Kenyans in multiple cities across the country took to the streets in protest of a new finance law which has sought to raise taxes including doubling the fuel tax as well as introducing a housing levy for employees, reported the local media.

Kenyan police fire tear gas to stop opposition protests over tax hikes, dozens arrested

According to reports, a truck crashed into several vehicles in Kenya, killing at least 49 people. This is thought to be the deadliest road disaster in Kenya in recent years.

Kenya: 49  killed after truck rams into multiple vehicles

At least 49 people lost their lives after a truck rammed into several other vehicles at a busy junction in western Kenya on Friday night, said the police. As per AFP reports, the television images showed horrific scenes of destruction at the site of the road crash with debris of several minibuses and the overturned truck as rescue workers hunted in darkness for people feared trapped.

Road crash in Kenya claims lives of at least 49 as rampaging truck rams several vehicles

According to reports, a truck crashed into several vehicles in Kenya, killing at least 48 people. This is thought to be the deadliest road disaster in Kenya in recent years.

Kenya: At least 48 killed after truck rams into multiple vehicles

As the pandemic becomes a thing of the past, various cultural events and activities have resumed in various African countries. On one hand, Morocco resumed its musical festival, 'Nau-Wa'; on the other hand, Kenya's World Rally Championship made a successful comeback.

Events galore in Morocco, Kenya: Concerts, safari rallies mark return

The escalating hunger crisis in African countries needs urgent intervention as up to 30 million people in five countries in the continent are projected to require humanitarian food assistance this year, according to a report.

Over 30 million in 5 African countries may need food aid this year: UN

Al-Shabaab jihadists have killed five civilians, some by beheading, in eastern Kenya, a witness and a police source told AFP on Sunday. The attack occurred on Saturday around 7:30 pm (1630 GMT) in the villages of Juhudi and Salama in Lamu county, which borders Somalia, the police source said.

Al-Shabaab jihadists kill five civilians, including a student, in east Kenya: Report

In a shocking development, the death toll in a probe linked to a Kenyan pastor who advised followers to starve themselves in order to "meet Jesus Christ" has crossed 300 after 19 new bodies were found on Tuesday, said a senior official.

Kenyan starvation cult Death toll surpasses 300 after authorities find 19 more bodies

Maasai community inaugurates a festival that highlights their clothing and heritage that heavily draw tourists.

Maasai culture in spotlight

Romania is recalling its ambassador to Kenya back to Bucharest and has apologized after its envoy in Nairobi allegedly compared a monkey to African diplomats.

Romania recalls ambassador who allegedly compared a monkey to African diplomats

Kenyan authorities will be converting the coastal forest where bodies of more than 250 people linked to a doomsday Christian cult were killed and buried, into a national memorial, according to Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki.

Kenya doomsday cult deaths’ site to be turned into national memorial: Minister

The UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s grandfather reportedly helped Kenyan freedom fighters organise a revolt against brutal British rule in the 1950s. As per revelations made by the Daily Mail, Rishi Sunak’s grandfather Ramdas Sunak was involved in training Kenya’s Mau Mau fighters in guerrilla techniques.

Rishi Sunak’s grandfather helped Kenyans stage revolt against British rule: Report

Chinese hackers targeted Kenya's government in a widespread, years-long series of digital intrusions against key ministries and state institutions, according to three sources, cybersecurity research reports and Reuters' own analysis of technical data related to the hackings.

Chinese hackers attacked Kenyan government as debt strains grew

Horn of Africa faces the worst drought in 40 years. aid agencies back the UN's $7 billion appeal for devastating crisis.

UN seeks $7 billion to avert Horn of Africa crisis

President Ruto seeks to raise taxes in the run-up to Kenya’s 2022 polls, economic issues, particularly public debt, and joblessness took centre stage. The Kenya Kwanza team led by William Ruto suggested that Kenya had over-borrowed, a habit they pledged to stop. The proposals in the 2023 finance bill, some of which were rejected by the previous parliaments, paint a picture of a government keen on giving its revenue authority stronger teeth to bite while making it expensive to appeal tax demands in the event of a dispute.

Kenyans brace for higher taxes as new finance bill targets petrol, beauty products

President Ruto seeks to raise taxes in the run-up to Kenya’s 2022 polls, economic issues, particularly public debt, and joblessness, took centre stage. The Kenya kwanza team led by William Ruto suggested that Kenya had over-borrowed, a habit they pledged to stop. The proposals in the 2023 finance bill, some of which were rejected by the previous parliaments, paint a picture of a government that is keen on giving its revenue authority stronger teeth to bite while making it expensive to appeal tax demands in the event of a dispute.

President Ruto seeks to raise taxes

Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Kenya, Zambia, Mongolia and Laos, what do these countries have in common ? These countries are either on the brink of bankruptcy or have already gone bankrupt. A dozen poor countries are on the verge of collapse under the weight of billions of dollars in foreign loans that they had taken from China.

China's loan policy pushing poor countries to brink of collapse | World Business Watch

In a big blow to the country's wildlife conservation efforts, six lions were killed by herders in Kenya on Saturday after the pride attacked 11 goats and a dog the previous night, said the wildlife officials.

Six more lions impaled to death by herders in Kenya

(Trigger warning: Some readers may find details of this report disturbing. Discretion is advised.) Skeletons continue to tumble out of the closet of the doomsday cult in Kenya that murdered hundreds.

Children were targetted to die first in Kenya doomsday cult killings: Report

Search teams investigating a Kenyan cult have unearthed additional 22 bodies on Saturday (May 13). With these, the death toll in an investigation into the cult that practised starvation has risen to 201.

Kenya starvation cult death toll crosses 200; illegal organ harvesting racket suspected

A Kenyan lion named Loonkiito, believed to be the world's oldest, has died after he was brutally impaled by Maasai morans (warriors) on Wednesday (May 10) night, according to local wildlife officials.

Wild lion Loonkiito, believed to be world‘s oldest, impaled to death in Kenya

Kenyan investigators on Tuesday (May 9) exhumed 21 more bodies as they resumed a search for followers of a doomsday cult. The latest figures on the bodies exhumed take the death toll to 133.

Kenya starvation cult massacre: Investigators exhume 21 more bodies, toll rises to 133

Kenyan volunteers are being equipped with weather forecasts and advice to allow people living in informal settlements to prepare for extreme weather.

Kenya: Residents on a mission to reduce flooding damage

A sudden flood got a truck driver trapped in Kenya's Gulana-Lulalu causeway on 3 May. Concerned spectators raised the alarm, and a local wildlife charity's aerial team saved the day.

WATCH | Dramatic visuals as truck driver rescued in Kenya after sudden floods

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