At a memorial service on Friday, former President Uhuru Kenyatta said that many who laid the intellectual foundation for Kenya’s affordable housing program have not been acknowledged. He paid tribute to Frank Ireri, former chief executive of Housing Finance Group, who died Oct. 26 at age 63 after a battle with cancer.
Ireri is credited with reshaping the mortgage market to serve lower-income earners, chairing the board of Habitat for Humanity Kenya, and serving as a nonexecutive director at Centum Real Estate. He also helped reverse losses at Kenya Pipeline Company as a board member, transforming it into a revenue contributor.
Kenya’s affordable housing initiative, a key project of the Kenya Kwanza administration, seeks to expand...
Chinese President Xi Jinping told U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday that China’s growth and revival align with Trump’s Make America Great Again agenda. Xi spoke after arriving in Busan for the 32nd APEC Economic Leaders Meeting and a state visit to South Korea, saying both nations can help each other prosper.
He said history and present-day realities call for the United States and China to act as partners and friends. Xi offered to work alongside Trump to lay a strong foundation for bilateral ties and to foster an environment that supports development in both countries.
Former Aberdeen and Arsenal defender Willie Young has died at the age of 73. He helped Arsenal lift the FA Cup in 1979 and his tackle on Paul Allen in the 1980 final led to the introduction of the professional foul rule. Arsenal praised his aerial dominance and fearless style that inspired supporters.
Born in Edinburgh and raised in the village of Heriot, Young began his senior career with Aberdeen in 1970 and made more than 180 appearances before joining Tottenham Hotspur in 1975. He moved across North London to Arsenal in 1977, where his partnership with David O’Leary produced three straight FA Cup final appearances and a 3-2 victory over Manchester United in 1979.
Young never earned a senior cap for Scotland after receiving a...
Aid agencies and the military have stepped up deliveries of food, water and medicine to Kingston’s main airport but smaller regional airfields remain only partly open. Crews are hauling supplies by truck toward Black River and other hard-hit areas, yet many highways are flooded or blocked. Officials report at least nineteen deaths in Jamaica and dozens of missing residents.
In Black River, homes lie in ruins and streets are lined with debris. Some survivors search wrecked shops for bottled water and canned goods. Local leaders describe scenes of desperation as people climb into collapsed buildings to pull down what they can carry. A pharmacy was ransacked and residents say that looting reflects the absence of aid and rising hunger...
Authorities in Kenya have deployed police and military helicopters along with medical teams and Red Cross personnel to support search and rescue operations in Elgeyo Marakwet County after mudslides claimed more than twenty lives. At least seventeen bodies have been recovered, and dozens remain unaccounted for.
Paul Yatich, member of the county assembly for Embobut, said six bodies were found in his constituency while eleven others were discovered elsewhere in the Kerio Valley. The toll has risen as teams continue to comb the heavily affected area.
Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen offered condolences to families in Endo, Sambirir, and Embobut wards in Marakwet East Constituency, where roads and other infrastructure were...
French actor Tchéky Karyo died Friday at age 72 of cancer. Born in Istanbul and raised in Paris, he earned international recognition as the handler Bob in Luc Besson’s Nikita and later portrayed French detective Julien Baptiste in the crime drama The Missing and its spin-off, Baptiste. His wife, actress Valérie Keruzoré, and their children announced his passing.
Across a career that spanned nearly four decades, Karyo appeared in films such as La Balance, Joan of Arc, 1492: Conquest of Paradise, GoldenEye, and A Very Long Engagement. He received a César nomination for his debut screen role and remained active on stage before finding renewed acclaim on television. He is survived by his wife and their children.
Senator Samson Cherargei has congratulated Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan on her re-election and called on her to form a broad-based government to foster national unity. In a post on X, the Nandi Senator urged her to begin talks on a more inclusive administration and to initiate the process of drafting a new constitution that reflects the people’s will.
Cherargei noted that Suluhu ran virtually unopposed after key opposition candidates were excluded from the race. The Independent National Electoral Commission announced that she won about 31.9 million votes, or 97.66 percent of the ballots cast, with voter turnout at nearly 87 percent among the 37.6 million registered voters. Her Chama Cha Mapinduzi party also captured all but...
The Court of Appeal in Mombasa has upheld the death sentence for Charles Mutuku Kalii, convicted of murdering his two young sons in Taita Taveta County in 2017. A three-judge panel rejected his appeal on October 24, 2025, ruling that trial evidence, including DNA, witness testimony, and the absence of forced entry, was strong enough to support the conviction.
Kalii was found guilty in July 2023 by the High Court in Voi for killing eight-year-old Gabriel Mutuku and five-year-old Evanton Paul during a domestic dispute. Court records show their mother fled their home after Kalii became violent while drinking, leaving the boys behind. The next morning, the children were found dead with deep throat wounds on a blood-soaked mattress. A...
Tanzania's electoral commission announced Saturday that President Samia Suluhu Hassan won re-election with nearly 98 percent of the vote, securing a five-year term to lead the East African nation of 68 million people. Hassan assumed office in 2021 following the death of her predecessor.
Violent protests erupted during Wednesday’s voting after the electoral commission barred Hassan’s two main opponents from running. Witnesses reported demonstrators tearing down her campaign banners, setting fire to government buildings, and clashing with police, who responded with tear gas and gunfire.
The main opposition party claimed hundreds were killed in the unrest, while the United Nations human rights office cited credible reports of at least 10...
