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18 Jan
Kenyan cult leader Paul Mackenzie and 30 associates are expected to be formally charged with murder of the starvation deaths of 191 children in two weeks, after undergoing mental health assessments.
11 Jan
Visa or no visa to go to Kenya? President William Ruto advocates for a borderless Africa. But visa-free travel might have a price tag. Also, in an exclusive interview, Chad's interim Prime Minister Succès Masra talks about the need for a united country.
5 Jan
Nigeria widens the net to degrees earned in Kenya and Uganda as part of it's crackdown on fraudulent foreign certificates. Total puts former Beninese prime minister Lionel Zinsou at the head of land acquisition for its controversial multi billion dollar oil projects in Uganda and Tanzania. And more farmers in Tunisia turn to cultivating carob seeds.
3 Jan
Kenya boasts around 87% renewable energy generation, yet its citizens are left fumbling in the dark. Experts say frequent nationwide power outages in recent months show weaknesses in the system that need attention.
14 Dec
Between 1952 and 1960 in Kenya, the Mau Mau rebels who rose up against British rule faced a brutal crackdown that killed thousands of them. Left out of the history books for decades, these independence heroes are now fighting for recognition before the last survivors die out. Our correspondents report.
11 Dec
Kenya's President William Ruto is promoting the East African nation as a green energy champion but the country has a way to go.
29 Nov
Fans cheered the world's top 32 freestyle football athletes on as they took turns 'battling' each other for the world champion title in Kenya's capital city, Nairobi, on Saturday in an event organised by the World Freestyle Football Association.
29 Nov
Over generations, people in the Kenyan village of Gede have perfected the art of milking snakes. The tradition is essential for producing life-saving antivenom, without which many people can lose limbs if bitten by a snake.
19 Nov
Kenyan lawmakers try to side step court orders delaying plans for a police deployment to Haiti. More than 100 people, including 16 children, have died and over 700,000 forced out of their homes because of flash flooding in the Horn of Africa.
18 Nov
South Africa's firbrand politician, Julius Malema, gave a dynamic speech at the launch of the Pan-African Institute, in which he criticzed Kenya's President William Ruto. Malema received enthusiastic cheers from the audience. But did he cross a line and break the African etiquette that a guest does not speak ill of their host?
17 Nov
As Argentina gets ready to vote for a new president, over 40 percent of its population live under the poverty line as their budgets are squeezed by triple digit inflation. The two candidates running for president – far-right libertarian outsider Javier Milei and ruling Peronist economy minister Sergio Massa – are offering radically different solutions.
17 Nov
A huge debate is ongoing in Nairobi as representatives from some 175 countries negotiate terms of the first ever treaty on plastic pollution. Many countries including the UK, Japan and Kenya say the aim should be to reduce plastic production while the US, Saudi Arabia and much of the plastic industry argue that the focus should be on recycling and reuse.

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