- Rescuers rushed to find survivors on Wednesday after the roof of a Dominican Republic nightclub collapsed during a concert by popular singer Rubby Perez, one of more than 110 people killed in the disaster.
- In a statement released on Wednesday, MP Iman expressed deep regret over the incident, terming it “beneath the dignity of the House and the trust of the Kenyan people.”
- In a statement released on Wednesday, MP Iman expressed deep regret over the incident, terming it “beneath the dignity of the House and the trust of the Kenyan people.”
- East Africa Portland Cement Company PLC (EAPC) argues that President William Ruto is not a member of its Board of Directors and as such, lacks the authority to make or confirm appointments on behalf of the company’s board.
- A section of Members of Parliament (MPs) from the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM), independents, and opposition parties have reportedly received UGX100 million (Ksh. 3M) each from President Yoweri Museveni as a cash gift.
- Kenya Women Senators Association (KEWOSA) has called for restraint on handling the brawl witnessed at the National Assembly on Tuesday between Nominated Member of Parliament (MP) Umi Harun and Falhada Iman of the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA).
- Gabon votes on Saturday to pick a president with junta chief Brice Oligui Nguema the hot favourite to become the oil-rich country's first elected leader since his August 2023 coup.
- CS Kagwe has also emphasized the urgent need to reform the curriculum in Kenya’s 10 agricultural training institutions to reflect emerging technologies and equip extension officers with modern skills.
- Rescuers raced to find survivors Tuesday among the rubble of a Dominican Republic nightclub where at least 79 people, including a prominent merengue performer and a former Major League Baseball star, were killed when the roof collapsed.
- Three American citizens jailed over a failed coup attempt in DRC were handed over to U.S. custody on Tuesday following high-level talks between the two countries on security and mining deals.
- Tariffs announced by U.S. President Donald Trump will hurt South African citrus farms and could potentially affect 35,000 jobs, a farmers' association said on Tuesday.
- Iran's top diplomat said Tuesday he believed a new nuclear deal could be agreed with the United States provided Tehran's longtime foe shows sufficient goodwill in talks to begin in Oman on Saturday.
- German sports car maker Porsche delivered 8 per cent fewer vehicles globally in the first quarter, it said on Tuesday, hit by declining demand in China and Europe.
- Gabon holds a presidential election on Saturday, the first since a 2023 coup ended the Bongo family's 56-year dynasty and which the country's new military rulers hope will legitimise and cement their hold on power.
- Some 400 rescue personnel were at the Jet Set nightclub in the Caribbean nation's capital Santo Domingo, authorities said, with dozens of ambulances on standby.
- At least 50 hippos and other large animals have been killed by anthrax poisoning in eastern Congo's Virunga National Park and have been spotted floating along a major river that feeds one of Africa's great lakes, the head of the park said on Tuesday.
- President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday that Ukrainian troops had captured two Chinese citizens fighting alongside Russian forces, adding that Kyiv would demand an explanation from Beijing and a reaction from its allies.
- Israel's Supreme Court began a hearing on Tuesday into Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bid to sack the head of the domestic intelligence service amid an uproar from shouting protesters that forced the judges to clear the court.
- Machakos County Assembly Speaker Anne Kiusya has suspended all sittings following a day of drama in the House that left three MCAs nursing injuries and Kiusya locked up in her office under police protection.
- Training for the members of the county assemblies on governance and oversight has kicked off in the lakeside city of Kisumu, with the aim of equipping the MCAs with oversight tools as they oversee the county governments.
- The Senate Devolution Committee was left stunned after revelations that Nyamira County is operating with two parallel county assemblies — each holding sittings in separate chambers.
- The County Government of Mombasa has advised the Coast General Teaching and Referral Hospital to evacuate its patients as the building next to Fayaz Bakery will undergo controlled demolition on Wednesday, April 9, 2025.
- Former Kisii County Assembly Speaker David Ondimu Kombo was on Monday arraigned before the Kisii Anti-Corruption Court on charges of abuse of office.
- Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi has dismissed claims that Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) formed a parallel government following meetings held in Nairobi in February 2025.
- KDF officers have been deployed to Mombasa to assist in an emergency response after an eleven-storey building located at Kilifi Corner began sinking, raising serious safety concerns for surrounding residential and commercial buildings.
- Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has blasted former Public Service Cabinet Secretary Justin Muturi for withholding crucial documents under government confidentiality, citing that such actions could attract legal repercussions.
- The Gates Foundation has withdrawn its Host Country Agreement with Kenya, citing that the legal cases have drawn attention away from its philanthropic mission.
- Eldoret high court judge Justice Robert Wananda has directed 3 Investigating Officers (IOs) attached to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) homicide department namely to move with speed and execute the warrant for the arrest against Ibrahim Rotich, who is said to have gone into hiding.
- City lawyer Frankline Otieno Mokaya has filed a constitutional petition seeking to have the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) compelled to delimit Bobasi Constituency to form Bobasi Borabu and Bobasi Chache constituencies.
- A man linked to multiple incidents of vandalism and theft of electricity infrastructure in Western Kenya has been sentenced to six years and 10 months in jail with the option of a Ksh.10.2 million fine.
- Kuria Kimani, the MP for Molo and chair of the National Assembly Finance Committee, says the government might introduce tax increments in the 2025 Finance Bill in case of shortfalls in funding the 2025/26 financial year.
- The CS emphasized that the government will not tolerate any practice that jeopardizes the integrity of the tea value chain or endangers the livelihoods of hardworking farmers.
- Thirdway Alliance party leader Ekuru Aukot has shifted blame to political leaders calling out political leaders exposing government ills after being ousted.
- A Nigerian court Monday jailed a popular make-up artist for six months for abusing the national currency by throwing bank notes in the air at his wedding, the anti-graft agency said.
- South Sudan said on Monday that a U.S. decision to revoke all visas held by South Sudanese citizens was prompted by Juba’s refusal to admit a deportee with another nationality.
- A wide range of economists are voicing alarm over President Donald Trump's steep tariffs on imports into the United States, sparking a trade war that experts say could tip many countries into recession. Here are comments by some leading economists:
- Before Sylvia Kemunto’s body was found lifeless, her mother had bought her a suitcase to pack her clothes and leave the hostel at Multimedia University in Rongai.
- A middle-aged woman and her daughter died in a road accident at Sikri Trading centre along Oyugis -Sondu Road in Rachuonyo South sub-county, Homa-Bay County, when a motorcycle they were traveling on was hit by a trailer on Monday evening.
- A commander of a separatist rebel coalition operating in Mali's volatile north was arrested in Niger last week, local security sources told AFP on Monday.
- The International Criminal Court Monday confirmed the award of 52 million euros (about Ksh.7.4 billion) to victims of a Ugandan warlord who pressed a brutal reign of terror as part of the Lord's Resistance Army commanded by fugitive Joseph Kony.
- The morning sun cast long shadows as Abdulilah Mohamed, an elderly resident of Sharg Elnil in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, returned to his family home after fleeing from civil war.
