Tag: Kenya
Kalle Rovanperä styled Kenya to win the World Rally Championship – one answer in the finish interview made us laugh: “As they say in Africa” | Sport
Kalle Rovanperä was superior in the Safari Rally. In the interview at the finish, we saw a happy Finnish driver who praised his team profusely. Kalle Rovanperä throttled to an…
Kenya Airways returns to operating profits
The post-Covid improvement is materializing for Kenya Airways. The Kenyan airline, one of the five largest on the continent, returns to operating profits for the first time in seven years,…
The Kenyan government wants to crack down on the Chinese application Tiktok
The TikTok application, very popular among Kenyan youth, is the source of growing criticism of the content shared there. As concerns grow over the use of the application on a…
State of emergency in Haiti and establishment of a curfew in Port-au-Prince
A state of emergency has been declared in Haiti, after a particularly violent weekend in the capital Port-au-Prince and its surroundings. Armed gangs attacked two prisons. Thousands of prisoners escaped;…
“The gangs are waiting to see what she’s going to look like”
Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry has arrived in Kenya and hopes to be able to take advantage of his visit to sign with the Head of State William Ruto a…
seven years in prison for the excision of a little girl abroad, an unprecedented conviction
Amina Noor, a 40-year-old British woman, was sentenced Friday for placing a little girl in the hands of a woman who circumcised her during a trip to Kenya. An unprecedented…
Mexican-Kenyan Lupita Nyong’o, first black president of the jury of the Berlin film festival
The 2024 edition of the Berlinale opens this Thursday, February 15 in the evening in the German capital. It promises to be agitated and the Mexican-Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong’o will…
death of Kenyan Kelvin Kiptum, marathon world record holder
Kelvin Kiptum, who set the marathon world record in October 2023, died on Sunday February 11 in a road accident which also cost the life of his coach, Gervais Hakizimana.…
Kenya is shaken by a record number of murders of women: “My daughter is no longer there”
Gender-related killings are the most brutal manifestation of violence against women and girls. Despite decades of activism by women’s rights organizations around the world, increased awareness and action by several…
main suspect in Embakasi explosion investigation arrested
In Kenya, the main suspect in the investigation into the Embakasi explosion has been arrested, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations announced on Tuesday February 6. During the night from Thursday…