The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has promoted 117 magistrates across different levels, in a move aimed at boosting the country’s judicial capacity and improving access to justice. The promotions, which were confirmed during commission meetings on September 11 and 15, 2025, followed interviews held between August 4 and 13, 2025. …

Chad’s national assembly has endorsed constitutional revisions that would extend the presidential term from five to seven years and allow the president to serve an unlimited number of times. President Mahamat Idriss Deby seized power in Chad after his father, long-serving President Idriss Deby, was killed as he was visiting …

The Kenya Meteorological Department has announced that several parts of the country will experience rainfall this week, though many areas will remain largely sunny and dry. In its weekly forecast for September 16–22, the department said showers are expected in sections of the Central Highlands, including Nairobi, as well as …

Police in Athi River, Machakos County, arrested a man on Sunday night and recovered four goats after intercepting a suspected livestock theft operation. A motor vehicle believed to have been used in the crime was also impounded. Click here to join our WhatsApp Channel According to authorities, the arrested man …

President William Ruto has led Kenyans in congratulating 17-year-old Edmund Serem after he claimed a bronze medal in the men’s 3,000m steeplechase at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. Serem, the World U-20 steeplechase champion, clocked 8:34.56 to secure his first senior global medal in a dramatic race that …

A Safaricom PLC manager on Monday testified that call data records linked a mobile number registered to Isaiah Murangiri to activity within Nairobi’s Central Business District, contradicting Murangiri’s earlier statement that he had stopped using the line a year earlier. Murangiri is a witness in the inquest into the shooting …

A court in Zambia has sentenced two men to two years in prison for attempting to use witchcraft to kill President Hakainde Hichilema. Zambian Leonard Phiri and Mozambican Jasten Mabulesse Candunde were convicted under the Witchcraft Act after being arrested in December with charms in their possession, including a live …

Water remains a scarce and precious resource for the residents of the densely populated Kitengela town, who continue to suffer from an ongoing and severe water shortage. The crisis began in February 2019 when the government, through the Ministry of Water and Sanitation, banned the Export Processing Zone Authority (EPZA) …

Three people lost their lives and three others sustained serious injuries after a car transporting miraa collided with a boda boda in the Makutano area of Mwea, Kirinyaga County, on Sunday. The accident occurred mid-morning along the Mwea-Embu highway. Witnesses reported that two cars carrying miraa were speeding side by …

The completion of the Yamo Dam has brought much-needed relief to Samburu County, ending years of water scarcity that have hindered development and caused significant hardship. In April, Deputy President Kithure Kindiki visited the area to inspect the dam and assess progress on the first phase of the Maralal Water …