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Zanzibar's president told religious leaders that peace is basically the only way the country can actually develop, and he wants them to keep preaching unity to their congregations. Hussein Mwinyi dropped this message after Friday prayers at a mosque in Mwanakwerekwe, where he also told parents...

Tanzania is finally building a massive training facility in Arusha where people can learn to cut and polish gemstones instead of shipping raw rocks overseas. The minerals minister showed up at the Tanzania Gemological Centre construction site and told contractors to throw more workers at the...

Tanzania's healthcare system went from basically nothing to a legit regional powerhouse since independence, with the government dumping cash into hospitals and equipment to the point where people from other countries are flying in for treatment. The place went from 1,343 medical facilities back...

The UN chief told Tanzania they're still holding it down as a peace role model despite some sketchy stuff going down during their election back in October. Antonio Guterres met with a crew from Tanzania at headquarters and said the country passed a real stress test when things got violent around...

Kenya's president is about to greenlight a massive infrastructure fund that's supposed to pull in 5 trillion shillings for big development projects, and he's framing it as the official start of turning the country into a first-world economy. William Ruto told a church crowd that the cabinet will...

The majority leader in Kenya's parliament says Kiambu County is locked in for Ruto when the next election rolls around, and he thinks they'll deliver even harder than they did last time. Kimani Ichung'wah was talking at a church event and pointed to all the road projects happening across the...

An Anglican bishop from Gatundu North basically told everyone to chill about rumors that Mt Kenya might ditch Ruto before the next election. Simon Karatu used his Sunday sermon to double down on regional loyalty, saying the president actually listens to regular people and the whole area still...

Kenya's health minister went off on the former interior guy, saying Fred Matiang'i has zero business trashing President William Ruto when his own track record was apparently garbage. Aden Duale basically told Matiang'i to sit down and shut up because he ran internal security with a heavy hand...

Kenya's gas prices are staying put for the next month after the energy regulator decided not to mess with anything. Super petrol is holding at 184.52 shillings per liter in Nairobi, diesel at 171.47, and kerosene at 154.78, all with the VAT baked in. The imported cost of super petrol actually...

Seven people got hauled into court in Mombasa for holding onto 24 kilos of meth worth around 192 million shillings, and cops think the stash came from a way bigger bust they pulled off earlier. The suspects are Duke Nyamwaya, Juma Mwinyifaki, Michael Kariuki, Elijah Mbogo, James Ekiru...

The LinkedIn guy is throwing his money at a cancer startup that uses AI to speed up drug development. Reid Hoffman teamed up with a Pulitzer Prize-winning cancer doctor to launch Manas AI, which is trying to cut down the insane timeline and cost of getting new treatments to market by using...

A Kenyan judge refused to pause a tribunal ruling that stopped the Music Copyright Society of Kenya from collecting royalties after the group lost its license. Justice Linus Kassan pushed the case hearing out to mid-2026, leaving MCSK unable to operate in one of its main functions while the...

Kenya's president is throwing a huge event at State House for 5,000 people from marginalized and minority communities, and they're being asked to show up in their traditional outfits. William Ruto is marking the UN's International Day for Minority Rights with delegates coming from at least 38...

Kenya's president gave a state honor to a 22-year-old woman who hugged a tree for 72 hours straight to raise awareness about climate stuff and mental health. Truphena Muthoni got a medal from William Ruto at State House in Nairobi, and she also scored a job as an ambassador for the government's...

Hollywood director Rob Reiner and his photographer wife Michele got found dead at their Brentwood mansion under circumstances that cops are treating as a double homicide. The guy behind When Harry Met Sally, Stand By Me, and A Few Good Men was 78, while Michele was 68 when authorities showed up...

A first-year med student at Aga Khan University went underwater during a pool session with classmates and never came back up. Ian Gikonyo was 18 when his body got pulled from the campus swimming spot after nobody noticed him missing until it was way too late. Cops showed up and moved him to the...

Kenya's president is about to green-light a massive infrastructure fund worth roughly $38 billion that pools government money with private investor cash to build roads, power plants, and irrigation systems without piling on more debt. William Ruto wants to use money from selling off state assets...

Kenya's government is calling out citizens for basically not caring about security anymore, and officials say that people ignoring safety rules at events and protests keep making everything worse. Internal Security boss Raymond Omollo told the private sector alliance KEPSA that small businesses...

Minnesota officials are still dealing with a massive food program scam where dozens of Somali-American defendants allegedly stole hundreds of millions meant for hungry kids during the pandemic. Prosecutors say the Feeding Our Future nonprofit and connected vendors claimed they served 91 million...

Kenyan lawmaker Babu Owino is doing damage control after blogger Maverick Aoko went after the Odinga family online, and he wants everyone to know he had nothing to do with it. The Embakasi East representative put out a statement saying Aoko posts whatever she wants without his input, even though...