Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

A 42-year-old man is facing charges of terrorism and assault with intent to murder after 11 shoppers were stabbed at a Walmart supermarket in the US state of Michigan. An assailant used a folding knife to stab five men and six women, including a Walmart employee, on Saturday afternoon in Traverse City. The victims, ranging in age from 21 to 84, are all expected to survive. The suspect, Bradford James Gille, is due to be arraigned on Monday or Tuesday. Investigators said the stabbings were random and they are yet to reveal a motive, but they said a terrorism charge…

The United States and European Union reached a trade deal framework, ending a months-long standoff between two of the world’s biggest economic partners. After make-or-break negotiations between President Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen in Scotland, the pair agreed a US tariff on all EU goods of 15%. That is half the 30% import tax rate Trump had threatened to implement starting on Friday. He said the 27-member bloc would open its markets to US exporters with zero per cent tariffs on certain products. Von der Leyen also hailed the deal, saying it would bring stability…

An Illinois landlord convicted of murdering his six-year-old Palestinian-American tenant in a violent hate crime has died in custody. Joseph Czuba was sentenced to 53 years behind bars in May for the murder of Wadea al-Fayoume as well as the severe wounding and attempted murder of his mother Hanaan Shaheen in 2023. Police say the landlord targeted the pair for their Islamic faith shortly after the start of the Israel-Gaza war. He died at the Illinois Department of Corrections on Thursday, according to the Will County Sheriff’s Office. Czuba had served less than three months of his decades-long sentence when…

President William Ruto is set to depart for Addis Ababa to represent Kenya at the Second United Nations Food Systems Summit Stocktake. The summit brings together global leaders to review progress and chart new pathways for transforming food systems to support sustainable development and build climate resilience. During the summit, President Ruto will deliver Kenya’s national statement, reaffirming the country’s commitment to reshaping food systems in a way that supports both environmental sustainability and economic growth. In addition to participating in high-level thematic sessions, the Head of State is expected to hold a series of bilateral talks with key leaders,…

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Sunday said they arrested a 57-year-old Thai national after he allegedly tried to smuggle 41.7 kilograms of cannabis sativa through the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA). Wong Hiu Fung reportedly landed at JKIA from Bangkok, Thailand, and after being cleared by immigration officers, he collected his two suitcases and made his way to the customs screening zone. “Just as officers began inspecting his luggage, he pulled a ‘fake phone call’ trick and vanished into thin air, leaving his suspiciously bulky bags behind,” DCI said. “Inside the abandoned luggage, Anti-Narcotics Unit detectives…

A police officer lost two teeth after being hit by flying stones in a clash with drug mules at a den in Luanda Town, Vihiga County. Another cop was hit and injured in the head and back by the flying stones in the Saturday July 26 drama. They were treated and discharged from a local hospital. The officers were in a group of five others when they raided a well-known drugs den in the area. The mules operating in the area raised an alarm alerting locals, some of whom joined in throwing stones and objects at the team while opposing…

A British national was Saturday found dead in his apartment in Diani, Kwale County. The cause of the death of one Stephen Geoffrey Farrington, 64 is yet to be known. His body was found in his rented rom on Saturday afternoon after he had failed to wake up as usual. The caretaker of the apartment said he went to check on the victim and found the door locked from inside. He and other neighbours broke into the house where they found the body of the man lying on the floor. The police were alerted and moved the body to the…

A suspect is on the run after police raided his house and recovered a G3 rifle loaded with 18 bullets in Maili Saba area, Trans Nzoia County. The raid on Saturday July 26 followed a tip-off that the worker at a farm illegally owned the weapon. The weapon was later found to belong to the Kenya Police. The team of police raided a home in Kwajirongo village, and recovered the weapon hidden between two unmounted flat doors in an unused hen coop. The worker escaped the scene as police approached. It is not clear how the man came to own…

Missing activist Mwabili Mwagodi, who was abducted in Tanzania, was Sunday found alive near the Kenya-Tanzania border. He was handed over to the Kenyan authorities at the border. Mwabili confirmed that three Kenyan police officers were involved in an exchange with Tanzanian authorities at the Lunga Lunga border. The officers then dumped him at Kinondo area near Diani in Kwale county. “They confiscated my three phones, one laptop, belt, passport, yellow fever vaccination book and Tanzanian work permit,” Mwabili said. Witnesses said police officers had tried to detain the outspoken activist at the Diani Police Station after his release, but…

At least 11 people were injured in a stabbing at a Walmart supermarket in Michigan, authorities say. One suspect was in custody following the incident in Traverse City, authorities confirmed. A nearby hospital said it was treating 11 victims. “As a result, our Emergency Department is currently experiencing a higher-than-usual volume of patients,” Munson Medical Centre said on social media. Local media reports said three people were undergoing surgery. Footage posted online shows multiple police and ambulance units in the carpark of the Walmart. Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s Office confirmed it was investigating “a multiple stabbing incident at the Wal-Mart…

Donald Trump said on Saturday that he had called the leaders of Cambodia and Thailand, pressing them for an immediate ceasefire following border clashes. At the beginning of a private visit to his Scottish golf courses, the US president wrote on Truth Social that both nations “have agreed to immediately meet and quickly work out a Ceasefire and, ultimately, PEACE!” Both countries thanked him for his concern and efforts. Cambodia has accepted his request for a ceasefire, while Thailand stressed the need for a dialogue between the two countries. After the US president’s calls, however, shelling continued along the border…

Greece is battling five major wildfires across the country, with officials evacuating residents in a hard-hit region just 30km (18.6 miles) north of Athens. The smell of burning wood carried as far as central Athens, as Greece requested European Union assistance to fight the spreading blaze. The ongoing emergency comes amid a severe heatwave. Temperatures are forecast to reach up to 44C on Sunday, with the extreme heat expected to persist through most of the weekend. “We have injured firefighters, human lives were put at risk, properties have been burned, and forest areas have been destroyed,” Greece’s Climate Crisis and…

Tanzania will hold general elections on October 29, 2025, the country’s electoral body said Saturday, even though the main opposition has been disqualified and its leader jailed. The East African nation will go to the polls to elect its president, parliament and ward councillors, with candidates to be nominated between August 9 and 27. “We call upon all election stakeholders to participate in the election and adhere to the laws and regulations,” the Independent National Electoral Commission chairman Jacobs Mwambegele told a meeting of political figures in the capital Dodoma. The country has 37.65 million registered voters, he said. Elections…

The Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration Kipchumba Murkomen Saturday said the government will establish seven new police stations in Tiaty in Baringo County. He set a December deadline for the establishment of four of them. The CS, while speaking in Kabarnet before leading the Jukwaa la Usalama town hall meeting in the town, decried the low government presence in Tiaty. He said they are determined to address the menace. “Silale Ward, for example, has one secondary school and no police station. We need government presence where there’s a problem. We will have a station there,” he said. Tiaty…

The Nairobi City County Government has served its 50,000,000th meal under the flagship “Dishi na County” school feeding program. This, according to governor Johnson Sakaja marks a monumental milestone that underscores the administration’s commitment to child nutrition and access to education. Since its launch two years ago, the program has transformed public schooling in Nairobi, currently feeding over 316,000 learners across more than 230 public primary schools daily. Sakaja on Wednesday July 23 hailed the program as one of the most impactful social interventions by his administration. “When we launched Dishi na County, one in every four children in Nairobi…