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US immigration agents have arrested famed Mexican boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr, 39, and plan to deport him to Mexico where he has “an active arrest warrant… for his involvement in organised crime”, US officials announced on Thursday. Less than a week before his arrest, the former middleweight world champion was defeated by influencer-turned-boxer Jake Paul at a match in California. US officials say he is affiliated with the notorious Mexican Sinaloa drug cartel. His lawyer denied the claims. “Under President Trump, no one is above the law – including world-famous athletes,” a spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security…

Former Deputy President of South Africa, David Dabede Mabuza died at the age of 64, state broadcaster SABC News announced on Thursday 3 July, 2025. The family was consulting with President Cyril Ramaphosa before making the official announcement, the broadcaster said. Mabuza, who was born on 20 August 1960 in Mpumalanga, passed away at a Johannesburg hospital after battling an undisclosed illness. He became the country’s Deputy President in February 2018 until March 2023 when he stepped down. He was also Deputy President of the African National Congress (ANC) from December 2017 to December 2022. Prior to his roles at…

Mask vendor Boniface Kariuki died from a head injury caused by a bullet, with at least four fragments discovered embedded in his brain, a postmortem on his body showed. Government pathologist Dr Peter Ndegwa made the revelations of the autopsy Thursday after conducting the exercise on the body of Kariuki at the Kenyatta National Hospital Funeral Home. “We concluded that he died due to a severe head injury. The brain was extensively damaged. We found four small bullet fragments, possibly rubber, lodged deep in the brain tissue,” said Dr Ndegwa. He said the fragments were likely missed during initial surgery…

Tanzania’s Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa has announced that he will not seek re-election in the forthcoming parliamentary elections, effectively preventing him from being re-appointed. Majaliwa had earlier said that he would defend his legislative seat for a fourth time in October before making the surprise announcement on Wednesday. The 64-year-old was appointed prime minister in 2015 and was seen as a possible successor of the late President John Magufuli after his death in 2021. He has continued to hold the position under President Samia Suluhu Hassan, who is seeking to retain the presidency under the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM).…

A group of mourners stormed and burnt down a section of a police station where teacher Albert Ojwang was briefly held before he was moved to Nairobi for further processing. Ojwang died at the Central police station in Nairobi after a brutal assault by police and civilians. He had been arrested from his rural home and held briefly at the Mawego police station. He was then moved to Nairobi where he died. This has caused a huge storm. On Thursday, an angry group that accompanied the body to the village ahead of the burial turned violent and set the station…

Isiolo County Assembly has a new Speaker who will double as the chairperson of the County Assembly Service Board. This is after the clerk of the assembly Salad Guracha gazetted Abdullahi Jaldesa Banticha as the new speaker. The clerk also circulated a memo at the county informing staff of the new board. This saw the exit of the controversial speaker Mohamed Roba in ongoing drama in an attempt to impeach Governor Abdi Guyo. Guyo and Roba had been close friends before they fell out. Roba led a group of Members of County Assembly in a campaign to impeach Guyo in…

Missing blogger Ndiang’ui Kinyagia was Thursday presented in court. He looked tensed and was sandwiched by his mother and lawyer Kibe Mungai as he waited for his case to start. His mother broke down in tears as she hugged him. He has been missing since June 21. Kinyagia entered the courtroom escorted by lawyers Kibe Mungai and senior counsel Martha Karua. Justice Chacha Mwita had on Tuesday directed the blogger be produced in court dead or alive. The family lawyer Wahome Thuku said early Thursday that Kinyagia had contacted the family late on Tuesday, saying he was safe. In the…

The newly appointed Commander of the Kenya Army Lt Gen David Keter officially assumed leadership from outgoing commander Lt Gen David Tarus during a Change of Guard ceremony held Thursday at Ngao Gardens, Headquarters Kenya Army in Nairobi. Lt Gen Keter takes over as the 24th Commander of the Kenya Army, having previously served as the Assistant Chief of Defence Forces in charge of Personnel and Logistics at the Defence Headquarters. Lt Gen Tarus, who has been redeployed to the National Defence University-Kenya (NDU-K) as the Vice Chancellor urged the service personnel present to extend their full support to the…

Missing blogger Ndiang’ui Kinyagia contacted his family from hiding to say he is alive and safe. His lawyer Wahome Thuku said he will produce him in court on Thursday. In the statement issued Thursday morning, the lawyer said Kinyagia reached out to a family member on Tuesday evening from an undisclosed location. He assured his loved ones that he was in good health and had gone into hiding for fear of his life after learning that officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) were looking for him over unspecified allegations. “Mr. Ndiangui indicated to the family member that he…

Armed gangs have tightened their grip on Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince, UN officials warned Wednesday, saying it is possible a “total collapse” of state presence in the city could occur. This comes as Kenya marked a year since its first batch of police landed in Haitian capital to help control gang violence. The first group arrived on June 25, 2024 amid celebrations from locals who saw them as hope to contain the surging gangs. And a year later, on June 24, 2025, Kenya’s new Consular General Noor Gabow arrived in Port-au-Prince ready for the task ahead. He was scheduled to present…

A man who had posed as a policeman and robbed a businessman of Sh999,000 after leaving a bank in Parklands area, Nairobi, was arrested in Eldoret Town. He was identified as Ezekiel Mutuku Muia, 39. He is a civilian who has been posing as a police officer while dressed in a police uniform. He was Wednesday, June 2 arrested from his hideout in Eldoret Town, and a reflective jacket, a police headdress with a white cover, and a car that was used in the mission were recovered. The car had an extra number plate that police believe was to help…

A man aged 18 was shot and killed in an attack by a gunman at a watering point in Bandasa, Marsabit Town. The victim identified as Dargicho Bagijo, 18 was shot three times in the head and chest by two known gunmen who escaped the scene. The motive of the attack and murder is yet to be known, police said of the July 2 incident. The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy. The police recovered three spent cartridges at the scene of the shooting and they are subjecting them to ballistic tests as part of the probe…

A 75-year-old American national collapsed and died in an apartment he was living with a partner in Nairobi’s Kilimani area. The deceased identified as Donald Stanley Tingle was on June 30 making coffee at their home when he suddenly complained of a sharp pain in his left thigh and immediately collapsed. He was rushed to Coptic hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police and the family said. The cause of the death is yet to be established amid probe and pending autopsy. In Pipeline area, Nairobi, one Dennis Muhuro Mutire, 30 died in his residential house. The cause of the…

US President Donald Trump has called for the chair of the Federal Reserve to quit “immediately”, in an escalation of his attacks on Jerome Powell. “‘Too Late’ should resign immediately!!!”, Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform. He also included a link to a news article about a US federal housing regulator calling for Mr Powell to be investigated over his testimony about renovations to the central bank’s Washington headquarters. Trump nominated Mr Powell to be the Fed chair during his his first term. Since then, he has repeatedly criticised him for not cutting interest rates but…

A judge denied bail to Sean “Diddy” Combs after a jury convicted the hip-hop mogul of transportation to engage in prostitution, but acquitted him of the most serious charges: racketeering and sex-trafficking. Lawyers for the recording artist had argued he posed no flight risk, pointing out his jet is being chartered in Hawaii. But Judge Arun Subramanian cited Combs’ history of violence as he ruled the rapper must remain behind bars until sentencing later this year when he faces up to 20 years in prison. In the nearly two-month federal trial in New York City, prosecutors accused Combs of using…