Supporters booed Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka in Nairobi on Friday after he said Edwin Sifuna was not yet a presidential candidate. Sifuna stepped in to calm the crowd, and Kalonzo later pledged to back him if he becomes the opposition flagbearer.
Residents of Shirka Woreda in Oromia told Addis Standard that people who buried the dead or helped the wounded after attacks on Orthodox Christians were arrested. The Orthodox Church says 60 of its faithful were killed on October 20 and 24.
Shares in CoreWeave and other neocloud firms that lease AI computing power have lost about a quarter of their value in a month, the BBC reports. Gartner predicts 80% of these firms will cease independent operations by 2030.
US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that Washington is looking "closely" at a report of a Chinese spy plot. According to France 24, the report says the plot targeted the chief executive of chipmaker Nvidia.
Flaqo Raz has spoken publicly for the first time about rumours that Alma Mutheu is pregnant, Mpasho reported on Sunday. The outlet said he is ready to "ride the clout wave".
Harambee Stars coach Benni McCarthy has named a provisional squad for two 2027 AFCON qualifiers against South Africa. Kenya play in Johannesburg on November 13 and host Bafana Bafana at Nyayo on November 17.
Nyaleke, about 15 km from Beni in DR Congo's North Kivu, has had no health facility since its only health post was destroyed in 2016. Pregnant women travel about seven kilometres for antenatal care and deliveries, Radio Okapi reported.
The family of former MP Kirima has been handed a KSh 3.3 billion lawyers' bill, the Daily Nation reported on Sunday. The bill follows a dispute over the family's wealth.
Riyadh has stopped issuing all visas to Kenyans and suspended its citizens' travel to Kenya. Health CS Aden Duale has questioned the basis for the measures, which Kenya calls excessive and wants reviewed.
Irrigation PS Ephantus Kimotho inspected emergency drainage works in Baringo County on Saturday. The gap between the two lakes has narrowed from about 22 kilometres a decade ago to seven kilometres.
Former Nation Media Group correspondent Kitavi Mutua died on Friday night in the ICU at Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral and Research Hospital. Kalonzo Musyoka, Charity Ngilu and other leaders paid tribute to him.
LOOP DFS, NCBA Group's digital financial services arm, launched LOOP BIZ+ in Nairobi on October 29. The platform combines card and mobile money payments, AI stock tools, a marketplace and credit in one service for small businesses.
Residents of Kolwezi's Dilungu and Bel Air neighbourhoods marched to Ruashi Mining's site on Friday. They say the company's operations cracked their homes, dried out crops and made people sick, and they want compensation.
The Uganda Law Society wants Dr Douglas Singiza to quit as Judicial Service Commission chairperson over his alleged endorsement of Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba. It has asked the Constitutional court to hear its petition against him on November 3 and 4.
Uhuru and Gachagua are holding unity talks that the Daily Nation describes as cat-and-mouse. The paper published the account in its Weekly Review on Sunday.
Heavy rain on Saturday morning flooded roads in Githurai, Parklands and Westlands, Pulse Live Kenya reported. Vehicles were partly submerged, and residents asked what billions spent on El Niño preparedness had achieved.
South Africa is heading into its 2026 local elections with the ANC under intense pressure, Daily Maverick reports. The DA is seeking gains, and smaller parties hope to become kingmakers in a vote that could reshape municipal government.
Pessl Instruments plans to install up to 100,000 weather stations across Africa, starting with 15,000 in Kenya. The UpYield4Africa programme launched in Nairobi on Friday and will give smallholder farmers field-level weather and soil data.
Judge Trina Thompson issued a temporary restraining order late on Friday. It bars the Justice Department from pressuring officials to set aside or stop counting ballots it says non-citizens may have cast, days before Tuesday's midterms.
Atletico Madrid won 2-0 at Levante on Saturday with goals from Alejandro Grimaldo and Giuliano Simeone. It was their seventh straight league win and briefly put them top of La Liga, AFP reported.
Justice Roselyn Aburili ruled that the Law Society of Kenya went to court before Parliament had finished reviewing the 2023 rules. KRA said the higher fees would partly clear a KSh 4.5 billion debt to its Swiss stamp contractor, SICPA.
ODM leaders told a rally at Nairobi's Jacaranda Grounds on Saturday that any pact with President Ruto's UDA must come with conditions. They named the deputy president's seat as a key demand, and the rally ended in clashes between rival supporters.
Chelsea beat Manchester United 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday, and the league said Palmer scored his 50th goal. Al Jazeera reported that a Coventry win left United on the brink of the relegation zone.
A local administrator in Kongo-Central said on Saturday that checks found no suspected infiltrators of Rwandan origin at Joseph Kabila's farm in Kiasungwa. He urged residents to stay calm and not to share false information.
A BBC Swahili investigation found armed gangs in Haiti, Kenya and Peru calling themselves "Taliban". In Haiti, a UN report says more than 5,700 people were killed or injured over nine months in gang-related violence.
The first consignment arrived at the Nairobi Inland Container Depot on Friday. Each wagon carries six cars, and the trip takes about eight hours by rail instead of more than a day by road.
Interior PS Raymond Omollo says ending banditry in the North Rift needs reconciliation, services and jobs as well as security operations. He says two operations have recovered more than 2,600 illegal firearms and over 17,000 head of livestock.
Tens of thousands joined youth-led protests across Germany on Saturday. Mostly peaceful daytime marches ended in evening clashes in Frankfurt, Berlin, Cologne and Hamburg, and several police officers were injured, AFP reported.
President William Ruto's camp is courting Kalonzo Musyoka, the Daily Nation reported on Sunday. The 73-year-old Wiper Patriotic Front leader must choose between his own presidential bid and cooperation with Ruto.
Suspected goons stormed the stage at an ODM rally at Jacaranda Grounds on Saturday and grabbed the microphone, Ghafla reported. The event was the climax of the party's month-long tribute to the late Raila Odinga.
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