Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan takes the oath of office during her inauguration in Dodoma, on November 3, 2025. [Courtesy]…
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Youth during the past Gen-Z protest in Kitengela. [File, Standard] In South Africa, 14-year-olds can join the ANC Youth League.…
United opposition leaders led by Kalonzo Musyoka address a press briefing in Nairobi, on November 3, 2025. [Collins Oduor, Standard]…
President William Ruto launches construction of the 12km Kinamba-Murinduku road, Kuresoi North, Nakuru County, on October 27, 2025. [PCS] In…
I never imagined that a simple packet of maize flour would teach me so much about Kenya. One evening, as…
President William Ruto delivers Kenya`s national statement at the UN Social Development Summit in Doha,Qatar.[PCS] Each member of the UN…
Deputy president Kithure Kindiki is welcomed by a women group in Kambu, Makueni county on June 26, 2025 for an…
Tanzania President Samia Suluhu Hassan Last week’s election fiasco in Tanzania knocks you breathless. It leaves you asking hard questions,…
President William Ruto delivers Kenya`s national statement at the UN Social Development Summit in Doha,Qatar.[PCS] Each member of the UN…
One of the hottest literary issues of my youth was the supremacy war between two types of fiction writing in…
Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna and Shofco founder Kennedy Odede at the launch of a Sh500m water project in Kibra, Nairobi.[FILE] This week,…
The late Former President Mwai Kibaki displays the new Kenyan constitution to the nation after he promulgated and signed it into law…
Wiper Patriotic Front Leader Kalonzo Musyoka arrives at the compound of the Late Raila Odinga in Bondo, as he condoles…
A Tanzanian police officer stops a man accused by electoral officials of attempting to taint the voting process at a…
Korir Sing’Oei and Saudi official Fareed Al-Sheihri during the inauguration of Kenya’s Consulate General in Jeddah. [Sing’oei’s X] Kenya has…
St. Joseph’s Boys National School Principal, Cosmus Nabungolo, and St. Joseph’s Girls School Principal, Rosebella Orwaro collecting examination papers from…
Amy Giliam Thorp, Programmes Manager and Adaptation Lead at Power Shift Africa. Close your eyes and imagine for a moment…
Volunteers from the NGO Prolinska recover the body of a resident after an airstrike in the city of Kostiantynivka,…
Mourners react as they gather around the coffin to pay their final respects to Michael Christian, Chairman of Youth…
A general view of the logo of the African Union. (Amanuel Sileshi / AFP) The African Union (AU) is like…
Graduation cap on a stack of books. [Courtesy/GettyImages] In recent years, many Kenyan universities have become theatres of a strange…
Section of the buildings that were swept away at Chesongoch area by a landslide in Elgeyo Marakwet County last week…
The Kitume solar farm in Kericho County. [Nikko Tanui, Standard] Kenya has emerged as one of Africa’s clean energy leaders,…
Families bury their close ones in a mass grave in the village of Maiyanga in Central Nigeria on December 27,…
Global Peace Kenya Country Director Daniel Juma Omondi (Collins Oduor, Standard) The Global Peace Foundation extends its deepest and most…
A woman medidating in the office. [Courtesy/GettyImages] On October 10, Kenya joined the World Mental Health Day commemoration. Across the…
Kenya’s first First Lady Mama Ngina Kenyatta used her position as the First Lady to fight for women to be…
Scientist, microscope and analysis in lab for healthcare, innovation and development in stem cell research. [iStockphoto] African countries must heed…
Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu takes oath of office during her inauguration in Dodoma on November 3, 2025. [AFP] When Burkina…
Peninah Akinyi and her daughters marvel at the new one thousand shilling note after an MP donated it to be blessed during a church…
This video grab made from a video from the Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation (TBC) shows Samia Suluhu Hassan signing official documents…
More than one month after the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) kicked off the continuous voter registration exercise on…
This video grab from the Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation (TBC) shows President Samia Suluhu Hassan taking the oath of office during…
Military officers escort the casket bearing the body of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga during the funeral service in Bondo,…
