Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

Real Madrid fell to a shock defeat against Celta Vigo in La Liga as they ended the match with nine men and saw the pressure increase on manager Xabi Alonso. The defeat means second-placed Real, who host Man City in the Champions League on Wednesday, remain four points behind leaders Barcelona having won just one of their last five La Liga matches. “We are all angry, evidently this was not the game we wanted, it was not the result we wanted,” Alonso said. “We have to try and turn the page as quickly as possible. It’s only three points. “We…

Benin’s interior minister has appeared on national TV to announce that an attempted coup in the West Africa nation has been thwarted. Earlier, a group of soldiers, led by Lt-Col Pascal Tigri, had made a broadcast saying they had ousted President Patrice Talon and suspended the constitution. In social media posts, the French embassy in Benin said gunfire had been reported near the residence of the president in the main city of Cotonou, which is the seat of government. Eyewitnesses told the BBC that they had heard gunshots and some journalists working for the state broadcaster were held hostage. A…

Katy Perry and former Canadian Prime Minster Justin Trudeau have gone Instagram official after the singer posted a string of photographs and videos of their trip to Japan. In one picture, Perry and Trudeau are seen smiling for a selfie, with their faces touching. In another video, the pair are seen trying sushi. Neither Perry nor Trudeau have publicly commented on their relationship. But speculation has been growing for months with multiple pictures of the two together. Trudeau was seen attending Perry’s concert earlier this year, fuelling rumours of a romance with the pop star. Perry was visiting Japan as…

Soldiers in the West African nation of Benin announced Sunday on national TV that they have ousted President Patrice Talon and seized power. A message from the French embassy in Benin said gunfire had been reported near the residence of the president in the main city of Cotonou. The soldiers also announced a suspension of the constitution, the closure of all land borders as well as the country’s airspace. But officials close to the president say he is fine and that the small group of soldiers at the TV station did not have the backing of the regular army. “The…

A group of sand harvesters recovered a decomposed body of a man after suspected drowning in Uranga area, Siaya County. The man had drowned in the Nzoia River that empties to Lake Victoria in the Uranga area. The body was then swept to the area where it was found on Saturday night, police. The body was moved to the mortuary pending an identification and autopsy. Elsewhere in Juakali, Turbo, Uasin Gishu County, one Paul Kipsat, 51 was found dead after being attacked by a mob over unknown claims. The mob included a brother and sister of a woman he was…

At least seven people died on the spot on Sunday morning after a matatu collided head-on with a truck at Miasenyi, Taita-Taveta county along the Nairobi-Mombasa highway. The area is a notorious spot for accidents. According to eyewitnesses, the matatu belonging to Kinatwa company was heading towards Mombasa and was overtaking other vehicles before colliding with the truck. The bodies of the deceased, among them the driver’s, were taken to the Moi Referral Hospital-Voi mortuary pending an autopsy, police said. Police said the injured were taken to the same facility as police launch a probe on the incident. The impact…

A 25-year-old woman was found dead after a suspected murder in Ndori area, Siaya County. Police are also investigating to establish if the woman was sexually abused in the Saturday December 6 incident. Her body was found in a house in a supine position and there were signs of struggle. A suspect was arrested over the murder, police said. A kitchen knife and her clothes were found in the house. Elsewhere in Melelo, Narok County, a 55-year-old man was hacked to death in his house in an attack. Police identified him as Wilson Langat. He was attacked by the sons…

Police are investigating an incident where a man who had been reported missing was found dead in a forest in Kobujoi, Nandi County. The body of Daniel Kibet, 49 was found in the forest with his left wrist chopped off and with deep cuts on the head and left knee. He was rushed to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival. He had been reported missing on December 5. His body was discovered a day later, police said. Police said a suspect was arrested in connection with the incident. The motive is yet to be established. The…

Police are investigating the sudden death of the head of state broadcaster Kenya Broadcasting Corporation’s Mayienga Radio Festus Amimo. Amimo died suddenly in a room at a hotel near Central Police Station he was in on Saturday night in Nairobi. His body was taken to the City Mortuary Sunday dawn after the sudden death, officials said. The cause of the death is under probe. He is said to have collapsed and died in his room. Amimo was also the chair of the Luo Journalists Association. Amimo passed away in the early hours of Sunday, December 7, 2025, leaving behind a…

Twenty five people were killed in a fire at a popular nightclub in the coastal region of Goa, India, local officials say. The majority of victims are believed to be staff at the club in Arpora, North Goa, while tourists are also among the dead. Police believe a gas cylinder exploded in the club’s kitchen, causing a blaze to rip through the venue on Saturday at midnight local time. On Sunday morning, officials said the death toll had risen from an earlier figure of 23. Six more people are in a stable condition in hospital. The BBC has spoken to…

A woman was attacked and robbed of Sh450,000 after leaving a bank in Homa Bay Town. The money was meant to pay for services to be offered at a funeral event of the woman’s mother, police said. She had been to Equity Bank in the area and withdrew the cash before jumping onto a waiting car headed for her home in the Kogwe area on Friday evening. While waiting for her gate to be opened, four men who are believed to have trailed her from the bank struck. They blocked her way and bundled her out of the car to…

The US National Park Service (NPS) is removing Martin Luther King Jr Day and Juneteenth from its list of fee-free entrance days. The move is part of President Donald Trump’s “modernisation” of the park service, which, beginning in 2026, also includes changing the parks’ cost structure to favour American citizens over foreign visitors, following a July executive order from Trump. In addition to removing the two holidays that celebrate civil rights leader MLK Jr and the end of slavery in the US, the agency is adding Flag Day, which is also Trump’s birthday, as a “patriotic” fee-free day. People who…

Mohamed Salah says he feels like he has been “thrown under the bus” by Liverpool and that his relationship with head coach Arne Slot has broken down. Salah was an unused substitute in Saturday’s 3-3 draw at Leeds United – the third straight game the Egypt forward has started on the bench. After the game, the scorer of 250 goals in 420 Liverpool appearances said in an extraordinary interview with journalists: “I think it is very clear that someone wanted me to get all of the blame. “I said many times before that I had a good relationship with the…

A one-year-old boy was killed in a fire incident in Etago area, Kisii County. His brother aged four was rescued in the Friday December 5 incident. Police said the parents of the children had locked them therein and left to a local market for errands. The fire broke out burning down the house and the child. The cause of the fire was not immediately known, police said as they moved the remains to the mortuary for autopsy amid investigations. Elsewhere in Keroka, Nyamira County, police are investigating an incident where a man was fatally assaulted and his body dumped near…

At least 11 people have been killed in a mass shooting at a hostel in South Africa. Fourteen others were wounded when gunmen stormed the venue in Saulsville township, west of the capital Pretoria, early on Saturday. A three-year-old is among the dead. “At least three unknown gunmen entered this hostel where a group of people were drinking and they started randomly shooting,” police spokesperson Brigadier Athlenda Mathe said. The motive of the shooting is unknown and no arrests have been made. It is the latest in a string of mass shootings that have rocked the crime-ridden country in recent…