In Kenya, a nationwide transport shutdown and protests were triggered by a sharp increase in fuel prices. The shutdown brought the transport sector to a standstill, with very little movement of vehicles across the country on Monday.

With French influence being expelled from countries such as Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, Paris is desperately searching for a new strategic foothold in Africa.

Reproductive rights advocates warn that the ruling spells grave danger for both doctors and pregnant women, thousands of whom die of unsafe abortions every year in Kenya.

Withdrawing from the case, the complainant and the key witness named in the chargesheet has accused the police of fabricating charges and weaponizing the criminal justice system.

Produced in court a day and a half after abduction and alleged torture, Booker Ngesa Omole, general secretary of Communist Party Marxist-Kenya (CPM-K), was denied bail, injured, and sent to a notorious prison.

The Communist Party Marxist-Kenya says its secretary general, Booker Ngesa Omole, was abducted and tortured by Kenyan security officers and is now being held at Mlolongo Police Station. The incident has sparked growing public and political pressure for his immediate release.

The plight of the Yaaku Indigenous community echoes a similar script in Kenyan history wherein communities are framed as obstacles to security, conservation, or development, only to be forcibly removed in favor of more powerful political and economic interests.

President William Ruto’s recent five-day state visit to China marked a significant deepening of Kenya-China relations, culminating in the signing of over 20 bilateral agreements.

Facing a court suspension of its diplomatic-style privileges and growing national backlash, the Gates Foundation has opted to abandon its special legal status in Kenya.

The attack, which targeted key party members, is part of a broader campaign of political repression in Kenya, says CPMK.

Kenyans marked International Quds Day with rallies and tree-planting events in solidarity with Palestine despite state repression.

Sudan has suspended all imports from Kenya after Nairobi hosted RSF representatives who signed a charter for a parallel government.