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Kenya minister apologises over US Ebola facility
CAPTION: Protest in Kenya against a health center designated to receive American Ebola patients, in June 2026. (Courtesy photo). By AgenciesNAIROBI – Kenya has ordered a halt to preparations for a controversial US-run Ebola quarantine facility, the health minister told a court Tuesday, June 23, 2026 after being held in contempt for ignoring a previous stop-work […]
Martha Karua reveals her return to Uganda
The Kenyan newspapers on Tuesday, June 23, covered an array of topics, including the barment of PLP leader Martha Karua in Uganda.The newspaper space for People’s Liberation Party (PLP) leader Martha Karua recounting her ordeal in Uganda where authorities denied entry on Monday, June 22.Speaking after returning to Nairobi, Karua said Uganda had reverted to […]
Somalia’s President holds talks with Kenya’s Ruto
CAPTION: Kenyan President William Ruto, right, meeting Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, left, in Nairobi on Sunday June 22nd, 2026> (Courtesy photo). By AgenciesNAIROBI – Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud paid an unannounced visit to Kenya on Sunday, holding face-to-face talks with Kenyan President William Ruto in the southwestern town of Narok, as regional leaders grapple […]
Karua en route to Nairobi after being denied entry into Uganda
CAPTION: Senior Counsel and People’s Liberation Party (PLP) leader Martha Karua / HANDOUT By Our reporter ENTEBBE – Senior Counsel and People’s Liberation Party (PLP) leader Martha Karua is en route to Nairobi following her detention and denial of entry by Ugandan authorities earlier Monday June 22nd, 2026. Karua has departed Entebbe and is […]
Trump – Iran agreement dominates G7 but big questions remain
CAPTION: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, President Trump, Kenya’s President William Ruto and French President Emmanuel Macron pose for a photo during the G7 summit on Tuesday in Evian-les-Bains, France. (Courtesy photo). By AgenciesPresident Trump has spent much of his time at the G7 summit touting his tentative agreement with Iran, but many questions remain about […]
Museveni calls for Africa integration
CAPTION: President Yoweri Museveni, centre seated, pose for a photograph with officers at the Senior Staff College-Kimaka, Jinja Tuesday June 16th, 2026. (PPU photo). By Stephen Wandera Ouma JINJA – President Yoweri Kaguta has delivered a lecture of opportunity to army officers from various African countries where he emphasized the need for political integration. […]
Israel imposes travel an on East Africa
A photo depicting an Israeli flag. By Agencies TEL AVIVI – Israel has imposed a travel ban on nationals from five African countries, including Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, South Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, following reports of an outbreak and spread of the Ebola virus. In a notice dated June 10, […]
US troops deployed in Kenya over Ebola
CAPTION: Kenya police battel with protestors in Laikipia, Kenya over the construction of the temporary isolation unit for Ebola recently. (File photo). By Agencies STUTTGART, Germany — U.S. troops have been dispatched to central Kenya to help build an Ebola quarantine facility in connection with a push to contain a major outbreak of the […]
Kenyan fishermen jailed in Tanzania rescued
CAPTION: Kenyan who had been jailed in Tanzania pose for a photograph on arrival at Moi International Airport on Friday June 13th, 2026. (Courtesy photo). By AgenciesNAIROBI – Seven Kenyan fishermen who had been convicted in Tanzania have finally been freed and flown back home, ending a two‑month ordeal that had drawn government intervention.Their return on […]