Former Chief Justice David Maraga addresses the media in Nairobi on October 21, 2025. He has promised to ensure that…
This video grab from the Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation (TBC) shows President Samia Suluhu Hassan taking the oath of office during…
Curious women watch in disbelief Tirap area in West Pokot County where they alleged to have lost their animals to…
Top Wagner commander reportedly with Sudanese soldiers in 2019. [BBC] Across Africa, Private Military Contractors (PMCs) have become the new…
Economic anxiety has led to deep social volatility never witnessed before. People are on the edge. Every statement about public…
Sports Cabinet Secretary Salim Mvurya and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga at Kasarani Stadium, Nairobi. [File, Standard] British journalist Simon…
ODM leaders led by acting party leader Oburu Oginga, address a rally in Magarini during the campaign for the party…
President William Ruto during the signing of Performance Contracts by Cabinet Secretaries, State House, Nairobi. [PCS] In Kenya’s peculiar democracy,…
Heavy rainfall in Nairobi causing disruption and making it difficult for people and motorists. June 20, 2025. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]…
Supporters of ACT-Wazalendo (Alliance for Change and Transparency) party march during a protest in Kigoma on October 30, 2025 a…
CEO Social Health Authority (SHA) Dr Mercy Mwangangi. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard] Last Friday in Kitui, I watched women trained under…
President William Ruto at for the construction site of the 458-unit Voi Pool House Affordable Housing Project in Taita Taveta…
Gen Z protest aftermath destruction in Nairobi CBD on June 26, 2025. [Boniface Okendo, Standard] Moving on from a setback…
Treasury CS John Mbadi before the National Assembly’s Education committee. [Elvis Ogina, Standard] I usually don’t have many good things…
H.E President William Ruto during the Police Constable pass out parade in Kiganjo,Nyeri County. [Hiram Omondi/PPS] If founding President Jomo…
Like a ghost, debt haunts our no longer young nation. The recent media report that 92 per cent of our…
A quiet revolution is taking root in the medical landscape world over, and so is in Kenya, one that could…
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Somalia’s Immigration and Citizenship Agency Director General Mustafa Sheikh Ali Dhuxulow during the launch of the eVisa system. [Courtesy, IcaSomalia]…
From left: Azimio leaders Martha Karua, Raila Odinga, Kalonzo Musyoka and former Gatanga MP Peter Kenneth during the hearing of…
Suba North MP Millie Odhiambo publicly revealed that she is going through menopause. [File, Standard] While introducing Members of Parliament…
Lifting of the logging ban, which was imposed in 2018 to curb deforestation, may lead to wanton destruction of the…
One of the rotavator tractors bought through asset financing by Mwea Rice Growers Multipurpose Cooperative Society. [Gardy Chacha/Standard] In January…
Flowers sold at City Market, Nairobi. February 13, 2025. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]. Recent news reports have indicated that Kenya’s flower…
An aerial view of the Expressway Road. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard] A week ago, BBC published a story titled, ‘What it’s like to…
ODM leader Raila Odinga and Siaya Senator James Orengo during Pan-African conference on trade unions in Nairobi, on February 27,…
Voters at a polling station during the 2022 General Election, at KICC, Nairobi on August 9, 2022. [File, Standard] The…
Vehicles at Mau Summit area on the Nakuru– Eldoret Highway. [File, Standard] Former President Mwai Kibaki often posed, with characteristic…
President William Ruto addresses residents after launching the construction of Muhuru Bay Pier in Nyatike, Migori County, on May 5,…
President William Ruto addresses residents after the launch of the Sogoo-Melelo-Ololung’a Road, during the tour of Narok County, May 7,…
Nyeri Governor Mutahi Kahiga’s remarks on the death of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga stoked long-standing tensions between the Luo…
Veteran broadcaster Sammy Lui. [Courtesy] Veteran broadcaster Sammy Lui’s story is not merely that of one man; it is the…
Military officers during the public viewing of the body of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga in Kisumu on October 18,…
