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Kenya's Ruto Taps Former Officials for Diplomatic Posts. Four former officials will meet with lawmakers this Friday. They hope to become Kenya's newest diplomats abroad. Margaret Ndung'u wants to be Kenya's voice in Ghana. She used to lead the ICT office before this opportunity came up. She...

Trump Seeks Meetings With Putin and Xi Before Taking Office. Donald Trump says he plans to meet with Vladimir Putin. The U.S. President-elect wants to discuss the war in Ukraine with Russia's leader. "Putin wants to meet and we are working on it," Trump told reporters at Fox News. Trump shared...

Nurses End Strike as Kenya's Leader Visits Region. Nurses in Uasin Gishu stopped their strike just as President William Ruto came to visit. The nurses asked him to step in and help fix things. Good news came fast for the nurses. They will get better jobs starting next month. Letters about...

Star Paper Plans Guide for Kenya's Fresh Grads. The Star paper wants to help students after high school. Next month, they plan to print a special guide that will show new paths for learning and work. The guide will be released on January 28, next year. Since the paper is free to schools, many...

America's Leaders Honor Carter at Cathedral Service. Past and present leaders came together at a grand church in Washington to say goodbye to Jimmy Carter. The former president died last week at age 100. Five presidents sat close to each other: Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Barack Obama, George...

Kenya's Pick for Ghana Post Says No Thanks. A second person has turned down the job of being Kenya's top diplomat in Ghana. Margaret Nyambura, who used to run Kenya's tech office, told leaders she can't take the role. She wrote to Kenya's defense team and said she had personal reasons for not...

Zimbabwe Courts Help Local Chiefs Learn New Skills. Zimbabwe's courts want to improve the skills of local chiefs. These chiefs help solve problems in their areas, and they need to know more about the law to do their jobs well. Chiefs have always been important in Zimbabwe. They keep old ways...

Russia and China Show Strong Ties at Beijing Meeting. Russia's leader met with Chinese officials last month in Beijing. The visit came after China asked Russia's ruling party to attend. Both sides discussed many world problems, including Ukraine and Syria. The two nations share deep roots of...

Zimbabwe's Grain Board Seeks Help to Mill Record Wheat Crop. The Grain Marketing Board wants wheat millers to help turn the country's biggest wheat harvest into flour. Zimbabwe grew more wheat than ever last year - over 563,000 tonnes from nearly 120,000 hectares of land. The board plans to...

Real Estate Fraud Rocks Harare: Company Faces Court Over Double Sale. A local building firm was in trouble after selling the same piece of land twice. Hayes Construction and its agent, Witness Tumelo Zamanga, must answer these claims in court. The case began when two groups joined forces to...

Zambia's money is losing value fast. The country is facing a terrible drought. This is making it hard for the economy to grow. Zambia fixed its debt problems last year, and people thought this would help. But the currency is still falling. It is now worth less than before the debt deal. Zambia...

The White House wants to limit the sale of AI chips to other countries. These chips are used in data centers. President Biden hopes this will keep advanced technology away from China and Russia. The new rules would create three groups of countries. Close US allies could still easily buy...

A man from Harare, Timothy Chiminya, says he is a king. He thinks he can choose traditional chiefs in Zimbabwe. The police arrested him in December 2023. Mr. Chiminya went to court on Wednesday. The judge said he could not leave jail yet. He has to stay there until January 22. The judge thinks...

Talent Chetsanga, a 42-year-old travel agent, was in court on Thursday. She is accused of cheating people out of money. The police say she tricked clients who wanted to travel outside Zimbabwe. One of the people she allegedly cheated is a lawyer named Shelliton Mahuni. He paid her $7,000 to...

The police caught a man from Harare. His name is Witmore Nyamadzawo. He is 19 years old. The police say Witmore and two other men hurt someone very badly in 2022. It happened at some shops in a place called Budiriro 5 Current. Witmore and the other men used a metal chain to hit the person on...

BRICS keeps growing as Indonesia joins and eight others become partners. Experts say this shows the group is getting stronger and more popular worldwide. BRICS started with Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. Now, it has almost half the world's population. It also makes up more than...

The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) has made some changes. It wants to help people understand how different parts of the market are doing. The ZSE created new indexes on January 1, 2025. An index measures a group of stocks. The Top 10 Index looks at the biggest companies on the ZSE. It shows how...

Caledonia Mining Corporation wants to grow its gold business in Zimbabwe. To help fund this expansion, the company has struck a deal with Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. Caledonia can sell up to $50 million worth of its shares through Cantor. The money will be used to develop the Bilboes gold project...

Darryl Carlsson, a 42-year-old security guard, has been charged with attempted murder. He went to court on Thursday. The police say Carlsson shot at a man who works for CINK Security Company. The man was walking by Carlsson's house in Eastlea, Harare. Carlsson thought the man had stolen...

In a recent ruling, Zimbabwe's High Court blocked Sengezo Tshabangu from changing the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party's leadership in Parliament. Tshabangu is the CCC's secretary-general. Justice Neville Wamambo agreed with Professor Welshman Ncube, the acting president of the CCC...