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Science Warns of Rising Heat in 2024. Last year brought more heat than ever before. People who study the weather say these high marks break records going back hundreds of years. Earth heated up more than planned in 2024. Most say we need to use less oil and gas. Yet the world has cut its fuel...

Kenyan Soccer Giants Set for Big Match. Gor Mahia coach Zedekiah Otieno sees good things ahead. His team plays Tusker FC this Saturday at Kenyatta Stadium. Both teams want the top spot badly. Gor is third in the Kenya Premier League with 24 points. Tusker is just ahead with 27 points, tied for...

Top Runner Takes Aim at Hong Kong Race. Kenya's star runner, Kibiwott Kandie, plans to start 2025 with a win. He will race at the Hong Kong Bridge Half Marathon on Sunday. The big race has earned a gold rating from World Athletics. This marks its second year as a major running event. Hong Kong...

Kenya Official Faces Jeers at Funeral Service. Angry crowds stopped a top Kenya official from reading the president's words at a funeral. The scene played out at the burial of Eric Kivuti, son of former Senator Lenny Kivuti. Justin Muturi came to share President William Ruto's message. The...

SADC Leader Warns of Rising Violence in Mozambique After Vote. The head of a key African security group, Samia Suluhu Hassan, leads the SADC security team. She spoke up about violence in Mozambique and shared her fears about fights that started after the December vote. Hassan pointed to many...

Catholic Group Throws New Year's Party for Seniors. The Roman Catholic Men's Association of Namibia wanted to do something special for the elderly. On Wednesday, they hosted a New Year's gift party in Rundu. It was the second time they had held this kind of party. Michael Linyando leads the...

Omaheke Police Report Less Crime Over Holidays. The holidays were safer in Namibia's Omaheke region this year. The police saw less crime than before. There were fewer robberies, break-ins, and car thefts. Fiina Sakajengenga works for the police. She said they worked hard to keep people safe...

Pangolin Skin Seized in Namibia, Two Men Arrested. The police caught two men with pangolin skin on Tuesday in Okongo, a town in Namibia's Ohangwena region. Melanie Mbuuru works for the police there. She said they found the men at a shopping center around 11:15 a.m. The skin was worth about...

Rains Boost Namibia's Dam Levels. Good news for Namibia! The country's dams are filling up thanks to more rain. NamWater shared the happy update on Thursday. "Many key dams are seeing rising water levels," said Lot Ndamonomhata, a NamWater spokesperson. The Von Bach and Friedenau dams are...

A tragic event unfolded at a police station in Nandi County, Kenya. An angry crowd broke into the station. They were looking for a man accused of murder. The mob pulled him out of his cell. They stoned him to death. Then, they set his body on fire. The crowd was not done yet. They went back to...

Jeremiah Kioni, the secretary general of the Jubilee party, is not happy with Rigathi Gachagua. Mr. Gachagua used to be Kenya's deputy president. Mr. Kioni thinks Mr. Gachagua is not taking kidnappings seriously enough. He says Mr. Gachagua should stop making empty promises. Many people have...

A police officer died on Wednesday morning in Thika, Kenya. He was hit by a speeding car. The officer's name was James Mutunga. He worked for a special police unit. Corporal Mutunga and his team were trying to help a broken-down small taxi called a Tuktuk. They were working to clear it off the...

President William Ruto talked about his nicknames on Friday. He spoke at a funeral in Bungoma County. Many people have started calling him "Kasongo" and "Zakayo" lately. Ruto said he likes the name Kasongo. It comes from a popular song. "That Kasongo song is good," he said. "Let's keep singing...

A judge stopped Bruno Oguda Obodha from becoming the new boss of East Africa Portland Cement Company on Friday. The judge's name is Bahati Mwamuye. He works at the High Court in Nairobi. Judge Mwamuye made this choice because of a case. A woman named Caroline Wambui Mwangi brought the case to...

President William Ruto promised to stop illegal killings in Kenya. He said this at a funeral on Friday. The funeral was for the mother of an important leader in the government. President Ruto said it does not matter who does something bad. It could be regular people, criminals, or even the...

An argument broke out at the funeral of Anne Nanyama on Friday. She was the mother of Moses Wetang'ula, who was the speaker of Kenya's parliament. The leaders there fought about the recent kidnappings in Kenya. Kimani Ichung'wah, the majority leader in parliament, got very angry. He yelled at...

Francis Atwoli, the leader of Kenya's main labor union, made a surprising claim. He said some Kenyans pretend to be kidnapped to get money from organizations. Atwoli said he knows about such cases because he has connections all over the world. He also said parents should teach children to be...

The Kenya Ports Authority has big plans for 2025. They want to make the port in Mombasa even better. This will help them handle more ships and cargo. Right now, they are working on improving their computer systems, which will start in January. The goal is to make the port able to handle more...

Kenya's county governments may soon be in a dispute with the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA). The CRA has approved a new way to share money among the counties. This new approach favors counties with more people. It is similar to a past idea that was very controversial. The idea was called...

President William Ruto opened a new stadium in Siaya, Kenya, on Thursday. The stadium, named after Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, can hold 20,000 people. Ruto came to the event with the President of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni. Kenya's former Prime Minister Raila Odinga was there too. They want the...