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President Ruto promised equal treatment for Lower Eastern Kenya during development plans. On Wednesday, he met with 1,500 leaders from Machakos, Makueni, and Kitui counties at State House, Nairobi. The region will receive its fair share of national resources, just like other parts of the...

Trump met South African President Ramaphosa at the White House yesterday. The meeting turned tense after Trump played a video about violence against white farmers. Trump accused the South African government of stealing land and ignoring the murders of white farmers. Ramaphosa kept his cool...

Kenya health workers plan to launch a nationwide strike in two weeks unless officials meet their demands. Their colleagues from Universal Health Coverage have already stayed away from work for 95 days because of employment concerns. The Health Sector Caucus released a statement Wednesday asking...

A Nairobi court heard testimony about the Sh1 billion fraud case against David Kariuki Ngari, known as Gakuyo. Former CEO Moses Kariuki stated he managed customer relations and marketing at Gakuyo Real Estate. He resigned in 2018 as clients demanded refunds and title deeds. He signed documents...

Insider John Harker believes PlayStation fans should look to September instead of summer for the next major event. He agreed with another user who predicted a September showcase. PlayStation often runs events during late August through September, making this timing likely. Harker has shared...

Fortnite has come back to the Apple App Store in the US after five years away. Players can now pay for items inside or outside the app. A Goldman Sachs analyst thinks this setup will hurt Apple less than expected. Epic Games shows both payment choices on the same screen. Users get no direct...

People question why economist Betchani Tchereni changed from criticizing Malawi's economic policies to defending them. His earlier comments appealed to many because they seemed based on honest analysis. His current government job does not free him from explaining this change with real facts...

Silvester Namiwa asked Police Inspector General Merlyne Yolamu to step down right away. The head of the Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives spoke at a Public Affairs Committee meeting in Blantyre on Wednesday. He said Yolamu failed to remain neutral when enforcing laws...

Two soccer games take place today across Malawi. Rockies Ekhaya FC plays against Karonga United at Kamuzu Stadium, and Creck Sporting Club meets Kamuzu Barracks FC at Mponela. Fans will watch these matches with great interest as teams battle for league positions. The race for the top scorer will...

Joseph Manguluti speaks out against attacks happening in Kasungu South. The independent lawmaker blames paid youth gangs who hurt people with different political views. Two people lost teeth after beatings just because they joined local projects. These attacks happened over four days, according...

President Chakwera called his critics satan during a speech at National Construction Day. He spoke against people who claim his government has finished no major projects. These critics spread lies about his work record for political gain, he said. His team has completed more than 600 projects...

Malawi's opposition party, DPP, slammed the government for pausing a loan deal with the IMF. The DPP economic chief, Ralph Jooma, called this move reckless. He said President Chakwera hides behind talk of helping poor people. The government claimed last week that it needed a break from IMF rules...

A Thyolo court cleared Zichepe Jimmy, 35, of murder charges last week. Jimmy had faced accusations of killing Isaac Muhula in March 2022 in Chibwana Village. Prosecutors claimed Jimmy stole a mobile phone from Muhula after attacking him with someone else. The court decided prosecutors lacked...

Jennifer Lopez faces two lawsuits about pictures she shared online. Photographer Edwin Blanco and photo agency Backgrid claim she used their images without asking first. The photos show Lopez wearing a white dress and a fake fur coat outside a party before the Golden Globes. She posted these...

Build a Rocket Boy plans to release their first game, MindsEye, in about two and a half weeks. The company started under former Grand Theft Auto maker Leslie Benzies. Players need at least Windows 10 or 11, an Intel i5-12400F or AMD Ryzen 5 5600X processor, 16 GB of memory, and an RTX 2060 or...

AMD added ROCm support for its new graphics cards at a recent computer show. The company released ROCm 6.4.1 software that works with RX 9070 cards and Strix Halo chips. This software helps regular people use artificial intelligence on their home computers. It aims to compete against NVIDIA's...

NVIDIA sticks with TSMC as its main chip maker because no other company can match it. The Taiwan company makes special packaging called CoWoS that puts multiple chips together. This lets NVIDIA create faster computer chips than normal methods allow. Jensen Huang, who runs NVIDIA, told reporters...

A SpaceX rocket engine burst into flames during testing in Texas today. Local news cameras caught the massive fireball at the test site. The test may have involved the new Raptor 3 engine, which powers the Starship rocket. SpaceX started shipping these engines to test stands last week for final...

The University of Zimbabwe pays new part-time teachers just two dollars an hour amid staff protests. Full-time professors walked off campus seeking better wages than their current pay, which is below $250 monthly. School officials sent letters offering three-month jobs paid with gold currency...

White South African farmers visited a memorial for attack victims before their president meets with Trump. The US recently granted refugee status to 49 Afrikaners who claimed persecution. Many farmers at a large agricultural fair denied claims of genocide against white people. Agriculture...