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Kenya's former New York marathon champion Albert Korir was provisionally suspended on Monday after testing positive for a performance-enhancing drug in the latest hit to the reputation of the country's running programme.Korir, 31, tested positive for the synthetic form of erythropoietin (EPO) that s
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Uganda's opposition leader told AFP on Monday that he would call for protests if President Yoweri Museveni rigs this week's election and said he would welcome an intervention by the United States.More than 20 million people are registered to vote in the east African country on Thursday, with 81-year
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Residents wave Somali flags as they attend a rally denouncing Israel’s announcement recognizing the breakaway Somaliland region, during a gathering calling for Somalia’s territorial unity at Mogadishu Stadium in Mogadishu on December 30, 2025.[AFP]
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The Haybad Qaran Union held its National Convention in Mogadishu, drawing thousands of supporters and senior political figures, as the party adopted its constitution, approved its political program, and endorsed former Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdoon (Saacid) as presidential candidate.The convent
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Six Iranian nationals have pleaded guilty to trafficking more than a tonne of methamphetamine valued at Sh 8.2 billion, bringing to a dramatic close a high-profile maritime narcotics case that has tested Kenya’s resolve against transnational organised crime.The six, Jaseem Darzadeh Nia, Nadeem Jadga
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A meeting of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Central Committee held in Vipingo, Kilifi County, on Monday, January 12, resolved to begin pre-election coalition talks with parties, including President William Ruto’s United Democratic Alliance (UDA), ahead of theAugust 2027 elections.The committee
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A major traffic snarl-up was reported along Thika Road following an accident involving a lorry and a 14-seater PSV vehicle near the GSU area along the Ruaraka stretch, bringing traffic to a near stand...
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At the edge of Kitengela’s Parkview dumping site, where smoke rises from heaps of waste, and the stench of hardship fills the air, a young girl stands with quiet determination.Her name is Gloria, an 18-year-oldwho recently completed her high schooleducation, and whose story paints the painful realit
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The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) has announced plans to open structured negotiations with other political formations, including the United Democratic Alliance (UDA), ahead of the next general elec...
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A deserted village of Todonyang along the Kenya -Ethiopia border that has faced the Merille militia brutally, on February 28, 2025.[File, Standard]
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Ali Abdullahi Surraw has been sworn in as theChief Executive Officer, the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC).Surraw took the oath of office on Monday, January 12, 2026, in Nairobi, in a ceremony administered by Chief Justice and President of the Supreme Court Lady Justice Martha Koome.The sw
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Tanzanian police officers detain a man accused by electoral officials of attempting to taint the voting process at a polling station in Stone Town on October 29, 2025, during Tanzania’s presidential elections.[AFP]
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