US President Donald Trump has launched a scathing attack on Somali immigrants, calling them “garbage” and vowing to remove them from the country as federal agents prepare a major deportation operation in Minnesota. Trump brands Somalis ‘garbage’ in fresh tirade Speaking to reporters after a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Tuesday, Trump said…
Kenya will start building a new modern airport within the next two months, Deputy President Kithure Kindiki announced on Tuesday as the government steps up efforts to replace the ageing Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. Speaking in Nairobi, Kindiki said Kenya had made major gains in roads and electricity but still lacked an airport matching the…
Former deputy president Rigathi Gachagua’s push to lead the opposition has hit turbulence as allies raise alarm over blunders that now threaten the United Opposition coalition ahead of the 2027 elections. Insiders and analysts say Gachagua’s domineering style and repeated public gaffes are pushing away key partners, casting fresh doubt on whether the alliance can…
President Samia Suluhu Hassan spent millions of shillings on a Kenyan public relations firm to repair her image after deadly post-election violence, but the campaign has collapsed and deepened public anger. Failed attempt to rewrite the narrative The contract went through Tanzania Intelligence and Security Service soon after the 29 October vote that sparked nationwide…
President William Ruto on Tuesday unveiled plans to construct 900 new police stations across the country by 2027, saying the move will bring security services closer to the people and address decades-old infrastructure deficits. The announcement was made at State House in Nairobi during the launch of the Jukwaa la Usalama report, compiled after months…
A high-level delegation from the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) arrived in Guinea-Bissau on Monday for urgent talks with the country’s new military rulers, barely a week after soldiers seized power following a disputed presidential election. The visit, led by Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio – the current Ecowas chairman – comes…
Veteran politician Anicet Ekane, 74, died in Yaounde military custody on Monday, 38 days after his arrest in Douala. His family and lawyers accuse authorities of medical neglect amid post-election crackdown. The leader of the African Movement for New Independence and Democracy died on 1 December 2025, weeks after security forces detained him for backing…
David Kimutai Too, the newly elected Orange Democratic Movement member of parliament for Ainamoi, was shot dead in Eldoret on 31 January 2008 in what police described as a crime of passion involving a traffic police officer. Coming only 48 hours after the killing of another opposition MP, the incident deepened the post-election crisis and…
Former Kenyan Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua on Sunday declared the end of an era for the Orange Democratic Movement in the capital’s cutthroat politics. Speaking at a thanksgiving service for his Democracy for Citizens Party recent by-election win, Gachagua painted a bold vision of his upstart outfit, allied with veteran politician Kalonzo Musyoka Wiper party,…
Kenya has once again found itself in the crosshairs of US scrutiny, this time over its deepening space cooperation with China, according to a recent congressional report that highlights growing tensions in the geopolitical rivalry between Washington and Beijing. Report flags strategic risks The 2025 Report to Congress by the US-China Economic and Security Review…
