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Mackenzie Guilty of 191 Shakahola Murders; Cause Unascertained for 112

A Kenyan judge convicted preacher Paul Nthenge Mackenzie and 28 co-accused of 191 murders at Shakahola, with prosecutors saying children were made to fast first. Their own medical tally attributes 112 deaths

October 19, 2026

by Dilnaz Shaikh

A person holds up a white protective coverall with orange tape from the back of a delivery truck

Kenya’s Third Ebola Case Was Quarantined; Three Contacts Are Still Untraced

Kenya's third Ebola patient, a 65-year-old woman, fell ill while already in quarantine, which the Ministry of Health says is why she was caught early. WHO calls it the response working as designed, but three of 130 listed contacts have

October 17, 2026

by Health Desk

Petri dish culture plate with white colonies of the yeast Candida auris growing in streaks on agar

A Kenyan Surgery Patient’s Wound Fungus Resisted All Four Drug Classes

Researchers in Kenya report a Candida auris isolate from a 28-year-old surgery patient that resisted all

Health worker in a white protective suit, goggles and a teal mask during the Ebola response in Kenya

Kenya’s Second Ebola Case Was Quarantined; How the First Arrived Is Unclear

Kenya's second Ebola patient fell ill while already in quarantine, a sign tracing is working. How the first patient crossed three countries to reach Nairobi undetected is still unanswered.

October 14, 2026

Health·News

Health workers in white protective suits, goggles and masks prepare inside a tented Ebola treatment centre in Bunia, Ituri province

Congo’s Ebola Count Passes 9,000 as Its Minister Says Spread Is Localizing

Congo's Ebola outbreak has passed 9,066 confirmed cases and 4,381 deaths, weeks after the health minister called it increasingly localized. The strain has no approved vaccine or treatment, and a trial is

October 13, 2026

Health·News

Agnes Ngetich crosses the finish line at World Athletics Road Running Championships Copenhagen 2026

Agnes Ngetich Breaks Women-Only Half Marathon World Record in Copenhagen

Agnes Jebet Ngetich of Kenya won the women's half marathon at the World Athletics Road Running Championships in Copenhagen on Sunday, running 1:05:15 to shatter the women-only world record. It was her

September 20, 2026

News·Sports

Sports betting shop in Africa with customers placing bets, as Nigeria Kenya and South Africa move to regulate the iGaming industry

Africa’s iGaming Market Moves From Eventually to Now as Regulation Reshapes the Continent

Africa's online gambling market is valued at $12.7 billion in 2026 and projected to reach $19.4 billion by 2030, as offshore operators in Nigeria, Kenya, and South Africa file for licences for

September 4, 2026

Business·News

South African Sports Betting Is Changing Fast in July 2026

July has been a significant month for South African sports betting. South Africa holds Africa’s largest regulated gambling market, and the moves its regulator made this month have implications that extend well

August 13, 2026

Features

Overview of excavated track surface showing hominin and hippopotamus footprints at GaJi10 site Lake Turkana Kenya 1.4 million years ago

Kenyan Fossil Footprints Reveal Gender Divide Among 1.4-Million-Year-Old Human Relatives

Twenty-one fossil footprints from Kenya's Lake Turkana reveal that Paranthropus boisei moved in male-dominated groups 1.43 million years ago and was substantially larger than skeletal evidence had suggested, according to a new

July 28, 2026

News·Science

Tuktuks navigate floodwater on KM4 street in Mogadishu Somalia during El Nino flooding 2026

Record El Niño Threatens Famine and Floods Across East Africa and South Asia

At least 15 Rohingya refugees are dead and 10,000 displaced in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar as an intensifying El Niño threatens catastrophic flooding and famine across East Africa and South Asia. The US

July 14, 2026

Climate·News·Science

Landsat satellite image of Beledweyne Somalia submerged by Shebelle River floodwaters in November 2023

Kenya Becomes the First African Country to Tap the UN’s Loss and Damage Network

Kenya has secured $700,000 in technical assistance from the UN's Santiago Network on Loss and Damage to build the systems for measuring climate disaster compensation — the first African country, and only

June 13, 2026

Climate·News

Kenya’s Ousted Deputy Goes Into Seclusion to Build the One Opposition That Could End Ruto

Rigathi Gachagua, impeached as deputy president in 2024, has begun a 45-day retreat to try to unite Kenya's fractured opposition behind a single candidate against William Ruto in 2027, targeting the Mount

June 13, 2026

Government and Politics·News

NASA SeaWiFS satellite image of East Africa including the Horn of Africa and the Indian Ocean coastline

Africa Will Host the Ocean Summit for the First Time on Monday, and It Wants the Fossil-Fuel Conversation in Writing

The 11th Our Ocean Conference opens Monday in Mombasa, the first time the global ocean summit will be held on the African continent in its eleven-year history. Kenya is using the moment

June 13, 2026

Climate·News·Technology

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Kenya

Mackenzie Guilty of 191 Shakahola Murders; Cause Unascertained for 112

Kenya’s Third Ebola Case Was Quarantined; Three Contacts Are Still Untraced

A Kenyan Surgery Patient’s Wound Fungus Resisted All Four Drug Classes

Kenya’s Second Ebola Case Was Quarantined; How the First Arrived Is Unclear

Congo’s Ebola Count Passes 9,000 as Its Minister Says Spread Is Localizing

Agnes Ngetich Breaks Women-Only Half Marathon World Record in Copenhagen

Africa’s iGaming Market Moves From Eventually to Now as Regulation Reshapes the Continent

South African Sports Betting Is Changing Fast in July 2026

Kenyan Fossil Footprints Reveal Gender Divide Among 1.4-Million-Year-Old Human Relatives

Record El Niño Threatens Famine and Floods Across East Africa and South Asia

Kenya Becomes the First African Country to Tap the UN’s Loss and Damage Network

Kenya’s Ousted Deputy Goes Into Seclusion to Build the One Opposition That Could End Ruto

Africa Will Host the Ocean Summit for the First Time on Monday, and It Wants the Fossil-Fuel Conversation in Writing

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Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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