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President William Ruto picked Moses Kuria as Trade minister on December 19th. Kuria will replace Salim Mvurya, who got a new job as Sports minister. Ruto also chose William Kabogo as the ICT minister and Mutahi Kagwe as the Agriculture minister. Kabogo and Kagwe thanked Ruto for their...

The UN Security Council approved a new African force to fight al Shabab in Somalia. This new team, called AUSSOM, will start working on January 1, 2025. It will replace ATMIS, which ends on December 31. Most countries at the meeting liked the plan. The United States didn't vote because it...

Kenya's military got new leaders in May 2024. Lt Gen Charles Muriu Kahariri moved up to general and became the Chief of Defence Forces. He took over after Gen Francis Ogolla died in a helicopter crash in April. The military made more changes. John Omenda became the second-in-command. Fatuma...

Bobi Wine feels bad about what's happening in Kenya. He sees people getting taken away without explanation. Wine thinks Kenya used to give other East African countries hope, but things are changing. He talked about his friend Kizza Besigye, who was taken from Nairobi and sent back to Uganda...

The Kenyan Supreme Court marked 12 years in 2024. The court has faced many tests of its strength and fairness since it started. Chief Justice Martha Koome tells people the court will keep standing up for justice, even when many watch it closely. Politics tried hard to shake the court's...

The Public Affairs group plans to share what they found about the plane crash after the holidays end. People disagree about what caused the crash. The report said nothing bad made it happen. But some think there's more to know about how Vice President Saulos Chilima and eight others died...

Castel Malawi gave nice gifts to 69 workers who stayed with them a long time. They got things like iron sheets, fridges, and bikes. These gifts showed thanks for helping the company deal with hard times in 2024. The company started giving out awards last week. Six workers in Mzuzu got gifts...

Police caught one of their own at a shisha place in Nairobi. He ran the place where people smoked shisha mixed with drugs. The police went there after they heard about drugs and young girls being sold. They looked at the place for some time before going in. Teams from different police groups...

A judge just stopped new fish farming rules from starting. These rules will not take effect until February 10, 2025. Judge Mwita wants everyone to share their papers fast. He gave them 14 days to answer. The Lake Victoria fish farmers asked to stop these rules on December 23. The rules were...

The road people in Kenya said they need to close part of Kipande Road. They want to fix it for three days and add a drain pipe under the road. The work starts Friday, December 27, and runs until Tuesday, December 31. During this time, cars can't use one side of the road. Drivers need to take...

Food aid finally reached Sudan's capital. People cried happy tears when trucks arrived in Khartoum. This marks the first delivery since the war began in April 2023. The United Nations says Sudan faces the worst hunger crisis on Earth. The fighting between army forces and RSF fighters caused...

Aid trucks made it to Sudan's capital area at last. People there have been stuck in a war for nearly two years. Many folks had almost no food, and they were close to starving. The trucks took a long time to get there. Leaders had to talk with both sides of the war for three months before they...

The government wants OSHA staff to do their jobs better. They must keep workers safe and healthy. Ms Mary Maganga said this when she ended a big meeting in Arusha. Ms Maganga told them they had a very important job. They stopped people from getting hurt at work, and they needed to be good at...

The Works Minister told TEMESA staff they need to stop being lazy and taking bribes. He met with them in Dodoma and said these bad habits could hurt all the good things they've done. Mr Ulega wants TEMESA to be the best at fixing cars, both for the government and regular people. He said they...

People in Mozambique are angry. They're burning buses and making lots of trouble in the streets. When buses come by, they make everyone get off and set them on fire. No one knows exactly why the protests started. The people say they can't afford food, and they think the leaders are stealing...

Two men were caught in Zambia. People say they were witchdoctors. The police think they tried to cast spells on President Hakainde Hichilema. The police found what they called magic items, including a live chameleon. They charged the men under a law about witchcraft. The arrest seems strange...

An activist named Bon Kalindo is really upset. He's mad that a police officer got killed in Mangochi-Chiponde. Kalindo says that kind of thing shouldn't happen these days. He thinks the government needs to figure out why people are so angry all the time. Kalindo says it's wrong for people to...

Michael Usi, the vice president, discussed the government's plans. The Department of Disaster Management Affairs will continue helping people. It will give food to families hurt by droughts and cyclones. Usi said this at a community ground in Zomba. DoDMA handed out bags of maize there. It's...

Moses Kunkuyu doesn't understand why Archbishop Thomas Msusa is upset. The Archbishop said he wasn't happy with the report about the plane crash. That crash killed Saulos Chilima and eight other people. Kunkuyu can't make sense of it. He points out that church leaders helped write the report...

People are running away from Mozambique. They're heading to Senior Chief Tengani's area in Nsanje. This is happening because of fights about who won the election. The country's top court said on Monday that Daniel Chapo will be president. He's from the Frelimo party. The judges said he got 65%...