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Tanzanian cops shut down protests planned for next week and said organizers using foreign phone numbers are trying to wreck the country. Police spokesperson David Misime told reporters that people online are pushing instructions to torch cell towers, block roads, shut down businesses, and mess...

Prime Minister Mwigulu Nchemba visited Mwanza and basically told people to stop trashing other citizens' stuff during protests. He checked out damage from post-election chaos and heard from locals like Asha Athumani, whose tiny business kiosk got wrecked by rioters. The PM hit up ward offices...

Tanzania told a bunch of Western countries and international groups to chill out after they dropped statements about political chaos that went down following the election drama. The government said it had already sat down with diplomats and walked them through what happened, but foreign powers...

Airtel Tanzania locked down a deal with the Universal Communication Service Access Fund to throw up 132 cell towers out of 201 total sites getting built nationwide. Communications Minister Angellah Jasmine Mbelwa Kairuki showed up in Dar es Salaam to witness the Phase 10 agreement signing, and...

An Indian investment firm called HCG Gas Ltd wants to drop money into Tanzania for household gas hookups and vehicle fueling stations. Company rep Rekha Sharma met with Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation investment manager Godbless Robiam in Dar es Salaam to talk about getting city gas...

Housing PS Charles Hinga dropped off a bunch of community facilities at the Boma Yangu Mukuru estate while the government gears up to hand over 5,000 new affordable housing units in phase two. The handover covered an early childhood center with daycare, a strip mall for local shops and cafes, a...

The Kenyan government is dumping a 15 percent chunk of Safaricom to Vodacom Group for 244.5 billion shillings, which drops the state from owning 35 percent down to 20 percent. Vodacom is also grabbing another 5 percent from Vodafone International Holdings to hit 55 percent total ownership and...

Kenyan military personnel got caught up in allegations that they swiped part of a massive meth haul worth billions of shillings after intercepting it at sea. Investigators arrested a woman in Mombasa who was allegedly dealing crystal meth, and it turns out she's married to an active KDF soldier...

Nairobi jumped to third place in the Jeune Afrique 2025 African Cities Attractiveness Index, marking its best showing ever despite some recent political drama. The report says the city is crushing it as a tech hub with solid infrastructure work and foreign investors who keep throwing money at...

Chizi Ambala told mourners at Consolata Shrine that her mom, Beryl Odinga, completely fell apart after losing her brother, former Prime Minister Raila Odinga. She said Beryl straight-up told everyone that nothing mattered anymore once Raila died. The siblings were super tight their whole lives...

Senate Speaker Amason Kingi told people in Mt Elgon, Bungoma County, that President William Ruto has no real opponents for the next election because nobody can touch his development achievements. He said the contest will basically be a one-person race with Ruto taking first through third place...

Moses Kuria says heavy-hitting political figures forced Makadara MP George Aladwa to bail on their Nairobi governor deal less than a day after they announced it. The former Cabinet Secretary claims Aladwa got called in and told to trash their running mate arrangement for the 2027 race. Kuria...

Sonja Madzikanda got herself an accounting degree from Edinburgh and worked at Goldman Sachs plus Barclays before launching multiple businesses back home in Zimbabwe. The 33-year-old ran catering operations and started a construction company after her messy split from businessman Wicknell...

Lady Zamar dropped a track with Jah Prayzah called Come My Way, and the whole thing is basically a soulful Afrobeats dance number that got people talking after they posted some cozy content together on social media. The South African singer teamed up with the Zimbabwean artist for what turned...

The murder case against blogger Daniel Muthiani's accused killers got pushed to February after defense attorneys ghosted the Kiambu court session without warning anybody. Current Meru Governor Mutuma M'Ethingia wrapped up his witness testimony by telling Justice Dorah Chepkwony he knew the dead...

Little Mister and Miss Environment groups from Nairobi and Kiambu are wrapping up their conservation program at Tree of Life, with kids showing off what they learned through park visits and art sessions. The young participants got hands-on experience checking out ecosystems and climate topics...

Seth Panyako says the Ruto government tried offering him a Cabinet Secretary job right after he lost the Malava by-election, and he turned it down because taking it would have been a slap in the face to his supporters who dealt with violence during the campaign. The DAP-K candidate claims...

Media Council of Kenya went off on Rigathi Gachagua after the former deputy president blasted Citizen TV reporter Stephen Letoo during a political event, and the regulator says calling out individual journalists by name puts them in danger. Gachagua demanded Royal Media Services fire Letoo while...

UDA-aligned young people from Mount Kenya told Rigathi Gachagua to quit acting like the regional boss, saying Deputy President Kithure Kindiki already proved himself when his guy Leonard Wa Muthende beat Gachagua's pick in the Mbeere North race. Peterson Merichi from the youth league called the...

UDA-nominated MP Joseph Hamisi Denar passed away, and the party put out a statement saying they were completely blindsided by the loss. Hassan Omar Hassan sent condolences to everyone in Kinango Constituency back in Kwale County, where Denar came from, and National Assembly Speaker Moses...