South Africa is exploring plans to manufacture a key HIV prevention medication domestically as part of a broader strategy to expand treatment access and strengthen the country’s pharmaceutical manufacturing sector. Government officials are working with international partners, including Unitaid and United States Pharmacopeia, to identify a local pharmaceutical company capable…
A torpedo fired by a United States submarine has sunk an Iranian naval vessel in the Indian Ocean near the coast of Sri Lanka, leaving dozens dead and marking one of the rare modern cases of a submarine destroying a warship in open combat. Sri Lankan authorities confirmed that rescue…
Ivory Coast, the world’s leading cocoa producer, has announced a sharp cut in the price paid to its growers, reducing it by nearly 60 percent in response to a global sales slump and falling international prices. Agriculture Minister Bruno Kone revealed on Wednesday that the government had set the new…
Hustler Fund Chief Executive Officer Henry Tanui has emphasized that the government will pursue loan recoveries through borrower identification and public sensitisation rather than punitive measures. Speaking on the programme’s repayment framework, Tanui insisted that recoveries will be made for all borrowers except those who have died. “Except for those…
The High Court has directed Moi High School Kabarak to immediately readmit a Form Four student who had been suspended, pending the determination of a case challenging the school’s disciplinary decision. In interim orders issued on March 4, 2026, Justice John Chigiti instructed the school to allow the student, identified…
Kenya has achieved a significant victory in its fight against doping after the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) officially removed the country from its compliance watchlist. Sports Cabinet Secretary Salim Mvurya hailed the decision as a powerful endorsement of Kenya’s renewed commitment to integrity in athletics and all sporting disciplines. In…
The Jesus Compassion Ministry (JCM) has been dealt another blow following the resignation of senior pastor James Njoroge, days after the church’s founder, Bishop Ben Kiengei, hosted President William Ruto during the ministry’s third anniversary celebrations. In a statement issued on Thursday, March 5, 2026, Njoroge announced that his five-year…
Rebels in Ethiopia’s restive Tigray region have warned that federal authorities appear to be preparing to “wage war” again, amid reports of troop and equipment build-ups along the regional border. The warning comes just over two years after the end of a brutal civil war that pitted federal forces, allied…
Somalia has adopted a new constitution that will, for the first time, allow lawmakers to be directly elected by the public, marking a significant shift in the country’s governance system. Previously, clan heads and elders elected lawmakers, who in turn voted for the president. The new framework, passed on Wednesday…
Six people lost their lives on Wednesday night in a road crash in the Manyatta area of Taita Taveta County after a Chania Executive bus collided head-on with a trailer along the Nairobi–Mombasa highway. How the Accident Happened Preliminary reports indicate that the bus driver was attempting to overtake when…