17+ hour, 31+ min ago   (284+ words) Tyrese Gibson has arrived in Nairobi as part of his ongoing tour of several African countries.The Fast & Furious star announced that he was travelling to Kenya after completing a three-day visit to Uganda. Tyrese shared updates from Entebbe International…...

1+ day, 56+ min ago   (775+ words) An aerial view of Port of Mogadishu in Somalia. [Getty Images] Last week I wrote about the Federal Government of Somalia and the Turkey allegedly paying ransom to secure the release of the Cameroon-flagged cargo ship and its crew that…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (94+ words) standardmedia.co.ke Ruto's Tata Chemicals tantrum spooks investors ahead of polls President William Ruto's on-again, off-again order for Tata Chemicals to "pack up and leave" Kenya has left investors spooked, with analysts warning the episode is becoming a textbook…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (636+ words) I learned that Amboseli's elephants were dying, as most Kenyans did, from a report, and it shook me. I serve as an honorary warden of the Kenya Wildlife Service, and that duty teaches you to read a country by what…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (485+ words) North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's daughter and apparent successor is believed to have a younger sibling, South Korea's spy agency said on Thursday, offering a more detailed view of the ruling family's line of succession. Seoul's spy agency has…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (432+ words) young orangutan during a rescue operation for the primates caught up in wildfires in Pemangkat village in West Kalimantan province.[AFP] Six orangutans including two nursing infants have been rescued from fires raging on Borneo Island in the past week,…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (44+ words) standardmedia.co.ke Brian Lagat And James Wanzala Kenyans feel the gap left by departing Burundian traders and workers What kind of stories would you like to read? Pick your favourite topics below for a tailor made homepage just for…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (81+ words) standardmedia.co.ke Ruto faces fuel price dilemma as oil crosses $110 per barrel over Iran-US war An attendant fuels a vehicle at a petrol station in Nairobi. [File, Standard] President William Ruto's administration faces a fresh economic headache after global…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (225+ words) More than half a dozen Arab and Muslim countries, including Saudi Arabia and Turkey, on Wednesday welcomed UK-led sanctions targeting Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, urging other countries to take similar steps. The foreign ministers of eight countries…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (334+ words) The death toll from a measles outbreak in Bangladesh has topped 1,000 children since March, health officials said Wednesday, admitting failures in a vaccination drive that could have saved lives. The South Asian nation of 170 million has recorded 1,002 deaths and 187,484 infections…...