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Kenya Takes Big Step Forward with Turkish Combat Drones. Kenya's air force got its first batch of Turkish combat drones. At least six Bayraktar TB2 drones landed in Kenya after its crews trained in Turkey. The deal marked a key point for both sides. Pictures on social media showed Kenyan teams...

Uganda's Big Count Shows Wide Gaps Between Rich and Poor. A new count of Uganda's people reveals deep splits in their lifestyles. The 2024 census found that many still lack basic needs, from clean water to schools. Eight out of ten homes can get good water, but less than half have safe...

World Bank Says Kenya's Jobs Need Work. A new World Bank study shows that Kenya has a big problem. Most jobs there are bad. People earn little money, get few benefits, and feel their work is shaky. The Bank rated jobs from 0 to 4 points. Kenya scored less than 1.9, which is quite poor. The...

Mombasa Port Plans Big Changes for 2025. The port of Mombasa will get fresh upgrades next year. The Kenya Ports Authority wants better buildings, newer tech, and more space for ships. Port boss William Ruto shared plans to improve the harbor's efficiency. His team will start by fixing how they...

Kenya's Small-Loan Program Hits Hard Times as Defaults Rise. The Kenyan government's Hustler Fund saw its money drop by 93 percent this year. A new report shows the fund gave out just 800 million shillings, down from 12 billion last year. The fund started strong. It helped many small business...

African Rights Body Calls on Kenya to Stop Disappearances. The African Union wants Kenya to end the practice of making people vanish. The group sent out a warning about people being taken away under President William Ruto's watch. Through its human rights arm, the African Union shared deep...

The Judicial Service Commission isn't happy with the Commission on Administrative Justice. The two groups are fighting about how open the JSC is. The CAJ wrote a letter to the JSC. It said the JSC needs to share more about the complaints it gets against judges and other court workers. The CAJ...

A deadly accident happened at a building site in Nairobi's Eastleigh area on Tuesday. A scaffold broke apart. One worker died. Two more got hurt. Maurice Akech leads the National Construction Authority. He said about 20 people were working when the wooden scaffold fell, which also had a timber...

Richard Onyonka will not go to the New Year's Eve dinner with President Ruto. Onyonka is a senator from Kisii. The dinner is at the Kisii State Lodge. Onyonka says 2024 was a hard year for Kenyans. Bad things happened like people being taken away. The government did wrong things too. Onyonka...

December saw more Kenyans traveling to visit family for the holidays. This caused a jump in transportation prices. Bus fares on some routes went up by as much as 50 percent. At the same time, certain foods cost more, too. The price of maize flour rose between 2 and 7 percent. Electricity bills...

The Kenyan shilling is looking up. In 2024, it gained value against the US dollar, the first time it had done better in four years. The shilling had a tough time from 2021 to 2023. It lost a lot of its worth. In early 2024, it hit an all-time low. One dollar was worth 161 shillings. But things...

Something strange fell from the sky in Kenya on December 30, 2024, and landed in a village. People were very confused. The Kenya Space Agency went to investigate. They found a big metal ring about 8 feet wide and weighing over 1,000 pounds. The Space Agency said the ring came from a rocket...

Eastleigh had an amazing year in 2024. Lots of new businesses opened, making the area even busier and more exciting. The BBS Mall was the place to be. Many banks, restaurants, and stores started there, and people from all over came to check them out. More banks opened, too. I&M Bank and Access...

Kenya made history recently when its Deputy President, Rigathi Gachagua, was impeached. Gachagua tried very hard to prevent this from happening, going to different courts to file many applications. But in the end, he failed. The judges were very careful during this time. They did not want to...

As soccer keeps growing, it's becoming a bigger part of Zimbabwe's economy. It provides many jobs and helps businesses make money. People who know a lot about this say that soccer leaders need more than just playing skills. They need to be good at business, too. Fans want soccer bosses who can...

Benjani Mwaruwari is sad about Madodana "Horsepower" Tshabangu's death. Tshabangu died in South Africa on Monday. He was 67 years old. Mwaruwari said Tshabangu was a hero. He brought people together through sports. He helped the community in Bulawayo. Tshabangu made it possible for local...

The rains are back in Bulawayo, and they're causing problems. The streets are flooded because the drains are blocked. This makes it hard for people to walk and drive. It's also bad for the roads. There's a lot of trash on the streets. This trash gets stuck in the drains and stops the water from...

Zimbabwean theater is a rich mix of styles. It pulls from many places. This makes it hard to say what "Zimbabwean theater" really is. Playwright Raisedon Baya talked about this. He said there are many kinds of Zimbabwean plays. Some are like South African township theater. They have lots of...

Rodney Tongai Jindu, a man from Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, will no longer face the death penalty. He was convicted of killing his two friends in 2018. Jindu was one of 48 prisoners on death row whose sentences were changed to life in prison. Zimbabwe has decided to end the use of the death penalty...

A man from another country tried to drive a fancy BMW from South Africa to Zimbabwe on New Year's Eve. But the police stopped him at the border. They say the car is worth over R2 million. The man showed the police a South African passport. The police looked into it and found out a bank in South...