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A fake property buyer just tied a farmer to a tree and bounced. In a brazen attack on a Pretoria smallholding, a man posing as a potential land buyer overpowered the owner, stole his stuff, and left him bound to a tree before fleeing the scene. The victim, who was showing his property during a...

Miguel Gamondi knows today's AFCON match is Tanzania's David versus Morocco's Goliath. The Taifa Stars head coach expressed faith in his squad while openly recognizing the formidable challenge posed by their round of sixteen opponent, Morocco. He pointed to his team's mature performance against...

Osimhen says Nigeria is ready to stomp anyone for the AFCON trophy. Following a perfect group stage capped by a 3-1 win over Uganda, striker Victor Osimhen declared the Super Eagles a favorite to win their first Africa Cup of Nations in thirteen years. He stated the team, which will face...

Manzese's philosopher king finds out that New Year's blessings come with a free night in jail. A self-proclaimed respected family man from the Dar es Salaam neighborhood recounted a chaotic holiday evening that began with a simple trip to Zakayo's Pub alongside his friends Jattelo, Oscar the...

Turns out the secret to farming success is just cutting out the middleman. Farmers in Kibondo, western Tanzania, are seeing real change by banding together in cooperatives like the Kibondo Agricultural Marketing Cooperative Society, or AMCOS. Their recent aggregation of 865 metric tons of yellow...

Zanzibar's VP tells a town that peace is everyone's boring homework. Second Vice-President Hemed Suleiman Abdulla addressed residents in Nanguji, South Pemba, after prayers at Al-Nassri Mosque, framing peace as a critical duty for any Zanzibari worried about the future. He insisted that all...

Government tells investors to step up their feed game for better milk and meat. During a visit to a farmers' school in Muleba District within Tanzania's Kagera Region, the Livestock and Fisheries Minister, Bashiru Ally, pushed dairy investors to focus on making high-quality animal feed. He...

Officials in Tanzania have locked down funding for a new dam in Kilosa District, Morogoro Region, a direct response to brutal flooding that wrecked homes and farms. Prime Minister Mwigulu Nchemba confirmed the plan for the Kidete Dam plus several other reservoirs while touring damaged areas like...

Schools will start reopening in a state still getting hammered by bandits. Officials in Nigeria's Niger state announced public and private schools in secure areas can reopen from January 12, following the mass abduction last November of over 250 people from St. Mary's Catholic school in Papiri...

A back-to-school travel crush caused major delays and jacked up fares in Kisumu. Thousands of travelers heading to cities on Sunday faced long waits and congestion at bus parks, with matatu fares rising by roughly five hundred to seven hundred shillings due to heavy one-way demand ahead of...

This year's school calendar just dropped, locking in a ban on third-term visits. The Ministry of Education released the 2026 academic schedule, with basic education institutions starting Term I on January 5 and running thirteen weeks to April 2, followed by a three-week break. Term II spans...

A politician claims he got assaulted and had a gun pulled on him at a Nairobi eatery. Embakasi East MP Babu Owino stated he was attacked Saturday afternoon at a Kilimani restaurant on Lenana Road, alleging a city MCA pushed him, drew a firearm, and struck his chest and jaw before later throwing...

Civil servants just got a new pay scale with bigger rent cash for city workers. The Salaries and Remuneration Commission approved a revised salary and leave allowance structure, retroactive to July 2025, costing over two billion shillings this financial year. This fourth review cycle, decided in...

The forest service says viral posts about a razed school are total garbage. The Kenya Forest Service denied reports it demolished a school during an operation in Makutani Forest, Baringo County, calling the online claims misleading and designed to stir up conflict. KFS stated its January 3rd...

A third day of digging pulled one body from a pancaked apartment tower. Rescue teams working at the site of a collapsed fourteen-story building in Nairobi's South C area recovered a single victim on Sunday, confirming at least one death after the structure fell early Friday morning. Assistant...

Kenya just ended a 24-year trade shield for its sugar industry. The country formally exited the COMESA Sugar Safeguard regime after the protection lapsed, signaling a major shift for its long-troubled sugar sector. Government officials and the Kenya Sugar Board stated the move reflects...

A wrong-way crash at an intersection killed six people. A head-on collision between a sedan and a minibus taxi on the R26 outside Fouriesburg in South Africa's Free State left three people dead in each vehicle, with twenty-one others injured. Police said the driver of a white Kia sedan, a...

The new tax code dropped, giving a break to the little guy and tightening the screws on big money. President Bola Tinubu's 2025 tax reforms are now active, restructuring Nigeria's system with an ₦800,000 annual income exemption for low earners and new progressive bands hitting a 25% rate for...

A top lawyer says Nigeria's military could crush terrorists if funded properly, but thieves stole the gear money. Human rights attorney Femi Falana, speaking in Ilawe Ekiti, argued that a well-equipped and motivated Nigerian armed forces could defeat terrorism and banditry without foreign help...

A cop is begging the police chief to save her from her boss. Police Inspector Alonge Bridget from the Sabo Division in Yaba, Lagos, has petitioned Inspector-General Kayode Egbetokun, accusing senior officer Josephine Okeme of repeated assault, threats, and harassment. She claims Okeme, the...