s active 5G subscribers surged nearly 20% in the three months to September, reaching 1.5 million, as the country’s two main mobile operators stepped up network rollouts and marketing in urban centres, official data showed on Monday. The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) said the number of users with 5G-capable devices consistently connected to the…
Kenya added 3.3 million active social media accounts between February and October 2025, a 21.9% surge that marks a strong recovery from last year’s slowdown and underscores TikTok’s dominance among the country’s young, mobile-first population. The rebound pushed the total number of active social media identities to 18.4 million by October, equivalent to 31.8% of…
Nigerian authorities said on Sunday they had secured the release of 100 children kidnapped last month from a Catholic school in the northern state of Niger, in one of the largest single releases of hostages since the mass abduction. The children, aged 10 to 18, arrived in the capital Abuja by road on Sunday evening…
Pressure is mounting on Kenyan President William Ruto to take decisive action against government officials and lawmakers accused of owning rogue recruitment agencies that prey on desperate job seekers with phony promises of lucrative jobs overseas. Senators have blown the lid off these schemes, revealing alleged links to high-level figures in the Ministries of Labour…
