Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) -The hearing in a landmark case challenging the Kenyan government’s right to evict the Ogiek ethnic community, an indigenous minority claiming the right to inhabit the expansive Mau forest, opens here Thursday. The Ogiek land case … Read More
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenya Airways has received two new modern planes with state-of-the-art features, bringing the number of its active aircraft to 40. The airline’s first next generation B737-800 touched down at Kenya Airways’ hub at the Jomo Kenyatta … Read More
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The burial of Prof. Ali Mazrui in Mombasa on Sunday, marked the end of an era and the beginning of a new reflection on what has mostly pushed out Africa’s intellectual giants to exile. Prof. Mazrui, … Read More
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) -Kenya’s iconic historian and a global intellectual maverick, Prof. Ali Mazrui, who wrote the late Wangari Maathai’s 2004 testimonial for the Nobel Peace Prize, has died at 81, his family said Monday. The man, known for his … Read More
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta received a heroic welcome back home Thursday after his appearance before the International Criminal Court (ICC), where prosecutors accused his government of erasing crucial sections of incriminating evidence from his telephone data. … Read More
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has appointed Deputy President William Ruto as acting President ahead of his appearance at the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague on 8 October. The Kenyan President addressed an emergency session … Read More
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – International Criminal Court (ICC) judges have ordered Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta to attend his status conference in person on October 8, 2014. The judges, in a ruling from The Hague, Netherlands, late Tuesday, rejected Kenyatta’s lawyers’ … Read More
Prof. Fred Segor Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Kenya is committed to meeting the African Union (AU) pledges to rapidly industrialise agriculture through the revival of collapsed agricultural corporations in an effort to boost livestock farming amongst the country’s pastoralists. … Read More
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – At a time when many believe that Kenya is looking east for development partners, the Danish Government says it plans to invest US$ 206,896,551 (Sh 18 billion) in the country in the next four years … Read More
[column width=”47%” padding=”6%”] Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Four East African countries – Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda and South Sudan – have agreed on a regional telecommunications framework to establish a ‘One-Network-Area’ by December 31, 2014, global telecommunications industry monitor, … Read More
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenya’s Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD), the country’s main opposition party, has abandoned demands for national dialogue and now wants a national referendum. CORD, led by former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, said at a rally … Read More
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The first ever daily TV ratings service in Africa has been unveiled by GeoPoll, the world’s largest real-time mobile survey platform. The firm launched yesterday its Audience Measurement Service, which offers the first ever daily TV ratings … Read More
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – At least 33 people died in Kenya on Monday night and Tuesday after drinking illegal liquor, government officials said on Tuesday. Consumption of the adulterated drinks also left about 45 victims hospitalised with many gone blind. … Read More
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerian and Kenyan Presidents led, on Monday, top officials of their respective countries to bilateral talks in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, calling on African leaders to never succumb to the antics of terrorist organizations operating in the continent. Nigerian … Read More
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Leaders of the five-nation East African Community (EAC) took Wednesday a decisive step by directing their Council of Ministers to initiate the process of drafting a constitution for the political federation. According to a communiqué … Read More
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Ethiopia is set to conclude the first phase of a national power generation plan with the completion of the 1,850 megawatts plant at the Gibe III dam in time for electricity exports to Kenya, officials … Read More
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenyan runner Joyce Chepkirui clocked a world-class time of 66 minutes and 19 seconds to win the Sportisimo Prague Half Marathon on Saturday. Dominating the race from the start, she set a course record and also … Read More
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenya has summoned Belgian Ambassador Bart Ouvry after a visa row nearly derailed President Uhuru Kenyatta’s plan to attend a Summit of European and African leaders, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday. President Kenyatta was preparing … Read More
Nairobi, Kenya – Kenyan actress Lupita Amondi Nyong’o won on Sunday night the Best Supporting Actress Oscar at the 86th Academy Awards held in Los Angeles, US, for her much-acclaimed role in the movie ’12 years a slave’. Lupita, 31, … Read More
Monique Mukaruliza [column width=”47%” padding=”6%”] Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) – Leaders of Rwanda, Uganda and Kenya will meet in Kampala, Uganda, Thursday in a mini-summit on security in the sub-region, during which they are expected to sign a military cooperation agreement, … Read More
