Kenyan authorities have arrested seven prison wardens following the escape of three convicts who were serving jail terms for terrorism-related crimes. Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiangi said on Tuesday that preliminary investigations revealed that the escape from the heavily guarded prison facility was abetted by laxity and incompetence. “We...
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Ibrahim Rotich, the husband of slain Kenyan Olympic runner, Agnes Tirop, was charged with her murder and pleaded not guilty in a Kenyan court on Tuesday. Rotich, 41, had been ordered last week to undergo a mental health test before entering a plea. Tirop was found stabbed to death...
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken travels to Kenya, Nigeria, and Senegal next week, where he will discuss ending the Covid-19 pandemic and battling climate change, his spokesman said Thursday. Blinken will meet with the president of each country to “advance US-Africa collaboration on shared global priorities,” state department...
Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan will depart Abuja, on Saturday, for Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, to attend the 12th African Union (AU) High-Level Retreat on the promotion of peace, security and stability in Africa. The Special Adviser to Jonathan on Media, Mr Ikechukwu Eze, disclosed this in a statement...