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Humanitarian groups say al-Shifa hospital (December 2023 pic) has struggled to keep operating in recent months. PHOTO/BBC
Israel launches night raid on Gaza al-Shifa hospital

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Israeli forces have launched an overnight raid on al-Shifa hospital in Gaza, with reports of tanks and heavy gunfire at the facility. An Israel Defens...

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I moved in with my fiancé, now have jitters about wedding him

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Thank you Jane for reaching out for help. We feel you and understand your predicament. Trying to pull out now with only a few months to the wedding wi...

Kenya Power technician at work
Kenya Power announces scheduled blackout for Monday

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Kenya Power on Sunday issued a notice alerting Kenyans in Embu County of planned power interruptions. In a statement, the utility company said the int...

Former Starehe Member of Parliament Bishop Margaret Wanjiru.
‘I started walking after receiving a miracle’ – Bishop Wanjiru hails man for healing her injured leg

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Former Starehe Member of Parliament Bishop Margaret Wanjiru has claimed her injured leg got healed after receiving prayers from a young man. The forme...

A past photo of Rita Tinina. PHOTO/(@RitaTinina)X
Itumbi mourns TV journalist Rita Tinina in emotional tribute

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Digital Strategist Dennis Itumbi has mourned NTV journalist Rita Tinina in an emotional tribute. In his message, Itumbi mourned the departed journalis...

A past photo of Rita Tinina. PHOTO/(@RitaTinina)X
TV journalist Rita Tinina is dead

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NTV Journalist Rita Tinina has died. The vibrant journalist was found dead at her home in Kileleshwa, Nairobi on Sunday, March 17, 2024. At the time o...

Iceland volcano spews smoke, lava in 4th eruption since December. PHOTO/Reuters
Iceland violent volcanic flare-up triggers state of emergency

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A state of emergency has been declared in southern Iceland because of a volcanic eruption on the Reykjanes Peninsula – the fourth since December...

President William Ruto and First Lady Rachel Ruto watch as 29-year-old Abraham Leteipa explains how he mints money online.
Ruto heaps praise on 29-year-old earning Ksh68K per week via online jobs

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President William Ruto has praised a 29-year-old university graduate earning at least Ksh68,000 per week through online jobs. In a post on X, Ruto sai...

Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua speaking in Kapsabet Boys High School in Nandi.
DP Rigathi Gachagua visits Kapsabet Boys High School after accident claimed 2 lives

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Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has visited Kapsabet Boys High School after an accident that claimed the lives of a teacher and a student. In a stat...

The two suspects arrested in Dandora by DCI
2 more suspects arrested in connection with murder in Dandora, 95 phones recovered

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Sleuths from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations have arrested two suspects connected to the murder in Dandora on March 7, 2024. The two, Malco...

Kenya Power technicians at work.
5 counties scheduled for power interruptions on Sunday

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Five counties are scheduled to experience power interruptions on Sunday, March 17, 2024, the Kenya Power and Lighting Company has announced. The count...

The wreckage of the Kapsabet Boys High School bus, which was involved in a road accident along the Kabarnet-Marigat highway in Baringo County.
Nandi Governor Sang mourns Kapsabet Boys’ teacher, student who perished in road accident

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Kapsabet Boys High School in Nandi County is mourning the deaths of a student and a teacher who perished in a road accident in the Patkawanin area of ...

BJP supporters wear masks of PM Narendra Modi at a rally in West Bengal state. PHOTO/AP
India to hold seven-phase general election from April 19

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India will hold a seven-phase general election starting April 19, with the results to be declared on June 4. The Election Commission of India made the...

Chief Justice Martha Koome feted in Ethiopia

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Chief Justice Martha Koome was on Friday night March 15, 2024, feted as the African Female Leader of the Year Award 2023 at a ceremony held in Addis A...

Elon Musk’s SpaceX loses biggest, most powerful spacecraft ever made in Indian Ocean

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SpaceX has lost its Starship, after it fell to Earth and presumably into the Indian Ocean. The loss of the spacecraft brought an end to an otherwise s...

5 Al Shabaab gunmen killed after 12-hour siege of Mogadishu hotel

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Somali security forces say they have ended the 12-hour siege of a hotel in the capital Mogadishu by killing all five of the gunmen involved. Three sol...

Sunday blackout to affect 7 counties - Kenya Power
List of areas scheduled for power blackout on Saturday

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Kenya Power issued a notice informing Kenyans of a scheduled blackout on Saturday, March 16, 2024. The utility firm in the notice on its website said ...

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2 police officers found guilty of murdering camel herder 6 years ago

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Two police officers have been found guilty of murdering a camel herder in Tana River County six years ago. The two, police constable Emmanuel Wanje Mw...

Leaders during the 22nd Extraordinary Session of the Executive Council of the AU.
‘It is the turn of Eastern Africa region’ – AU executive decides on AUC chairmanship

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The next chairman of the African Union Commission (AUC) will come from the Eastern Africa region, the African Union Executive Council has decided. In ...

Itoleka Girls school bus involved in the Nithi bridge accident on Friday 15 March, 2024. PHOTO/Blaise Gitonga
School bus with 48 aboard involved in accident at Nithi Bridge

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38 students and 10 teachers cheated death on Friday, March 15 after a bus they were travelling in was involved in an accident at Nithi Bridge, in Thar...