African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. [File, Standard] African nations have since independence operated within a global system they…
Military officers escort the casket bearing the body of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga after the funeral service in Bondo,…
Kakamega Primary School head teacher Dickson Wanyangu gives instructions to Grade Six students sitting the Kenya Primary School Education Assessment…
If someone wants a drink, they know where to find one. So, what are we really selling in luxury spirits?…
The news of the sudden death of veteran broadcaster, Sammy Lui immediately reminded me of the recent sad TV image…
The Nyota – National Youth Opportunities Towards Advancement – programme is a beautiful initiative; upon that we must agree. It has clearly defined intentions,…
The basing of leadership on tribe is one of the most fallacious and self-defeating habits of Kenyan politics. It is a form of blindness we have…
Nyeri Governor Mutahi Kahiga during a presss briefing where he apologized for his utterances that appeared to celebrate the death…
When news broke that former Prime Minister Raila Odinga had died, Kenya fell silent. Radios stopped mid-song, television screens dimmed,…
More often than not, living as a migrant means eternally existing in a long-distance emotional marathon. The suitcase is never…
Head of Public Service Felix Koskei. [Boniface Okendo, Standard] In the journey of every nation, there arise moments when the…
Standard Gauge Railways (SGR) Nairobi Terminus . December 6th,2024.[FILE/Standard] In theory, there is no country that can realise meaningful economic…
United opposition led by Peoples’s Liberation Party leader Martha Karua and Wiper counterpart Kalonzo Musyoka during a press briefing in Nairobi on 31st…
A herder with his gun and livestock in the vast north.[Courtesy] Recent weeks have seen encouraging signs in the often-perilous…
“Sustainable peace cannot be achieved without the involvement of women, when women are at the forefront of peacebuilding, the goodies…
The name Sami Lui shall forever be engraved in the luminous corridors of Kenya’s broadcasting history — a voice so…
Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi delivers a speech at the House of Representatives plenary session in Tokyo on October 24,…
Mrs Kasendi Mutinda inside her holding structure where she rears over 500 layers at Ngengeka village in Kitui county. The…
Despite carrying the scars of its past, Somalia is advancing toward becoming a regional hub. [AFP] Somalia’s integration into the…
National Cohesion and Integration Commission chairman Samuel Kobia. [File, Standard] Dear Rev Dr Samuel Kobia, Let me begin by commending…
An aerial view of Thika town. [File, Standard] The move by Kiambu Governor Kimani Wamatangi and his team to push…
Grade 9 students during a lesson at Ronald Ngala Primary School in Mombasa County, on January 13, 2025. [Omondi Onyango,…
Mama Ida Odinga during the burial of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga in Bondo, on October 19, 2025. [PCS] Few…
Universities Academic Staff Union members protest at the University of Nairobi in the ongoing nationwide lecturers strike, on September 17,…
Military officers during the burial of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga in Bondo, on October 19, 2025. [PCS] Following his…
Diversity and inclusion in the workplace have become concerns in today’s organisational practices. Time and again, diversity and inclusion focus…
Military officers pay their last respects during the burial of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga in Bondo, on October 19,…
Raila Odinga’s children lay wreaths at his gravein Kang’o ka Jaramogi, Bondo, Siaya County. [PCS] During the heat of the…
Ida Odinga and family members arrive for the Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga burial service at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University…
Now that former Prime Minister (PM) Raila Odinga has gone to the land without thunder, I have paused to think…
The late Hon. Raila Odinga’s body wrapped in Kenyan flag on a military vehicle along Mombasa road in Nairobi.[Wilberforce Okwiri,Standard]…
Boda-boda riders in Migori County staged a protest for two days over unfair taxation, bad roads. The riders are from…
President William Ruto signed eight bills into law on Wednesday last week. Among the new laws is the Computer Misuse and Cybercrime…