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Rigathi Gachagua is out here trying to poach ODM politicians, straight-up telling Edwin Sifuna and Babu Owino they can bail on their party and join his DCP instead. The former deputy president made the pitch after bringing in two new MCAs, and he said Sifuna could even get DCP backing for his...

Tanzanian social media personality Jennifer Jovin, who goes by Niffer, got out of jail after being locked up since late October. She thanked the president for pardoning her and said the whole thing was just a misunderstanding since she doesn't mess with politics at all. Her time behind bars...

Trump just nuked Biden's fuel efficiency rules that were supposed to push new cars and trucks to hit around 50 miles per gallon by 2031, and he dropped it down to about 34 mpg instead. The president rolled this out with auto execs from Ford and Stellantis standing next to him, claiming the old...

The Trump admin just hit pause on immigration apps from 19 countries that were already under travel restrictions, and they threw in an indefinite hold on all asylum requests, regardless of where people are from. This kicked off after a shooting by an Afghan national who got asylum earlier this...

The former top diplomat for the EU, Federica Mogherini, got hit with corruption and fraud charges along with two other people. Prosecutors say they suspect shady stuff went down when a contract got awarded to the College of Europe in Bruges, where Mogherini works as rector, to run a training...

King Charles threw a state banquet for German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier at Windsor Castle, and both leaders talked about backing Ukraine against Russia while strengthening ties between their countries. The visit highlights the Kensington treaty from back in the summer, which is the first...

The Women's Institute in the UK is kicking out trans women starting in April after that Supreme Court thing said biological sex is what counts under equality laws. Melissa Green, who runs the group, says they have zero choice and are super bummed about it, but trans women are still women in...

A Los Angeles physician got two and a half years behind bars for illegally supplying ketamine to Matthew Perry before the actor died from an overdose. Dr Salvador Plasencia admitted he knew Perry was battling addiction when he sold him the drug, and he even texted another doctor, calling the...

Steve Cropper passed away at 84, and his son Cameron broke the news to Variety. The guitarist shaped Memphis soul through his work with Booker T and the MGs at Stax Records, where he backed legends like Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, and Sam and Dave. Mojo magazine once ranked him as the...

Kenya's agriculture boss, Mutahi Kagwe, dropped plans to bump tea farmer payments up to 100 shillings per kilo of green leaf by 2027 through quality labs in Mombasa and a 3.7 billion shilling loan program for factory upgrades. The ministry scrapped reserve pricing to juice demand while cracking...

Kenya's election watchers said the recent by-elections ran smooth on polling day, but the whole setup got messy because of political meddling and bribery before the votes happened. ELOG deployed 100 roving observers across 22 electoral areas, and they caught violence plus intimidation popping...

Kenya government spokesman Isaac Mwaura dropped updates about disability rights during international awareness day celebrations, and he said the 2025 Persons with Disabilities Act syncs up with UN conventions while the Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda pushes equal access to jobs and...

Kenya ships roughly 13 to 17 tonnes of miraa to Somalia daily, according to Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe, who shut down claims about 40-plus tonnes leaving the country by calling those numbers completely fake. The government synced up export tracking between the Agriculture and...

Kenyan President William Ruto landed in Washington after Trump invited him to witness the DRC-Rwanda peace deal getting inked at the White House. Ruto joins Rwandan leader Paul Kagame and DRC President Félix Tshisekedi for the signing ceremony that caps off months of backroom negotiations aimed...

Former rugby player Campbell Nyakudya showed up for his rape trial, but the whole thing got pushed back because prosecutors never handed over CCTV clips to his defense lawyers. The state claims he spiked a woman's drink at Karma Night Club after her friends bailed, then ditched her naked at...

Chikurubi Female Prison in Zimbabwe hit a record with 24 babies living behind bars alongside their incarcerated mothers, and prison officials said eight more women are pregnant. The facility holds 424 inmates despite being designed for 315 people, and Chief Correctional Officer Rumbidzayi...

Convicted fraudsters Mike Chimombe and Moses Mpofu begged a Zimbabwe judge for lighter sentences after getting nailed in a goat scheme that cost the government 7.38 million dollars, and they claimed their two dozen kids need them around. Chimombe runs three households with 15 minors, while Mpofu...

Independent candidate Mbuso Fuzwayo thinks he can beat Zanu PF in the Nkulumane Constituency by-election despite nine total candidates splitting the ballot, and he says voter turnout matters way more than a crowded field. The longtime activist grew up in the area and claims the ruling party gets...

Tanzania's central bank just teamed up with the accountants' board to push digital systems across financial reporting and audit processes. Bank of Tanzania Governor Emmanuel Tutuba and NBAA Chairperson Prof Sylvia Temu locked in the partnership deal at a massive conference packed with 4,500...

Tanzania's cops dropped a warning about protest calls blowing up across social media for a demonstration set to go down next week. Force spokesperson David Misime said online chatter includes sketchy instructions like getting armed people to front the marches, torching cell towers, blocking port...