Kenya's Open College Grows Past Its Borders.
Kenya's newest college teaches students from many lands, says school leader Caroline Omulando. The Open University of Kenya has more than 2,500 students after just 16 months.
The school started in August 2023 after President William Ruto supported it. Omulando shared this news at a special meeting about online learning between Kenya and China.
The meeting took place at Konza Technopolis, a new city 64 kilometers south of Nairobi. Three schools—the Open University of Kenya, Donghua University, and the Open University of China—came together there.
These schools want to improve learning through computers. They plan to build new learning places in Kenya and China. Omulando thinks this...
Former Leader Plans New Path in Kenya Politics.
Rigathi Gachagua met with law experts at his home on Saturday. The past deputy leader talked with a team from the Law Society of Kenya, led by Steve Mbugua.
They spoke about Kenya's current state and its future. The lawyers shared views on rights and laws. Gachagua said their ideas would help shape his coming plans.
"These law experts brought deep knowledge about our basic rights and how we can make them stronger for all people," Gachagua said. He praised the lawyers for their smart ideas about running the country.
Many leaders have come to Gachagua's rural home at Wamunyoro to seek his support before the 2027 vote. He plans to start his party next month and make clear moves toward the...
Kenya Acts to Lift Tea Prices as Unsold Stock Piles Up.
The Kenyan government met with tea leaders on Friday in Kisumu to fix low tea prices and deal with large amounts of unsold tea. Tea factory chiefs, buyers, and market experts attended the talks.
Tea stores in Mombasa hold about 100 million kilos of unsold tea from last year. The government dropped the lowest price rule in August, hoping this would make buyers want the tea again. The rule had set tea prices at 313 shillings for each kilo since 2021 to help farmers earn more.
Farm chief Paul Ronoh led the meeting. He asked all tea places to tell him how much tea they had not sold. They must share this news in seven days.
The new rules say tea places must not sell tea for less...
Fire Leaves 200 Families Without Homes in Nairobi Area.
A large fire burned through houses and shops in Nairobi's Soweto Highrise area on Friday night. The event happened in the Langata part of the city.
No one died in the fire. The reason for the blaze remains unknown. Fire teams from the city came and put out the flames.
Langata MP Phelix Odiwuor shared a video of the fire online. He said everyone was safe. He asked people to keep Langata in their thoughts as the community started to build again.
This area has seen fires before. Last July, bad electric wires started a fire that burned many homes, leaving many people without places to live. Some people got hurt as they ran to save their things from the flames.
Police have started...
Kenya Orders Shutdown of Unlicensed Beauty Clinics.
Kenya's health leaders told medical officials to close beauty clinics that operate without proper papers. This move came after they examined places that conduct beauty operations in major cities like Nairobi and Mombasa.
The search started last November when Lucy Wambui died after a beauty operation. Officials checked 26 clinics that changed how people looked. They found that 20 followed the rules. Three had asked for papers but were waiting. Three more ran without any right to do so.
Public Health leader Mary Muthoni shared what they learned. Her team looked at 102 beauty shops. Seven of these shops did deep skin work without having trained people or proper papers. Many places had...
The tourism office met on Thursday to make plans for drawing more guests to The Gambia. Leaders came to the Senegambia Beach Hotel in Kololi for a two-day meeting.
At this key talk, they looked at ways to tell the world about The Gambia as a place to visit. People from many parts of the tourism business joined in.
Momodou Ceesay, who runs the Tourism Project, opened the meeting. He spoke for the head of the Tourism Ministry. Ceesay said they have done deep studies about how to sell The Gambia to guests and how to bring in more money.
"We want everyone who works in tourism to help pick the right look for The Gambia," Ceesay said. "We need your wisdom to make this work right."
These studies show what The Gambia can offer guests, both...
Future Generation Senior Secondary School won the Funneh Board Game match at Girls' Pride Gambia. The game tested what students knew.
The game marked the last part of a project by Girls' Pride Gambia. It was part of their Women's Empowerment work called #Play2Educate. The French Embassy in The Gambia and Senegal gave money for it, and Alliance Francaise de Banjul helped run it.
The project taught school leaders and students about health matters for girls and made them aware of acts that hurt women and girls at school.
Ten schools came into play: Mindaw, Future Generation, Abuko, Tallinding, Unity, Kombo Kerewan, Brufut, Jabang, and Yundum Barrack Senior Schools.
Players went through three parts of the game. It took three hours...
In his weekly talk, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad shared stories from early Muslim times. He focused on events that took place when Muslims went out with the Prophet Muhammad.
He started with a tale about Abu Qatadah during a trip to Dhi Qarad. The Prophet had sent some men ahead, then came with more helpers. When they arrived, their foes ran away. They found Abu Qatadah's horse hurt. The Prophet stood by it and said kind words. People thought Abu Qatadah had died, but he came back later with his camels. The Prophet then said many prayers for him.
An arrow had hit Abu Qatadah. The Prophet helped take it out and put his blessed touch on the wound. Abu Qatadah said it felt like he never had a wound at all.
Another man, Salamah, fought...
Donald Trump said he plans to take the Gaza Strip and make everyone who lives there leave. He shared this news on January 4, 2025, with Israel's leader, Benjamin Netanyahu, standing next to him.
Trump wants to turn Gaza into what he calls "real estate." His words shocked many people. For years, most countries hoped Palestinians would have their land next to Israel. But Israel kept building more homes on Palestinian land.
Trump's plan came days after he helped make peace talks work. He had won praise for stopping the fighting before he was to start his new time as president on January 20. When Biden's team tried to take credit, Netanyahu said Trump did the work.
Many leaders around the world said Trump's plan breaks the law. They said...
