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Zanzibar got almost every single HIV patient on antiretroviral meds right now, with 96 percent of the 10,241 diagnosed people getting treatment. Women are getting hit way harder than men, though, and the 25 to 34 age group is catching the most STIs that bump up HIV risk. Dr Ali Salim Ali from...

Tanzanian cops are telling people to stay away from protests set for next week because they think the whole thing is basically a setup for chaos. Deputy Commissioner David Misime said police intelligence caught wind of sketchy online coordination that looks more like riot planning than peaceful...

Tanzania's president told investors their money and operations are safe after meeting with a Commonwealth trade official at State House in Dar es Salaam. Samia Suluhu Hassan sat down with Lord Hugo Swire from the Commonwealth Trade and Investment Council to talk about getting more business...

Deputy President Kithure Kindiki says Kenya will start construction on a brand-new airport within the next couple of months, and he's not holding back about how outdated the current setup is. The government wants to drop around 200 billion shillings on the project through private partnerships...

Kenya just finished building a 66-kilometer highway between Ngong and Suswa after the whole thing got stuck in development hell for years. The route gives drivers another way out of Nairobi, and it should take some heat off the absolutely packed Nairobi-Mai Mahiu road that people hate. The...

Rigathi Gachagua is basically rolling out the welcome mat for any ODM politicians who might get the boot. The former deputy president says his Democracy for the Citizens Party is ready to take in people like Edwin Sifuna and Babu Owino if things go sideways for them in Raila Odinga's party...

Kenya's military is pushing back hard against accusations that its officers pocketed some meth from a major bust. The Kenya Defence Forces seized over a thousand kilograms of crystal meth worth around 8.2 billion shillings during a joint operation off the Kenyan coast, and they arrested six...

Evans Ondieki broke down outside Milimani Law Courts while demanding answers about security analyst Mwenda Mbijiwe, who vanished back in June 2021. The court ordered Inspector General Douglas Kanja to show up and explain where Mbijiwe is, and Ondieki went off on authorities for trying to start...

Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies set up shop in Nairobi with a new Africa headquarters and training center that will teach medical workers across East Africa how to handle advanced blood-processing equipment. The Japanese company said the facility will help address Kenya's massive blood...

MP Ndindi Nyoro from Kiharu Constituency sent five public primary school teachers to Dubai as a reward for crushing the national exams. The program started back in 2022 to motivate day school teachers and get schools competing harder, and it covers headteachers from top performers, plus subject...

Geoffrey Mosiria, the Nairobi Chief County Officer, got moved from his environmental job and said he pissed off powerful people by shutting down their illegal construction projects near rivers and clubs that were breaking rules. He mentioned stopping one big-shot developer's building, and that...

Mbagathi Level 5 Hospital in Nairobi just got an 11 million shilling oxygen plant that lets them make their medical oxygen on site instead of buying it from suppliers. Dr. Alexander Irungu, the hospital CEO, said this means patients won't have to wait around during emergencies anymore since the...

Martha Karua from the People's Liberation Party told a Nairobi conference that Kenya needs to actually enforce safety rules for women using public transit and stop just announcing arrests without following through. She said at the Women Transport Africa Conference in Westlands that the justice...

Kenya just locked down a 208 billion shilling deal with the US that pumps money straight into government health systems instead of routing cash through NGOs like they used to do. President William Ruto watched Marco Rubio sign the paperwork making Kenya the first African country getting this...

Kitutu Chache South MP Antoney Kibagendi scored anticipatory bail from Lady Justice Teresa Achieng' Odera after filing paperwork through Bonuke and Company Advocates to block cops from grabbing him over an alleged beatdown at a Kisii restaurant. The judge set bail at 50,000 shillings and told...

Kenya Defence Forces is building this massive Talanta Sports City on 45 hectares with help from China Road and Bridge Corporation, and the thing is sitting at 68 percent done right now. Sports Principal Secretary Elijah Mwangi checked it out and said the 60,000-seat stadium meets FIFA and CAF...

Deputy President Kithure Kindiki told the crowd at the Kenya Medical Training College graduation that his office wants to fix the HELB loan situation for students who keep getting left out of funding. He said his team will meet with Cabinet Secretaries from Health, Treasury, and Education to...

The US just put Tanzania on notice by launching a full relationship review after their recent elections turned messy, with civilians getting attacked before and after voting went down. American officials are concerned about religious freedom getting crushed, free speech taking hits, barriers...

Seth Panyako lost the Malava parliamentary race to UDA's David Ndakwa and got pretty emotional about it on the Obina Show, explaining that the campaign felt more like going to war than running a normal election. The guy came in second with 20,210 votes, while Ndakwa pulled 21,564, and Panyako...

Nandi politician Shadrack Maritim showed up at the Busia border after vanishing for 35 days back in October, and Ugandan authorities handed him over to Kenyan cops who brought him to Eldoret for medical checks at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital. Police found him wandering around Mbale looking...