Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has stood firm behind his decision to run an anti-tariff advertisement in the US that featured Ronald Reagan and angered Donald Trump, saying “we have achieved our goal”. Ford added the TV spot had “one billion views”, and has garnered attention from as far as the UK and India. His comments on Monday come after President Trump suspended trade talks with Canada over the advert and said that he would hike tariffs on Canada 10% “over and above” current levies. Both Trump and Prime Minister Mark Carney are in Asia this week for the ASEAN summit,…

OpenAI has released new estimates of the number of ChatGPT users who exhibit possible signs of mental health emergencies, including mania, psychosis or suicidal thoughts. The company said that around 0.07% of ChatGPT users active in a given week exhibited such signs, adding that its artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot recognizes and responds to these sensitive conversations. While OpenAI maintains these cases are “extremely rare,” critics said even a small percentage may amount to hundreds of thousands of people, as ChatGPT recently reached 800 million weekly active users, per boss Sam Altman. As scrutiny mounts, the company said it built a…

Kenya confirmed that it is actively engaging the Russian Federation to secure the safe release and repatriation of Kenyan citizens caught up in the ongoing Russia–Ukraine conflict. Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs, Musalia Mudavadi said the government said it had been pursuing the matter for several months through diplomatic channels. According to a statement, officials from Kenya and Russia held a crucial meeting last month to discuss the plight of Kenyans detained in various military camps across the Russian Federation. The discussions centered on facilitating their movement to Kenya’s embassy in Moscow to ease…

Cameroon’s President Paul Biya, 92, was re-elected for an eighth term with 53.7 percent of the vote, according to official results announced by the Constitutional Council Monday. Rival candidate and former government minister Issa Tchiroma Bakary came second with 35.2 percent, the council said. Chiroma had claimed victory against the incumbent two days after the October 12 election, and called for demonstrations. Four people were killed on Sunday in clashes between security forces and supporters of the opposition in the economic capital Douala, according to the region’s governor. Security forces initially used tear gas before firing “live ammunition,” according to…

The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) named Oburu Oginga as its acting party leader following the passing of Raila Amolo Odinga. This marked the beginning of a new chapter for Kenya’s most influential opposition movement. In a statement read by Secretary General Edwin Sifuna after a meeting of the ODM Central Committee, the party paid glowing tribute to Raila Odinga, describing him as “a peacemaker and a bridge-builder par excellence” whose fingerprints were on every major milestone in Kenya’s democratic journey over the past four decades. “No one will be able to fill the massive shoes left by Raila, but together,…

A Navy helicopter and a fighter jet, both conducting routine operations from the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier, went down in the South China Sea about 30 minutes apart Sunday, the U.S. Pacific Fleet said in a statement. The U.S. Navy MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter went down at about 2:45 p.m. local time. All three crew members were safely recovered, the Navy said. “Following the incident, separately, at 3:15 p.m., an F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter assigned to the ‘Fighting Redcocks’ of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 22 also went down in the waters of the South China Sea while conducting routine operations…

Argentina’s President Javier Milei has led his party to a landslide victory in Sunday’s midterm elections, after defining the first two years of his presidency with radical spending cuts and free-market reforms. His party, La Libertad Avanza, won nearly 41% of the vote, taking 13 of 24 Senate seats and 64 of the 127 lower-house seats that were contested. His gains will make it easier for Milei to push ahead with his programme to slash state spending and deregulate the economy. President Donald Trump congratulated Milei on social media, saying: “He’s making us all look good.” Before the vote, Trump…

Six Iranian nationals accused of trafficking narcotic drugs valued at approximately Sh8 billion were presented in a court on Monday. The six, Jasem Darzadeh Nia, Nadeem Jadgal, Imran Baloch, Hassan Baloch, Rahim Baksh, and Imtiyaz Daryayi, were arraigned before the Shanzu Law Courts. The suspects were arrested on October 24, 2025 at Kilindini Port, following a multi-agency operation that led to the seizure of 769 packages of crystalline substances suspected to be synthetic narcotic drugs, weighing 1,035.986 kilograms. The operation followed intelligence shared by the Kenya Navy on a suspicious “dark vessel” operating in the Indian Ocean without proper identification.…

Direct flights between India and China resumed as relations between the countries appeared to be thawing. IndiGo flight 6E 1703 from Kolkata landed in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou on Monday, carrying about 180 passengers. Flights between the two countries were first suspended during the Covid pandemic in early 2020 and did not restart after a deadly clash in a disputed Himalayan border area escalated tensions. But the two countries have been steadily rebuilding relations, and last year they reached a landmark agreement on border patrols. The Indian government had said the resumption of direct flights would “facilitate people-to-people…

Kenya is keenly monitoring the worsening water scarcity and climate-induced conflicts both within its borders and across the wider Horn of Africa. The Principal Secretary for Internal Security and National Administration, Dr. Raymond Omollo, expressed concern that competition over water and grazing resources continues to heighten tensions in vulnerable regions, making water insecurity not only a development issue, but also a matter of peace and national stability that demands urgent and coordinated action. Speaking during the opening of the International Conference on Water, Peace and Security held at Ole Sereni, Nairobi, Dr. Omollo outlined key government interventions aimed at transforming…

A team of police from the elite Special Operations Group (SOG) stopped eight al Shabaab terrorists who were attempting to set up Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDS) at the Welmerer-Yumbia area in Garissa. The team swiftly responded to information reported by the local community that eight terrorists had been spotted attempting to set up IEDS on the road and stopped their mission Monday morning. Police said the officers engaged the terrorists and managed to recover assembled IEDS, which were to be used to attack road users on the Welmerer-Yumbis road. The explosives were dug out of holes they had been planted…

A meeting to resolve a dispute over the upkeep of a child turned tragic when the parties involved fought at a home in Kinanie, Athi River, Machakos County. Part of the drama was caught on camera and showed a man dangerously brandishing a pistol and pointing at a man in a car before he was pulled away. The dispute almost turned deadly when the father of the woman whose child is in dispute shot and missed the man (son-in-law) who had been summoned for talks on the upkeep, police and witnesses said. The gunman is a licensed civilian firearm holder.…

Gunmen shot and killed a man aged 18 in an attack in Aroo area, Turkana County. Police said the incident happened on Sunday evening amid rising tension in the area over persistent attacks by gunmen. The shooting happened Kalomwai sub location and left one Locheli Etabo dead. He was shot on the right side of his head as he fetched water at a watering point. The attackers escaped the scene without stealing anything from the deceased. The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and other procedures. The incident came as multi agency teams were deployed to the…

A woman was found dead with stab wounds after a domestic fight with her husband in the Likoni area, Mombasa County. Police said the body of Anne Kawira, 21 was found with deep cuts in the neck, chest and stomach and lying in a pool of blood after the fight on Sunday October 26, 2025 morning. Her husband was also found lying in a coma with stab wounds in the neck. He was rushed to the hospital in critical condition, police said. Neighbours told police the two had been quarreling overnight before they went physical stabbing each other. The body…

A 35-year-old woman killed her two young children before burying them in a shallow grave before she died by suicide in Todonyang area, Turkana County. Police said the incident happened in Nachukui area, on Sunday October 26, 2025. The woman identified as Hellen Akai strangled her two boys aged four and two before she buried them in a shallow grave. She later hanged herself in her house, police said. The motive of the incident was not immediately established. Police were informed of the incident hours later and arrived at the scene before removing the bodies to the mortuary. The team…