Kenyan athletes Faith Kipyegon, Margaret Chelimo, and Beatrice Chebet have all advanced to the finals of the Olympic 5000-meter race. In the first heat, Kipyegon secured victory with a time of 14:57.56, while Chelimo finished fourth, clocking in at 14:40.38. Chebet led the second heat, finishing with a time of 15:00.73 to qualify for the…
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At least 32 people were killed in a suicide attack carried out by al-Shabab militants at a popular beachfront location in the Somali capital, a police spokesman said on Saturday. Abdifatah Adan Hassan said around 63 people were also wounded, some of them critically. Video footage showed a number of bodies and injured people in…
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Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja was on Saturday pelted with stones by angry traders as he visited Toi Market in Kibra where four people died in a dawn blaze that razed structures there. Sakaja had visited the scene when he was unceremoniously welcomed by the residents who pelted stones at him prompting him to flee. He…
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A bomb exploded in a roadside market in Nigeria’s Borno state killing at least 16 people and wounding dozens of others, police said. The government imposed a 24-hour curfew after the bombing attack, the second in recent weeks. The attack happened at about 8 p.m. local time Wednesday at a teashop that hosts mostly locals…
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A student was among three people who were killed on Thursday in a grisly road accident involving a private vehicle and a motorcycle at Nyalkini Center along the Homa Bay-Kendu Road. The secondary school student, who was riding the motorcycle, died on the spot while his two pillion passengers passed away while receiving treatment at…
Arne Slot’s new-look Liverpool beat Premier League rivals Arsenal 2-1 with goals from Mohamed Salah and Fabio Carvalho in Philadelphia. Salah’s 13th-minute strike and Carvalho’s finish in the 34th minute capped excellent Liverpool moves, before Arsenal’s Kai Havertz swept in a close-range shot in the 40th minute of an exciting first half. Both teams made…
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Team USA Men Basketball beat South Sudan 103-86 on Wednesday in an Olympic group-stage game in Villeneuve-D’Ascq, France. The Americans improved to 2-0 in Group C with the win, clinching a spot in the quarterfinals next week. This was the second game of group play for Team USA. In its first game, Team USA earned…
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Manchester United posted their second victory of pre-season with an entertaining 3-2 triumph over Real Betis at the Snapdragon Stadium on Wednesday evening. Despite falling behind with just 15 minutes on the clock, United went into the half-time break with a 3-1 advantage. Marcus Rashford levelled things up almost immediately, scoring via the penalty spot…
A three-judge bench has ordered the State to pay Ksh3 million as compensation to the families of each of the 148 deceased victims of the 2015 Garissa University College attack. Delivering the judgment at Milimani High Court, Justices Antony Ndung’u, Mugure Thande, and Daniel Kemei also ruled that the 14 petitioners who sustained various injuries…
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Kenya has confirmed its first case of Mpox, the Ministry of Health said. It said the case was detected at Taita Taveta border point with neighbouring Tanzania on an individual who was travelling from Uganda to Rwanda through Kenya, without providing any further details. The disease is caused by the monkeypox virus and spreads through…
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