Kenyan hockey team surprised by Crosby, MacKinnon, play as teammates
Kenya’s only ice hockey team hasn’t had another team to play, and Tim Hortons wanted to fix that. So they called on Sidney Crosby and Nathan MacKinnon to [...]
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Rwanda’s Louise Mushikiwabo is new Secretary-General of La Francophonie
Rwanda’s foreign affairs minister, Louise Mushikiwabo has been confirmed as the head of the world community of French-speaking countries. The appointment sealed on the [...]
Victims of macabre killings reemphasize need for equality and justice
Are you a modern woman in Kenya in her mid to late 20s? Do you rub shoulders with the high and mighty and hobnob with celebrities? Do you live what looks like a flashy [...]
Free entry for Kenya-Ethiopia Sunday Kasarani match
Kenyans will be allowed free entry into Kasarani Stadium for the Harambee Stars encounter with Ethiopia on Sunday. Sports Cabinet Secretary Rashid Echesa said: “Entry [...]
New fuel tax pushes Kenya inflation to year high
Kenyan inflation rose to its highest rate in nearly a year in September, the statistics office said on Friday, reflecting the impact of a new value added tax on fuel. [...]
How to help the victims of the Ottawa-Gatineau tornadoes
A severe windstorm and two tornadoes that ripped through the Ottawa area on Friday afternoon have left some residents of the region without electricity, food or shelter. [...]
Kenya to deport Chinese man over ‘racist rant’
A Chinese man will be deported after a video emerged of him making racist comments, Kenya’s immigration department says. The man, indentified as Liu Jiaqi, was captured [...]
2 victims and shooter dead, 13 injured in Toronto’s Danforth shooting
A gunman and two victims are dead and 12 others are in hospital after a shooting in Toronto’s Greektown neighbourhood on Sunday evening, police say. One person [...]
15 dead in Gikomba market fire, 70 injured
At least 15 people, including young children, died after a popular market caught fire early Thursday in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi. About 70 people were injured in the fire [...]
Kenya court upholds plastic bags ban
The ban on plastic bags is here to stay, the Environment and Lands Court has ruled. Judges Samson Okong’o, Antonina Bor and Benard Eboso declined to quash the gazette [...]