WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday that fighting and drone strikes are pushing Ethiopia's fragile health system towards collapse. At least 15 people, several of them children, died in drone strikes on a displacement camp in Amhara, Reuters reported.
Former Harambee Stars goalkeeper Patrick Matasi wants to play when Kenya hosts Arsenal greats in the Legends Cup. The exhibition match is set for Friday, November 13, at Nyayo National Stadium.
Eighty-seven people from the Timau area want to join a court petition against the government and five agrochemical firms. Tests done for the petitioners found high levels of paraquat and glyphosate in all of them, the Guardian reports.
JCC co-founder Reverend Kathy Kiuna said on Monday that losing a loved one is among the most painful things a person can face, and urged people to treasure their families. Her husband, Bishop Allan Kiuna, died in July 2024 after a long battle with cancer.
Exercise Koalicja will run in Poland from November 9 to 22 and test how a European force could deploy to Ukraine after a peace deal. Officials say the troops would stay away from the front line but could fire back if attacked.
Two suspected Ebola cases in north-eastern Nigeria tested negative after two rounds of testing, health officials said on Monday. A Swiss traveller who visited Uganda remains Nigeria's only confirmed case of the Bundibugyo strain.
Armed, masked men allegedly forced advocate Abshir Ahmedsadak Abdi into a black Prado off Ngong Road at about 4 am on Sunday. His brother has filed a habeas corpus case at Milimani asking that security agencies produce him within 24 hours.
KenGen appointed engineer and professor John Kipngetich Mosonik as chairman of its board at a meeting on Monday. He already sits on the board and chairs its Strategy Committee.
The US FDA gave tentative approval on Monday to Dr. Reddy's generic version of lenacapavir, a twice-yearly HIV prevention shot. It will cost $40 per person per year in 120 countries, compared with roughly $28,000 a year in the US.
Kenya Railways has launched a vehicle-haulage service on the SGR. The first train carried 21 cars from Mombasa Port to the Nairobi ICD in about eight hours, Pulse Live Kenya reports, and the target is 700 vehicles a month.
The Kenya shilling held largely steady on Monday as global volatility hit other regional currencies. Business Today Kenya credits a government-to-government fuel deal and debt restructuring with easing pressure on dollar demand.
Brent crude fell more than 6.5% on Monday to as low as $105.55 a barrel, The Guardian reported. It was the lowest level since October 16, as hopes grew for a US-Iran breakthrough.
Manchester United boss Michael Carrick denied on Monday that he has only two games left in charge. His side, winless in nine games, host Roma in the Champions League at Old Trafford on Tuesday.
Airtel Kenya has acquired 100MHz in the 3.5GHz band for about KSh 8.4 billion after the Communications Authority approved the deal. The rights run for 25 years, Pulse Live Kenya reports.
KRA Board Chairperson Ndiritu Muriithi has defended a 25% excise duty on phones, charged when they first connect to a Kenyan network. Parliament dropped the idea from the Finance Act 2026, so the current 10% duty still applies.
Jubilee presidential candidate Fred Matiang'i said on Sunday that Rigathi Gachagua's ambitions risk dividing the opposition before 2027. He told NTV that a split opposition is Ruto's only path to keeping power.
The Christmas Eve bout at Dubai's Coca-Cola Arena will be Paul's first since Anthony Joshua broke his jaw last December. It will be an eight-round professional cruiserweight fight with 10oz gloves.
The Nairobi Securities Exchange has announced changes to two market indices, the NSE Banking Index and the NSE Bond Index. Family Bank joins the Banking Index after completing the required eligibility period.
Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen inaugurated the National Cybersecurity Agency board, chaired by Martin Koyabe, at Harambee House on Monday. He told the board to build Kenyan talent and local cyber defence tools and to have top management in place before January 2027.
South Africans elect municipal councillors on Wednesday, with approved special votes cast on Monday and Tuesday. President Cyril Ramaphosa and Minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni urged registered voters, especially young people, to turn out.
Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja left President Ruto's UDA on Monday and was welcomed into ODM at Chungwa House. He says he will run for a second term on an ODM ticket in the 2027 election.
A Nairobi court on Monday gave detectives 10 days to hold actress Regina Wambui Gitau and three relatives. Her mother, Dorita Lasinder Macharia, 86, was found with a deep neck wound in her Loresho home.
Crown Paints' Tom Oyier told quantity surveyors in Mombasa that cheap materials leave property owners with repeated repair bills. His warning comes after construction grew 6.8 per cent in 2025, according to KNBS.
Dazn has won an exclusive option on global streaming rights for Fifa's 2029 men's Club World Cup, the Guardian reported on Monday. The Saudi-backed streamer paid $1bn for the 2025 edition after other broadcasters declined to bid.
The ruling leaves in force a High Court order for Ruto to reconstitute his Cabinet under the two-thirds gender rule. The 120-day deadline to comply expired on October 28, The Standard reports.
Four crew members left a 3D-printed habitat at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston on Saturday, Reuters reported. They had lived inside since October 19, 2025, practicing life on Mars.
Jubilee presidential flagbearer Fred Matiang'i told NTV that the housing levy puts an extra burden on Kenyans. He also wants the tax-free income threshold raised to Sh35,000 so that workers take home more pay.
Nominated Senator Miraj Abdillahi says politicians who pay youth for "dirty jobs" are pushing some into crime in Mombasa. She also blamed missing street lights for a recent cess point attack that killed a county officer.
Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei told military commanders to be ready for an immediate response if Iran is attacked again. Qatari mediators are holding talks to prevent a new round of the US-Iran war.
Residents of Ethiopia's Tigray region told AFP they have lost faith in the Tigray People's Liberation Front. The party was pushed out of major towns after its offensive in late September, and federal authorities took control of the region in October.
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