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‘IDs will not be issued indiscriminately’ – Senator Ali Roba counters claims that foreigners will invade Kenya

Mandera Senator Ali Roba PHOTO/@aliiroba/X

President William Ruto’s decision to sign a proclamation scrapping a 60-year-old vetting requirement for residents of border counties to acquire national Identity (ID) cards, has continued to generate mixed reactions. A section of Kenyans have raised reservations about the presidential decree citing security threat reasons while leaders from the region have put in a concerted […]

All major pieces of plane and helicopter in mid-air collision in Washington DC recovered

An investigator inspects wreckage from the crash. PHOTO/@NTSB_Newsroom/X

All major pieces have now been recovered of the passenger plane and US army helicopter which collided in mid-air in Washington DC last week, say safety officials. Sixty-seven people were killed in the 29 January disaster which left both aircraft in the Potomac River after they plunged into the water. The remains of all the victims have been […]

White South Africans dismiss Trump’s offer of US resettlement

Donald Trump. PHOTO/@realdonaldtrump/Instagram

Groups representing some of South Africa’s white minority responded Saturday to a plan by President Donald Trump to offer them refugee status and resettlement in the United States by saying: thanks, but no thanks. The plan was detailed in an executive order Trump signed Friday that stopped all aid and financial assistance to South Africa […]

Kenya confirms 1 additional Mpox case – Govt

Principal Secretary (PS) for Public Health and Professional Standards Mary Muthoni speaks during a past function.

Kenya has recorded one more Mpox case, bringing the total number of confirmed infections to 38 since the outbreak began, the Ministry of Health has announced. In a press statement issued on Saturday, February 8, 2025, the ministry confirmed that the latest case was reported in Makueni County. “The Ministry of Health would like to […]

DRC conflict: EAC-SADC Summit merges Uhuru-led Nairobi peace process with Luanda initiative

A Joint EAC-SADC Summit in session. PHOTO/@PresidencyZA/X

The joint Southern Africa Development Community (SADC)–East Africa Community (EAC) Heads of State and Government Summit on the security situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has resolved to merge the Nairobi peace process led by retired president Uhuru Kenyatta with the Luanda initiative. In a communique issued on Saturday, February 8, 2025, […]