Tag: Kenya
Kenyan marathon runner Titus Ekiru suspended for doping
Kenya’s Titus Ekiru, the sixth-best marathon performer in history, has been provisionally suspended for doping, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) announced on Monday. Ekiru (31), an unknown athlete, distinguished himself…
lifting of logging ban hotly contested
In Kenya, President William Ruto announced on Sunday July 2 the lifting of the ban on logging. It was imposed in 2018 in public and community forests to eradicate the…
Kenya: Popular anger mounts over rising prices and the introduction of new taxes
Fuel prices rose again on Saturday July 1. While Kenyans are already facing a spike in the cost of living, the country is being hit by high inflation and a…
Accident like massacre in Kenya! It’s back to the battlefield: 51 dead, more than 30 injured
51 people were killed in a traffic accident in the town of Londiani in western Kenya. According to the news of the Guardian, police officials stated that yesterday a truck…
Deadly road accident in Kenya: a situation “terrible and difficult to imagine”
In Kenya, the death toll rose to 52 following a road accident which occurred on Friday evening in the west of the country according to the authorities. A truck hit…
a road accident kills at least 48 in the West
At least 48 people were killed in a road accident in western Kenya on Friday evening June 30 at a busy junction, local police said. ” At this stage we…
With South Sudanese Turkana, electro as an act of resistance
The future of the African electronic avant-garde calls itself Turkana. Behind this nickname hides the South Sudanese DJ and producer Anita Kevin, 26 years old. From a refugee camp in…
Wild drama on the final day of the World Rally Championship in Kenya – Sebastien Ogier defeated Kalle Rovanperä in an exciting duel
Kalle Rovanperä, who finished second in the Safari Rally, increased his World Championship lead. For Sebastien Ogier, the victory was the third of the season. The reigning world champion of…
Kenya: an exhibition and a podcast dedicated to Pio Gama Pinto, promoter of independence
Who is Pio Gama Pinto? How did this journalist participate in Kenya’s fight for independence? And why was he murdered? This is what an exhibition in Nairobi tries to explain.…
The wild nature of Kenya impressed Esapekka Lapp, Rovanperä defends the victory
The Kenya World Cup Rally started today with a test special stage. The legendary Safari rally puts drivers and cars to the test, although the race is of course very…