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Raila Odinga's sister Beryl got buried at the family compound in Bondo after hundreds of mourners showed up to pay respects. Political leaders from different parties attended the funeral at Kang'o Ka Jaramogi, and speakers kept talking about how smart and principled she was throughout her career...

China pushed its traditional wooden arch bridge construction onto UNESCO's heritage list after spending years trying to save the craft from dying out because of urbanization and weather damage. The bridges first got flagged as endangered heritage back in 2009, but the country managed to turn...

Ruto flew to Washington after Trump invited him to witness the DRC-Rwanda peace deal signing at the White House, and he squeezed in meetings with IMF boss Kristalina Georgieva plus IFC head Mukhtar Diop while he was there. Musalia Mudavadi tagged along for the whole trip. Back home, people...

President Ruto's UDA party kicked off a recruitment and education campaign ahead of grassroots elections hitting 20 counties, with party chair Cecily Mbarire running point on getting members up to speed before voting happens. The National Elections Board already opened online registration for...

Pakistan and Afghanistan's Taliban government got into another shooting match across their shared border near Spin Boldak, with both sides saying the other started the four-hour firefight that killed at least four people and sent Afghan civilians running from their homes. Medical workers...

MP Millie Odhiambo fired back at people criticizing Beryl Odinga's burial plans in Bondo, saying critics cherry-pick which traditions matter. She called out the hypocrisy by asking whether everyone demanding strict Luo customs had their six lower teeth removed according to ancestral practices...

Kenya locked down a five-year healthcare deal with the US worth $2.5 billion, marking the first major health partnership since Trump restructured foreign aid programs. The agreement puts $1.7 billion from America and $850 million from Kenya toward fighting HIV, malaria, tuberculosis, and...

X3M Ideas swept the Agency of the Year prize at the Lagos Advertising and Ideas Festival, racking up 12 golds plus 26 silvers and 24 bronzes at the Marriott Hotel in Ikeja. Leo Burnett Lagos grabbed 2 golds with 11 silvers and 23 bronzes, while Noah's Ark Communications pulled 7 golds alongside...

Women at Risk International Foundation kicked off their annual anti-violence march campaign across multiple cities worldwide, with events planned for Lagos, Abuja, and 16 other locations. The organization has been running this No Tolerance March for seven years straight, and last year, they...

Premium Times scored the gender-based violence reporting prize at the ReportHer Awards in Lagos for their investigative work on reproductive justice and policy coverage. The ceremony recognized media outlets that actually put effort into gender equity and women's issues, with Women Radio and...

Jairos Mahlangu got named Small Scale Farmer of the Year for running a successful Brahman cattle operation in Mbalabala village at Hlango Ranch. The guy basically proved you can breed pedigree cattle in communal areas, which is pretty unusual since most successful breeders in Matabeleland work...

Chris Mtungwazi grabbed the ZIFA Southern Region chairman spot after pulling nine votes against former national team striker Zenzo Moyo, who managed four. Ex-chairman Lloyd Munhanga got a single vote, while Tawanda Tali picked up two in the contest. Tafadzwa Mutowa crushed the vice-chairman...

President Mnangagwa sat down with Afreximbank president George Elombi at State House to talk about dumping cash into road projects and mineral processing facilities across the region. The pan-African lender came through to check out their almost-finished African Trade Centre in Harare, which...

Moses Mpofu apologized to President Mnangagwa and the entire country after getting convicted for wrecking the Presidential Goat Scheme when prosecutors grilled him about showing zero remorse during his pre-sentencing hearing. The guy admitted he screwed up but tried deflecting blame onto...

Zimbabwe scored a massive cultural flex when Raphael Chikukwa from the National Gallery got voted onto the board of CIMAM, which is basically the global museum committee that runs contemporary art programming worldwide. Harare has already locked down hosting rights for the annual conference next...

A Bulawayo resident ended up doing community service at a primary school after she blew through her husband's cash on card games around town. Simeleni Dube from Nketa 8 got handed 105 hours of cleanup duty when she admitted to losing the entire stash, and the magistrate suspended part of her...

Zimbabwe ditched the nightmare queues at toll plazas by rolling out an electronic payment system that lets drivers breeze through checkpoints without stopping for cash transactions. Transport official Joy Makumbe and the Zimbabwe National Road Administration teamed up with tech partner Instatoll...

Highlanders FC from Bulawayo basically torched their chance at becoming loaded when they publicly shut down businessman Wicknell Chivayo's proposal to install former national team captain Benjani Mwaruwari as head coach. The rejection cost them access to serious transfer market cash that would...

Bulawayo writer Chioniso Tsikisayi just snagged first place at the Harare Review of Books Zimbabwe Speculative Poetry Competition with her piece Alternative Transport, even though she admitted dystopian sci-fi stuff isn't really her lane. The judges went wild over how she mixed Zimbabwean...

Zimbabwe's national rugby squad got slotted into Pool F alongside England, Wales, and Tonga after the draw wrapped up in Sydney for the 2027 tournament. Former players like Silethokuhle Ndlovu and Ruben Kumpasa told reporters the team needs to grind out prep work immediately if they want any...