Kenya
6 Mar
Kenyan authorities on Thursday ordered TikTok to take down sexual content involving minors following a BBC investigative report exposing the exploitation in the country. The report, published on Monday, said TikTok was profiting from sexual livestreams performed by Kenyan teenagers as young as 15. In a statement, the Communications Authority of Kenya said it had…
28 Feb
They see themselves as the "bold generation" and the "conscious youth" of the African continent. AFP met six African students from Generation Z who, from Dakar to Nairobi, and Johannesburg to Abidjan, displayed a realistic optimism and a desire to transform their countries. Born just before or after 2000, these students in urban planning, environment,…
21 Feb
Thirteen Kenyan security officers pleaded not guilty to charges of murdering two Indian men and their Kenyan driver in 2022 in a politically-charged case, their lawyer said Friday. The policemen along with a national intelligence officer and a wildlife warden went before a judge on Thursday over the killing of driver Nicodemus Mwania Mwange and…
19 Feb
Sudan's army-aligned government has accused Kenya of violating its sovereignty by hosting rival paramilitaries planning to declare a parallel government this week. The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, at war with the army for nearly two years, are preparing to declare a government in territories under their control during an event in Nairobi on Friday, RSF…
9 Feb
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8 Feb
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has announced plans to take strict enforcement action against Kenya Airways over multiple consumer protection violations, including its handling of passenger Gloria Omisore. NCAA Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Michael Achimugu, who stated this on his X handle, cited several reasons for the sanction, He stated that…
6 Feb
Kenya said Thursday it had deployed more than 100 additional police officers to Haiti, after Washington backtracked on withdrawing support for a security mission to the troubled nation. Earlier in the week, President Donald Trump's administration said it had frozen financial contributions to the mission, but the State Department said Wednesday it was maintaining most…
4 Feb
The Nigerian passenger, Gloria Ibukun Omisore, who was stranded in Kenya en route to Europe, has successfully returned to Nigeria. Omisore was stranded in Nairobi after Kenya Airways refused to allow her to continue on her journey because she lacked a Schengen Visa, a requirement to enter Europe. The airline also said she acted unruly…
3 Feb
Kenya Airways reacted to a social media video showing a verbal exchange between a female Nigerian passenger and one of its agents at a transfer desk in Nairobi, Kenya. Kenya Airways said the exchange began after it was discovered that the passenger, travelling from Lagos to Nairobi, Paris, and Manchester, did not have a SCHENGEN…
3 Feb
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has summoned Kenya Airways over the alleged inhuman treatment of Nigerian passengers in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital. This was after the Special Adviser on Media and Communications to the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Tunde Moshood, announced the treatment a Nigerian passenger was subjected to by the airline…
27 Jan
Almost 200 Kenyan women were murdered in gender-based violent incidents in 2024, nearly double the previous year, monitoring groups said Monday.
22 Jan
Police in Kenya arrested Wednesday a man found carrying the mutilated corpse of his wife in a backpack, the latest case of gender-based violence to appal the country. It comes only weeks after hundreds of women were tear gassed as they rallied in the capital Nairobi to demonstrate against femicide and demand action from the…
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Political appointees who served in the ex-Governor Idris Ichala Wada administration between 2012 and 2016 in Kogi State have made a passionate appeal to Governor Ahmed Ododo for the payment of their outstanding salaries. The former Kogi State appointees said they are being owed three months' salaries that have remained unpaid for the past nine…
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The Nigerian government has been applauded for its innovative approach to student loans, where institutional fees are paid directly to tertiary institutions. Plateau State Governor, Barr. Caleb Mutfwang, gave the commendation yesterday in Jos, Plateau State, when he received the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), Akintunde Sawyerr, ahead of…
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The Managing Director of NELFUND, Mr. Akintunde Sawyerr, has revealed that more male students apply for the Federal Government's student loans than their female counterparts. Sawyerr made this revelation while speaking at the NELFUND Women Forum Programme that was held to commemorate the 2025 International Women’s Day (IWD) held in Abuja on Monday. The NELFUND's…
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The Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, has charged his supporters to uphold peace and eschew violence. Fubara made this charge at the inauguration of a newly constructed palace for the monarch of Akpo Kingdom, a community situated in the Obiapo Local Government Area of the state. While addressing the audience during the inauguration, the…
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For parents, guardians, and pupils in Sah-Kaka and Mayo-Ndaga, two remote border communities in the Sardauna Local Government Area of Taraba State, joy has returned to the schoolyards. The laughter of children and the aroma of freshly cooked meals now fill the air, thanks to the reintroduction of a free school feeding program by ActionAid…
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Plateau State governor, Barr. Caleb Mutfwang, has urged the Federal Government to establish a system that prevents students who receive training through the student loans scheme from being tempted to leave the country in search of better opportunities, a phenomenon commonly referred to as the 'Japa syndrome.' The governor stated this on Monday night in…
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The Niger State Police Command has launched an investigation into the alleged killing of footballer Sani, who was reportedly shot dead by intoxicated police officers in Minna on Monday. Witnesses reported that Sani was killed while resting at his friend's tea stall in the New Market Sabon Gari area of the Chanchaga Local Government Area…
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The President of Anamnet Group of Companies Limited, Chief David Edochie Onuora, has urged the people of Anambra State to support security agencies in the state to stop kidnapping and other criminal activities. The prominent community leader said the security agencies cannot succeed without useful information from members of the community. He noted this in…