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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Gambian music star ST, also known as Brikama Boyo, drew a packed house at QCity arena for his eighth album launch on Saturday night. The show filled every seat in the building, and many more fans stood outside after they could not enter. More than 30 other singers came to help ST mark this...

The Gambian government gave Yankuba Darboe two more years as head of the tax office. Dr. Ismaila Ceesay, the Minister of Information, announced this yesterday. Mr. Darboe has led the Gambia Revenue Authority since 2014. When The Standard asked if he would stay or leave, Minister Ceesay said the...

The head of The Gambia's voting body, Alieu Momar Njai, will leave his job next month when his work time ends, sources say. Pa Makan Khan, who speaks for the Independent Electoral Commission, said Mr. Njai leads the group until March. Khan does not know who will take Mr. Njai's place after he...

The Gambia's trade ministry said its workers going to Saudi Arabia will earn $200 each month, which is equivalent to D14,200. Mod Secka, the trade ministry's top officer, shared this news with lawmakers on Tuesday. He said the government wants better pay for these workers. "We are talking...

Kora master Jali Hammay plans to release two new albums this Saturday at Bakoteh Junction Baa Event Garden. The artist, whose real name is Muhamadou Saho, will present his works "Kakunung Yitand" and "Batufaalu Lodula." The first title means "Showing The Past," and the second means "The Stance...

Local leaders stayed away from a key meeting with national lawmakers in Janjangbureh. The council chairman, Sulayman Sawaneh, his deputy, and ward leaders did not come to the planned talks. The lawmakers went there as part of their duty to check the council's work. They hoped to see the...

A court in Essau gave Alpha Omar Jallow a fine of D20,000 on Wednesday. If he fails to pay, he must work hard in prison for four years. The mechanic hurt police officer Mbanyick Joof with an iron bar. Jallow said he was wrong in the case of harm to the officer. The court first asked him to pay...

Former U.S. President Trump signed new rules on Friday that stop all U.S. help to South Africa. He wants to bring White South African farmers to America as people who need safe homes. Trump said the South African leaders hurt White people's rights. Trump's paper said South Africa takes farms...

The head of Zimbabwe's central bank says store owners face trouble due to poor management of their firms, not the state of their businesses. He does not agree with their claims about money problems. Dr John Mushayavanu shared these thoughts as he gave his money plans for 2025. He said he would...

Young Monalisa Sibanda made waves at last week's Junior National Swimming Championships in Harare. The ten-year-old from Bulawayo won twelve medals at the Les Brown pool. Her wins came as four gold, six silver, and two bronze medals. She trains at the School of Swimming and looks up to past...

Derek Chisora, 41, plans his last UK match tonight. He will face Otto Wallin in Manchester's Co-op Live arena. The boxer might still face Dillian Whyte in London next year. His main goal is to reach 50 fights in 2025, with one last match set for Africa, London, or Saudi Arabia. Chisora grew up...

As Valentine's Day comes near, many ask what makes love work well. One woman shares her thoughts through a simple test: rate yourself as a partner from 1 to 10. Love fills the air these days with heart-shaped goods in stores. Yet true care means more than buying things. It needs people who want...