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Steve Cropper passed away at 84, and his son Cameron broke the news to Variety. The guitarist shaped Memphis soul through his work with Booker T and the MGs at Stax Records, where he backed legends like Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, and Sam and Dave. Mojo magazine once ranked him as the...

Kenya's agriculture boss, Mutahi Kagwe, dropped plans to bump tea farmer payments up to 100 shillings per kilo of green leaf by 2027 through quality labs in Mombasa and a 3.7 billion shilling loan program for factory upgrades. The ministry scrapped reserve pricing to juice demand while cracking...

Kenya's election watchers said the recent by-elections ran smooth on polling day, but the whole setup got messy because of political meddling and bribery before the votes happened. ELOG deployed 100 roving observers across 22 electoral areas, and they caught violence plus intimidation popping...

Kenya government spokesman Isaac Mwaura dropped updates about disability rights during international awareness day celebrations, and he said the 2025 Persons with Disabilities Act syncs up with UN conventions while the Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda pushes equal access to jobs and...

Kenya ships roughly 13 to 17 tonnes of miraa to Somalia daily, according to Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe, who shut down claims about 40-plus tonnes leaving the country by calling those numbers completely fake. The government synced up export tracking between the Agriculture and...

Kenyan President William Ruto landed in Washington after Trump invited him to witness the DRC-Rwanda peace deal getting inked at the White House. Ruto joins Rwandan leader Paul Kagame and DRC President Félix Tshisekedi for the signing ceremony that caps off months of backroom negotiations aimed...

Former rugby player Campbell Nyakudya showed up for his rape trial, but the whole thing got pushed back because prosecutors never handed over CCTV clips to his defense lawyers. The state claims he spiked a woman's drink at Karma Night Club after her friends bailed, then ditched her naked at...

Chikurubi Female Prison in Zimbabwe hit a record with 24 babies living behind bars alongside their incarcerated mothers, and prison officials said eight more women are pregnant. The facility holds 424 inmates despite being designed for 315 people, and Chief Correctional Officer Rumbidzayi...

Convicted fraudsters Mike Chimombe and Moses Mpofu begged a Zimbabwe judge for lighter sentences after getting nailed in a goat scheme that cost the government 7.38 million dollars, and they claimed their two dozen kids need them around. Chimombe runs three households with 15 minors, while Mpofu...

Independent candidate Mbuso Fuzwayo thinks he can beat Zanu PF in the Nkulumane Constituency by-election despite nine total candidates splitting the ballot, and he says voter turnout matters way more than a crowded field. The longtime activist grew up in the area and claims the ruling party gets...

Tanzania's central bank just teamed up with the accountants' board to push digital systems across financial reporting and audit processes. Bank of Tanzania Governor Emmanuel Tutuba and NBAA Chairperson Prof Sylvia Temu locked in the partnership deal at a massive conference packed with 4,500...

Tanzania's cops dropped a warning about protest calls blowing up across social media for a demonstration set to go down next week. Force spokesperson David Misime said online chatter includes sketchy instructions like getting armed people to front the marches, torching cell towers, blocking port...

Arusha's regional boss, Amos Makalla, told the Spanish contractor GESI Espanola to quit dragging their feet on the 11 billion shilling runway lighting project at Arusha Airport. The regional commissioner checked progress on site and basically said he wants lights and generators shipped ASAP...

Tanzania's anti-trafficking squad is asking everyone to team up against human smugglers since criminals keep inventing fresh tactics as tech evolves. Celestine Makoba from the government secretariat spoke at a training session run by Tanzania Relief Initiative and TANAHUT in Dar es Salaam, and...

Tanzania's drug enforcement squad grabbed 3.8 tonnes of narcotics during November raids and torched 18 acres of marijuana plants while nabbing 84 suspects. Commissioner General Aretas Lyimo announced courts seized 3.3 billion shillings worth of property from alleged traffickers Saleh Khamis...

Tanzania's minerals minister, Anthony Mavunde, sat down with Perseus mining executives Lee-Anne de Bruin and Matt Cavedon to hash out plans for the Nyanzaga gold mine dropping in Sengerema District, over in Mwanza Region. The company's finance chief, Isaac Lupokela, tagged along for the Dar es...

Tanzania's fisheries ministry kicked off a committee meeting for the TASFAM Project, and Permanent Secretary Agnes Meena announced the 117 million dollar initiative will upgrade coastal fishing operations across 16 mainland councils plus Unguja and Pemba. The World Bank-backed five-year program...

Tanzania's energy regulator just dropped new fuel price caps that kicked in countrywide, with petrol hitting between 2,749 and 2,842 shillings per liter depending on whether you're filling up in Dar es Salaam or Mtwara. EWURA blamed global oil market shifts and exchange rate jumps for the...

Tanzania's government and lawmakers are teaming up to lock down steady cash for fighting antimicrobial resistance after meeting on the sidelines of an African summit happening in Dar es Salaam. Chief Pharmacist Daudi Masasi ran the preliminary session, and everyone agreed that funding gaps are...

SGA Security grabbed another trophy at the Consumer Choice Awards Africa ceremony held at Dar es Salaam's SuperDome, winning the Most Trusted and Equipped Security Services Provider title. Managing Director Dr Eric Sambu credited the win to their 18,000-plus regional staff who keep grinding for...