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Most of Kenya is staying dry and sunny this week, but the Central Highlands, Western Kenya, Rift Valley, and South-eastern Lowlands are catching some rain. Kenya Met says daytime temps will push past 30°C along the coast, in the northeast, northwest, and chunks of the southeast lowlands and...

Kenya Kwanza coalition senators just booted Boni Khalwale from his Senate Majority Whip spot, and Bungoma Senator David Wafula Wakoli is stepping in to replace him. Speaker Amason Kingi made it official after the majority party held a meeting and voted Khalwale out under their standing orders...

A British kid studying at the University of Bristol has been missing for over a week after heading out to hike some mountains in Romania. George Smyth is 18 years old, from Shropshire, and rescue teams have been searching the Bucegi Mountains daily since he vanished. He apparently tried walking...

Kenya Railways is throwing an extra Madaraka Express train on the tracks to handle holiday crowds between Nairobi and Mombasa. The service runs through early January, and it stops at Voi before hitting the coast. Travelers can snag tickets online through the railway website, by dialing a...

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem wants to slap travel bans on a bunch of countries she says are dumping criminals into America. Trump and DHS backed her up by resharing her post, but nobody's saying which nations are getting hit yet or when this kicks off. White House press secretary...

Trump just sprung Juan Orlando Hernández from a federal prison in West Virginia after the ex-Honduran president got nailed on drug trafficking and weapons charges. The guy was doing 45 years for helping move hundreds of tons of cocaine into America, but Trump called the whole thing a setup by...

Ruto is heading to Washington because Trump invited him to watch the DRC and Rwanda finally sign a peace deal that might actually end the mess in Eastern Congo. He's meeting up with Kagame and Tshisekedi for the ceremony, and this agreement builds off earlier peace talks from Nairobi and Luanda...

Kenya just dropped a new citizen-focused tool in Nairobi that lets regular people keep tabs on government contracts and spending. The Institute for Social Accountability built this thing with help from Transparency International Kenya and European Union funding, and it's designed to catch...

Tanzania's president is out here defending her massive election win after people started questioning how she pulled 97 percent of the vote. Samia Suluhu Hassan says the main opposition party, Chadema, bailed on the race because they knew they were going to lose, and that percentage only counts...

Tinubu tapped General Christopher Musa as the next Defense Minister after the previous guy, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, stepped down because of health problems. The president sent his nomination letter over to Senate President Godswill Akpabio, and Musa is a former Chief of Defence Staff who held...

Nigeria is throwing its first sustainable recycling festival with American Idol winner Jordin Sparks as the headliner. The Artistic Pulse Festival goes down at Remembrance Arcade in Lagos, and it's bundled with the 11th annual Pan African Music Fashion Runway. NMO Management is running the whole...

YSL Beauty dropped a new retail concept called the Light Club in Lagos, pulling from the nightclub scene that Yves Saint Laurent used to hit up back in the 70s and 80s. The whole thing mixes fragrance shopping with music vibes and flashy lighting setups, plus there is a VIP section for people...

The Life Coaches Association of Nigeria wrapped up Africa Coaching Week after hosting events from the Ankara Glam Opening Gala at Four Points by Sheraton through digital sessions that pulled speakers from the UK, US, South Africa, and France. Omawumi Ogbe said the organization wants to...

MultiChoice Nigeria organized an anti-piracy march from Ikeja City Mall with Nollywood actors, filmmakers, and regulators hitting the streets to educate people about content theft. Saidi Balogun and Obi Emelonye showed up to warn that illegal downloads are killing jobs and destroying the...

Desperados threw a massive rave at Balmoral Convention Centre in Ikeja and packed over 5,000 people into what basically became an Ibiza-inspired party with Lagos energy. The flavored beer brand brought back the Despe Trybe crew, which had Ella Ley, Crispdal, Purplespeedy, Softmadeit, and Iyke...

Legend Extra Stout kicked off the Christmas season by sending a pack of bikers through Lagos in a formation that had everyone posting clips online. Ifeyinwa Madu from the brand said the procession was meant to hype up the incoming city light displays, and the riders eventually lined up to make...

Amstel Malta is lighting up cities across southeastern Nigeria and dropping a whole Christmas village in Aba for people coming home during the holidays. The malt drink company teamed up with state governments in Enugu, Rivers, and Abia to string up decorations and create festive hangout spots...

The ABC Conference hit Lagos and basically turned into a multiday creative awakening for Nigerian artists and entrepreneurs trying to connect with global markets. Yagazie Eguare from Gazmadu brought together speakers like Isaac Emokpae and Tolani Alli from the World Bank Group, plus hands-on...

Justice Hafsat Abdulrahman led the Adamawa State Jail Delivery Committee through four lockups and cut loose 87 people who had been sitting behind bars. The judge's crew hit up facilities in Mayo-Belwa, Jada, Sintali Kojoli Farm Centre, and Ganye to sort through cases involving theft, weapons...

Baba Mohammed Azare from the Akwa Ibom Police said cops better stop playing bodyguard for random politicians and VIPs who do not have clearance from the top brass. The police boss told his officers at headquarters that anyone caught doing escort duty without authorization is getting their gun...