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Deadly Chase Follows Cash Theft in Lusaka. One thief died, and three others got hurt after they stole money from a car in Lusaka. The group took K13,000 from a parked car at Noyi Bazer Farm. Farm owner Emmanuel Munthali saw the theft. He chased the four men as they sped away. The thieves rode...

Uganda Roads Agency Closes as Government Takes Over. Uganda's road agency closed on Monday. The former head, Allen Kagina, gave back all the office keys and tools to the government. The move marks the end of the Uganda National Roads Authority. From here on, the Works and Transport Ministry...

Public Clash Erupts Over Ugandan Star's Private Struggles. A heated debate has taken center stage in Uganda. It started when Abba Marcus Mayanja spoke up about his famous father's health problems. His father, Jose Chameleone, stands as one of East Africa's biggest music stars. Roger Otis...

Drama in Kenya's Capital as Senator Joins Fight Against Kidnappings. A bold scene played out in downtown Nairobi on Monday. Senator Okiya Omtatah and protesters used a chain to stop police from making arrests. They marched through the streets, asking for missing young people to come home. The...

Court Charges Two in Child Murder Case. Two men faced a judge Monday in Dodoma for the death of a six-year-old boy. Police say they killed Greyson Kanyenye, the son of well-known business owner Zainab Zengo, on Christmas night. Kelvin Gilbert, 27, drives a motorcycle taxi. Tumaini Msangi is...

During this year's big shopping week, people sent more messages than ever. Infobip, a company that helps stores talk to shoppers, saw huge jumps in customer chats. From Black Friday through Cyber Monday, shoppers and stores shared 11.6 billion messages, 41 percent more than last year. The...

Tanzania Shows Strong Ability to Pay IMF Loans. Tanzania has proven it can pay back its loans from the International Monetary Fund. The IMF praised the country in its latest report for always paying on time. The report shows that Tanzania will need to pay the most money in 2030. But this...

Tanzania Shows Promise as New Farming Season Starts. Farmers in Tanzania have good news. The country has plenty of fertilizer ready for the growing season ahead. By late November, Tanzania had gathered more than 769,000 tons of fertilizer, which meets 77% of farmers' needs. The supply comes...

Police arrested a young man for trying to bring drugs into a Namibian jail. The 25-year-old had ten small bags of cannabis when officers caught him at the Keetmanshoop Police Station on Friday at 12:20 PM. The drugs were worth N$750. The man remains behind bars as police look into the case.

Kenya used a lot of electricity in October—934.54 million units, more than ever before. The old record was 923.13 million units in August. October's electricity use was up 1.2% from August and 6.5% from October 2023, when Kenya used 877.48 million units. Businesses and factories used the most...

A new study says eating big meals after 5 pm may be bad for you. It can make it harder for your body to handle sugar. This could lead to type 2 diabetes. In the past, studies said eating late might make you gain weight. But this study is different. It says late eating can hurt how your body...

Kenya has a group called the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority, or EPRA. Their job is to check the gas that people buy for their cars. They want to make sure it's good gas. From October to December 2024, EPRA checked gas at 1,295 places in Kenya. Most of the gas was good, but at 11...

A sad thing happened in a national park in Kenya on Sunday. Some people who take care of animals called herders, went into the park when they weren't supposed to. They had weapons with them. The herders ran into some officers from the Kenya Wildlife Service or KWS. The officers were there to...

A new idea is being discussed in Kenya's Parliament. It concerns how to handle fights over local elections. These elections are for people called Members of County Assembly, or MCAs. The idea is to make the process easier. It's called the Elections (Amendment) Bill 2024. Right now, if there's...

Kenya owed a lot of money to other countries. From July to September 2024, they paid back some of it. Kenya paid 165.6 billion shillings in total. Most of this money went to China, which received 65.4 billion shillings, or about 40% of what Kenya paid. Kenya paid China in two ways: 44.5...

The police have three men in jail. The men are named Hassan Ali Zahir, Omar Sultan Omar, and Suleiman Abdi. The police think they killed a man named Emmanuel Inyanza. It happened in Eastleigh Section Three, Kenya. Emmanuel lived on Third Street in Eastleigh. Emmanuel's father told the police...

Two people from Ethiopia are in jail in Kenya. The police think they took people from Somalia to Libya. They did this so the people could be used for bad things. The two people are named Anna Abdirahaman and Hayat Mohamed. They are married. The police say they tricked a 17-year-old girl. They...

Trinidad and Tobago is in a state of emergency. Gangs are causing more and more violence there. The country's president made the decision. She did it because the prime minister said to. He was under a lot of pressure to do something about crime. Trinidad and Tobago has a very high murder rate...

The High Court made an important decision today. It ordered six people to be freed right away. These people were reportedly kidnapped. Their names are Peter Muteti, Bernard Kavuli, Billy Mwangi, Gideon Kibet, Rony Kiplangat, and Steve Kavingo. Judge Bahati Mwamunye gave the order. He told the...

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen plans to make big changes in Kenya's prisons. He wants to finish building houses for prison officers and inmates, which will improve their lives and help prisoners become good citizens again. Mr. Murkomen visited prisons in Eldoret. He promised to...