- 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.
- A survivor of the Kisii building collapse has shared chilling details of how he clung to life—breathing through a tiny gap in the rubble for six agonizing hours.
- Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has branded President William Ruto “the real commander” of Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) over alleged shady business deals with the paramilitary group’s leader, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, alias Hemedti.
- A French court on Monday jailed for life an Algerian supporter of the Islamic State jihadist group after finding him guilty of attempted murder over a bomb attack that wounded 13 people in 2019.
- US President Donald Trump cautioned against "stupid" panic on Monday as a global stock market rout deepened after Beijing retaliated against his tariffs offensive.
- During a televised interview with KTN News on Monday, Gachagua described the allegations as baseless and a deliberate attempt to tarnish his reputation, particularly in his Central Kenya stronghold.
- The incident occurred on Sunday, when a group of rowdy youth stormed the church, demanding money and vandalizing property before being chased away by police.
- Doctors working in Kakamega County have issued a 14-day strike notice, threatening to down their tools from April 18, 2025, if the county government fails to address a litany of grievances they say have gone unheeded for months.
- The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Renson Ingonga on Monday said he had formed a team of senior prosecutors to review the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI)’s probe file into the killing of Agnes Wanjiru.
- Five local Kenyan officials have been released from captivity, Interior Minister Kipchumba Murkomen said on Monday, two months after they were kidnapped by suspected Islamist gunmen in the northeast of the country.
- Kibera Law Court has detained a University student, Erick Mutinda, for 21 days to allow police to complete investigations into the murder of Sylvia Kemunto, a fellow student at Multimedia University (MMU).
- Kibera Law Court has detained a University student, Erick Mutinda, for 21 days to allow police to complete investigations into the murder of Sylvia Kemunto, a fellow student at Multimedia University (MMU).
- Susan Nakhumincha, the nominee for the position of Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Kenya to the UN-Habitat, Nairobi, was haunted by the ghosts of her tenure as Health Cabinet Secretary.
- A Nakuru resident has sought counsel from the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) on the required threshold of signatures to suspend the County Government of Nakuru.
- Susan Nakhumicha, nominated as Kenya’s Permanent Representative to the UN Habitat in Nairobi on Monday appeared in the National Assembly for vetting by Members of Parliament.
- King Charles III arrives in Italy on Monday for a four-day visit where he will become the first UK monarch to address Italy's joint parliament, but will not meet Pope Francis due to the pontiff's health issues.
- Manyatta Member of Parliament (MP) Gitonga Mukunji has called for an expeditious probe into the corruption allegations made by former Public Service Cabinet Secretary Justin Muturi against President William Ruto.
- US President Donald Trump said Sunday that China would have agreed to a deal on the sale of TikTok if it were not for the tariffs imposed by Washington on Beijing last week.
- South Africa's National Treasury is looking at alternative revenue-raising options to a value-added tax increase, but the chances of avoiding it are low, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Sunday.
- Four family members died in a grisly road accident that involved a saloon car and a school bus at Kagoya area along Siaya-Nyadorera road on Sunday night.
- Boeing is poised to face a jury trial from Monday over the fatal 2019 crash of an Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX plane, the first civil case related to the disaster to reach court.
- Shaken hours earlier by a massive earthquake, Phatsakon Kaewkla's terror was magnified when he came home to find gaping cracks in the walls of his 22nd-floor Bangkok apartment.
- Libya's central bank announced a 13.3% devaluation of the country's dinar currency on Sunday, setting the exchange rate at 5.5677 to the U.S. dollar effective immediately.
- In Mombasa County, the family of Yusuf Ali Abdi, a well-known businessman at Marikiti Market, says he vanished on the morning of April 2 after leaving his home for prayers at a nearby mosque.
- The leaders, led by Ruto’s long-time aide Farouk Kibet, instead accused former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua of inciting the region against the Head of State.
- Musyoka described the incident as a state-sponsored assault, alleging that the government was behind what he termed an orchestrated attempt to intimidate political opponents in sacred spaces. Speaking during the service, he expressed dismay at the growing politicization of places of worship.
- The National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA) on Sunday arrested two people and seized contraband goods in Usigu, Siaya County.
- Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi has said Kenya strives to take lead in AI research and application keeping in mind the transformative potential of AI moving into the future.
- A police officer died by suicide after killing his two children and another child belonging to his brother-in-law at the Kakdhimu area in Rachuonyo, Homa Bay County.
- Heavy downpours in the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa have left around 30 people dead while wrecking havoc in the central African megacity, an official told AFP on Sunday.
- Prime Cabinet Secretary (CS) and CS for Foreign Affairs Musalia Mudavadi has dismissed reports of his alleged affiliation with a new political outfit formed by his allies following ANC’s merger with the ruling UDA party.
- Pope Francis made a surprise Sunday public appearance as he mingled with crowds at the Vatican just two weeks after leaving hospital for a serious case of pneumonia.
- Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua fired at his former boss, President William Ruto, over an attempted attack by goons at a church service on Sunday.
- Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua's security fired gunshots on Sunday morning to disperse a rowdy group attempting to interrupt a church service at PCEA Kasarani East Parish.
- A magistrate court in Wajir has granted the Directorate of Criminal Investigations a green light in exhuming the body of Gaala Aden Abdi, a 17-year-old who was burnt to death after allegedly refusing to marry a 55-year-old man in Wajir County.
- European Union countries will seek to present a united front in the coming days against U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs, likely approving a first set of targeted countermeasures on up to $28 billion of U.S. imports from dental floss to diamonds.
- Zimbabwe's President said Saturday he would suspend all tariffs on goods imported from the United States, days after US President Donald Trump levied 18 percent tariffs against the southern African nation.
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to travel to Washington to meet with US President Donald Trump, discussing issues including tariffs and the "Iranian threat," his office said Saturday.
