Kenyan Olympic champion Emmanuel Korir won the men's 800 metres World title at the ongoing World Athletics Championships in Oregon. Korir replaced American Donavan Brazier as the world champion earning Kenya her second gold at the championships, while Emmanuel Wanyonyi narrowly missed out on the medal bracket. Algeria's Djamel Sedjati
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Sri Lanka swears in Ranil Wickremesinghe as President
Sri Lanka’s newly elected president Ranil Wickremesinghe has been sworn as new president a day after being elected by parliament to replace Gotabaya Rajapaksa who resigned following protests. Wickremesinghe who has been prime Minister six times was serving as acting president after the resignation of Gotobaya. He won a comfortable victory
Uhuru on a 3 day State visits of Seychelles
Family Bank & Aqua-for-All join to finance water enterprises
Family Bank has signed a KES 350 million (€2.9 million) two-year partnership with Aqua for All to facilitate increased lending to medium and small-scale water enterprises supplying low-income communities with safe drinking water either through piping systems or water kiosks throughout Kenya. Aqua for All, a foundation that specializes in innovative finance for
Sri Lanka’s president resident flees as chaos persist
Sri Lanka's president Gotabaya Rajapaksa has fled to Maldives days after angry protestors occupied his presidential Palace demanding his resignation over the country's worsening economic crisis. Gotabaya appointed his Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to act as acting President even though the protestors are demanding his resignation as well. Sources have told Nyanza
Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shot dead
Japan's former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been shot dead while campaigning for the country's upper parliament. Abe was in the western city of Nara to seek support for a candidate of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) for weekend senate elections. The motive for the shooting is not known but the
Uhuru holds talks with Cuban Foreign Affairs Minister
President Uhuru Kenyatta today held talks with Cuban Foreign Affairs Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla who paid him a courtesy call at State House, Nairobi. During the meeting, President Kenyatta and Mr. Parrilla discussed a wide range of matters of bilateral importance to Kenya and Cuba including the safe return of the
Kenyan wins Award at Mrs Universe 2021 in Seoul Korea
Reigning Mrs Universe Kenya Immaculate Bosibori Onyoni was top 25 and was awarded Mrs Presence at the global pageant that honours family values. Ms Immaculate Bosibori Onyoni who represented Kenya at the Mrs. Universe International 2022 held in Seoul Korea from June 22nd to July 1st 2022 returns to the country
Prof Wajackoyah talks snakes and weed in manifesto launch
Uhuru calls for urgent global action to protect oceans
President Uhuru Kenyatta has called for urgent global action to address challenges facing oceans, seas and the marine environment, saying the world needed to upgrade from proposals on the subject to tangible interventions. “We, expect this conference to shift gear from proposals to action. Action that is driven by science, technology,