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UTMB champion Joyline Chepngeno suspended for two years, loses titles and sponsorship after positive doping test

The Kenyan athlete tested positive for the banned substance in the same month she won a historic UTMB victory

Advnture

Should African countries lower the voting age to 16? Views from Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria

The UK is moving to lower its voting age from 18 to 16. The new legislation takes effect ahead of the country’s next general election in 2029, and is aimed at boosting its democracy. The move has ignited global debate: should 16-year-olds be trusted with the ballot?

The Conversation

‘I broke completely’: how jobseekers from Africa are being tricked into slavery in Asia’s cyberscam compounds

A growing number of Kenyans, Ugandans and Ethiopians are being trafficked to Myanmar, where missing online scam targets leads to beatings and torture

The Guardian - UK

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Africa’s climate summit is fighting back against Trump’s fossil fuel agenda

ON THE GROUND: Attendees in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa tell Nick Ferris while the US president’s attitude makes things difficult, the realities of the climate crisis represent a far more pressing problem

The Independent UK

'Blood Moon' Rises As Kenya Looks To The Stars For Tourism

Under the Kenyan stars tourists and tribal dancers looked up at the rust red "blood moon" as the east African country launched a new tourism initiative promoting the country's night skies.

International Business Times

Kenya has introduced new banking policies. An economist weighs them up

The Central Bank of Kenya has made two significant changes in the country’s banking sector. The first is to lift a decade-long moratorium on licensing new banks. Second is to raise capital requirements, the amount of money banks are required to keep readily available compared with the value of other…

The Conversation

Trump’s aid cuts leave countries across Africa running out of crucial contraception

Exclusive: At least three countries are already out of some contraceptive methods – with more set to follow suit – leaving women vulnerable to high risk pregnancies and unsafe abortions, writes Rachel Schraer

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Exhumation in Kenya cult site paused to allow DNA sampling on 34 bodies

Authorities in coastal Kenya say exhumations at a site near where the bodies of more than 400 followers of a doomsday cult were found two years ago have been suspended so that DNA samples collected can be analyzed

The Independent UK

Armored vehicle accident in Haiti kills 2 and injures 8 Kenyan police officers

An accident involving two armored vehicles in Haiti’s capital has left at least two people dead and eight police officers from Kenya injured

The Independent UK

HIV is on the rise among older Africans, but care and research overlook this group – lessons from Kenya and South Africa

For decades, public health efforts across sub-Saharan Africa have focused on HIV prevention, testing and treatment campaigns on children, and women of reproductive age, overlooking the population at older ages.

The Conversation

Morocco beats Madagascar to seize third African Nations Championship title

Morocco secured their record third African Nations Championship (CHAN) title on Saturday with a 3-2 final victory over Madagascar in the Kenyan capital Nairobi.

Radio France Internationale

Records fall: Hassan, Kiros win Sydney Marathon titles

Dutch superstar Sifan Hassan and Ethiopia's Hailemaryam Kiros have triumphed in the Sydney marathon as Kenyan legend Eliud Kipchoge battled to ninth.

AAP

Outrage in Kenya after tourist filmed pouring beer down elephant’s trunk

An investigation has been launched after the animal was shown drinking from a can of beer

The Independent UK

US seeks UN authorization for new 'Gang Suppression Force' to tackle escalating violence in Haiti

The United States announced it is seeking U.N. authorization for a new “Gang Suppression Force” to help tackle escalating violence in Haiti where the armed groups are expanding their brutal activities from the capital into the countryside

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Millions of children at risk across Africa as aid cuts impact food supplies

Emergency food supplies are running out in Nigeria, Kenya, Somalia and South Sudan, Save the Children warns.

Radio France Internationale

Police link new bodies exhumed from Kenyan mass graves to starvation cult

As Kenyan police continue to exhume bodies from a mass grave discovered last week, authorities are linking these new discoveries to a starvation cult uncovered with the discovery of hundreds of bodies in a forest in 2023 – according to documents exclusively obtained by RFI.

AAP

Marathon's 'GOAT' ready for Sydney's Major moment

Kenyan superstar Eliud Kipchoge is set to add to his legend at age 40, eyeing another World Marathon Major title in Sydney.

The Independent UK

Epping migrant hotel resident told girl, 14, she would be good wife, court hears

The court heard Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu told his alleged victim he wanted to ‘have babies then… go to Kenya’.

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Epping hotel migrant told girl, 14, she would make a 'good wife', court hears

Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu, 38, is accused of attempting to kiss the teenager last month

The Conversation

Christians and the British empire: how a church NGO got entangled in colonial violence in Kenya

In the 1950s, Kenyans fought against colonial control in what came to be known as the Mau Mau rebellion. In response, the British government announced a state of emergency in 1952 and engaged in a brutal counter-insurgency campaign to secure control of colonial Kenya.

The Independent UK

British Army faces criticism despite a historic payout over Kenyan wildfires

Britain's government has agreed to pay millions to Kenyans to settle a lawsuit after its military forces lost legal immunity in Kenya

Al Jazeera

Tens of thousands march across world in support of Palestinians in Gaza

Rallies take place across Australia’s major towns and cities as well as in other countries including Malaysia and Kenya.

Radio France Internationale

WHO declares Kenya free of deadly sleeping sickness after decades

Kenya’s success in the fight against deadly sleeping sickness marks a milestone in the African continent's battle to eradicate neglected tropical diseases.

International Business Times UK

Fury In Africa As Tourists Block Wildebeest Migration, Sending Some Back Into Crocodile-Infested Waters

Tourists blocking Kenya's Great Migration have sparked outrage after wildebeests were forced back into crocodile-infested waters, prompting swift action from officials.

The National (Scotland)

UK Government to pay £3 million to victims of fire caused by soldiers in Kenya

THE UK Government has agreed to pay almost £3 million to thousands of victims of a fire started by its soldiers while training in Kenya ...

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