African Stories in Perspective
African Stories in Perspective
The Western Kenya Special Needs School Games kicked off in Bungoma, offering a powerful showcase of resilience, talent, and determination among young athletes with disabilities. More than just a competition, the event serves as a rallying call to parents and the community, emphasizing that disability is not inability. Speaking during the opening ceremony, event organizers […]
March 28th, (Prime Africa) A tourist submarine sank on Thursday during a routine underwater sightseeing tour off the coast of Hurghada, a popular Red Sea resort city in Egypt, killing at least six Russian nationals on board. The vessel, which is owned by a private tourism company, Sindbad Submarines, was designed to take tourists underwater […]
Milimani Magistrate Court, on Friday, March 28, 2025, released Maria Wangari Kamunge, popularly known on TikTok as Rish Kamunge, on a Ksh5 million personal bond without surety. Delivering the ruling, Chief Magistrate Lucas Onyina said that the grounds the Investigative Officer (IO) Joseph Karanja stated in the miscellaneous application are not strong enough to hold […]
Ukraine’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Oleksandr Mishchenko, on February 27, 2025, held high-level bilateral talks with the United Kingdom’s Minister of Foreign Office for Europe, North America, and Overseas Territories, Stephen Doughty. The meeting took place during Doughty’s two-day working visit to Ukraine, underscoring the deepening cooperation between the two nations as Ukraine continues […]
Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi has mourned the late Malava MP, Malulu Injendi, describing him as a steadfast, visionary, and dutifully firm leader. Mudavadi hailed the late legislator for his role as a unifying figure who tirelessly supported initiatives aimed at improving the lives of his constituents and bringing Kenyans together. Mudavadi emphasized that Malulu […]
The family of former Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Chairperson Wafula Chebukati, who passed away on Thursday night, says they are yet to establish the cause of his death. Speaking to the press outside Lee Funeral Home, family spokesperson Eric Nyongesa Wafula explained that the family will hold a meeting Friday evening to discuss […]
Former Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Chairperson Wafula Chebukati is dead.Chebukati died at a Nairobi hospital following a long illness. He was aged 63. A lawyer by profession, Chebukati was appointed IEBC Chairperson by former President Uhuru Kenyatta in January 2017 with his six-year term coming to a conclusion on January 17, 2023. He […]
The United States and United Kingdom have refused to sign an Artificial Intelligence Action Summit declaration calling for policies “ensuring AI is open, inclusive, transparent, ethical, safe, secure and trustworthy”. The summit in Paris on Monday and Tuesday brought together representatives from more than 100 countries to discuss how to reach a consensus on guiding […]
It is simplistic to dismiss the outcomes of the Paris AI Action Summit as underwhelming or disappointing. Yes, the US and the UK declined to sign the final statement, underscoring the challenges in achieving a global consensus on AI governance. But this was not unexpected and aligns with Trump’s ‘America-first’ policy. US Vice President JD […]
Pope Francis was admitted to the hospital on Friday for tests and treatment for bronchitis, the latest in a series of health problems for the 88-year-old pontiff. Francis, who has been breathless in recent days and has delegated officials to read his speeches, held his morning meetings as planned before heading to Rome’s Gemelli hospital, […]
