Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

At least 37 people have died and 30 left injured after two passenger buses collided in Bolivia, police said. The crash happened early on Saturday, about 5km (3 miles) from the south-western city of Uyuni. One of the drivers was receiving intensive care while the other was in a stable condition, police commander Wilson Flores said. Images published in Bolivian media showed a badly damaged coach with its bodywork ripped off and luggage scattered on the roadside. The buses collided on the route between Uyuni and Colchani in Bolivia’s Potosí department after a “lane invasion”, local media reported. One bus…

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer greeted President Volodymyr Zelenskiy with a warm embrace on Saturday after the Ukrainian leader flew to London for talks following his clash at the White House with U.S. President Donald Trump. In an extraordinary Oval Office meeting on Friday, Trump threatened to withdraw support for Ukraine, three years after Russia invaded its smaller neighbour. French President Emmanuel Macron spoke to Zelenskiy and Trump on Saturday and called for calm in an interview following Friday’s White House clash. In London, a crowd cheered as Zelenskiy arrived for talks with Starmer at his Downing Street office before…

The love life of South Africa’s Zulu king has the country agog – and has scandalised his socially conservative subjects as he messes with tradition by seeking a divorce. Polygamy is part of Zulu culture, but King Misuzulu kaZwelithini has taken the unusual step of going to court to divorce his first wife, Queen Ntokozo kaMayisela. “Everyone was puzzled. People were not expecting the king to go so far as to file for divorce,” Prof Gugu Mazibuko, a cultural expert at South Africa’s University of Johannesburg, told the BBC. “In Zulu culture, there is no divorce. You are not supposed…

An international organization has sought President William Ruto’s help to mobilise funds across the world for reinforcing global solidarity to end HIV, TB, and malaria. In a letter addressed to Prime Cabinet Secretary, and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs Musalia Mudavadi the Global Fund has requested Ruto to help them using his connections do fundraiser across the world for them. Executive Director Peter Sands asked Ruto to aid the organisation during its eighth replenishment noting that it comes at a crucial moment, when external funding for health is under severe threat. “With your commitment and the leadership President…

A senior officer at the Directorate of Criminal Investigations Tom Nyasinga Omani. He was the head of inspection department at the DCI before he was indisposed for almost two years. His family said Omani who was of the rank of Assistant Inspector General of police died on Friday February 28, 2025 at the Aga Khan Hospital where he had been admitted. He was still serving at the DCI at the time of his death. His colleagues mourned him as a dedicated and disciplined officer. He was passionate about reforms in the service and in particular at DCI forensic department he…

Kenya officially nominated lawyer Prof Phoebe Okowa for election as a judge to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), during the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly and Security Council in 2026. Kenya, through its Permanent Mission to the United Nations, communicated its decision in a diplomatic note addressed to the Permanent Mission of Djibouti to the U.N., dated February 27. “Kenya presents its compliments to the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Djibouti to the United Nations, in its capacity as Coordinator of the Eastern African Sub-region on Candidatures, and has the honour to inform of the…

It was a beehive of activities at Parklands’ Stima Plaza and parts of Ngara as Green Army personnel under the Green Nairobi initiative carried out a thorough fumigation, sanitation, and cleanup exercise. Armed with fumigation machines, water boozers, and cleanup equipment, the team descended on the area to ensure a cleaner and healthier environment for residents and workers. Public Health Chief Officer Tom Nyakaba, who oversaw the exercise, emphasized the importance of maintaining hygiene at Stima Plaza, confirming that crucial services like water and sewer lines had been fully connected. “It is our duty to ensure that people live and…

Pope Francis, who has been battling pneumonia for two weeks, has had an “isolated” breathing crisis in hospital, the Vatican has said. It led to an episode of vomiting and a “sudden worsening of his respiratory condition” on Friday following the coughing “bronchospasm”. The 88-year-old’s lungs had to be aspirated – cleared of the vomit – and he is now receiving gas through a face mask to help him breathe. Vatican sources say the Pope’s doctors need 24-48 hours to determine whether there has been any damage or set back to his condition. For now they are not giving any…

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has spoken to US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky after a meeting between the two leaders in Washington descended into a row about US support for Ukraine. Zelensky was welcomed to the White House by Trump, but the cordial talks ended in a shouting match in front of the media in the Oval Office as Trump told his Ukrainian counterpart to be more thankful for US aid and accused him of “gambling with World War Three”. A statement from No 10 on Friday night confirmed the prime minister had spoken with the…

The $1 billion Dongo Kundu and Naivasha Special Economic Zones development lease agreement will accelerate Kenya’s industrial growth, President William Ruto has said. He said the agreement will not only position Kenya as a manufacturing hub, but also create over 40,000 jobs in Dongo Kundu and 100,000 jobs in Naivasha. He was speaking in Mombasa on Friday February 28 during the signing of lease agreements between the Kenya Ports Authority, the Special Economic Zones Authority, and Afreximbank for the development of Dongo Kundu and Naivasha special economic zones “This agreement fuels industrialisation, manufacturing, and agro-processing, reinforcing Kenya’s position as a…

Kenyan emergency teams continue to combat wildfires across multiple protected areas, with new developments underscoring both progress and persistent challenges. The latest was at the Nairobi National Park where two fires erupted on Thursday, Kenya Wildlife Service said. The first one was near Wilson Airport along the Southern Bypass , which was swiftly contained through collaboration between the KWS and Nairobi County Government. A second blaze in the Athi Basin Dam area, reported at Friday 4:00 PM and remains under active containment. KWS, Kenya Defence Forces (KDF), volunteers, fire engines, and water bowsers rushed to the site on February 28…

These were already turbulent times in Romania. But as people here navigate the late winter ice and slush on Bucharest’s elegant streets, the abrupt departure of the Tate brothers by private jet has left a fresh trail of confusion and unanswered questions in its wake. A country grappling with a cancelled presidential election, its future in Europe, its support for neighbouring Ukraine, widespread corruption, and collapsing faith in public institutions, is now left pondering why two controversial foreigners, facing a raft of complex but serious criminal charges, have been treated with such apparent lenience; their confiscated assets and their passports…

Microsoft on Friday announced it was retiring Skype, the online voice and video call pioneer that the tech titan acquired in 2011. “Starting in May 2025, Skype will no longer be available,” said a post from Skype support on X, directing users to sign into Microsoft’s Teams platform for further use of its services. Skype was founded in 2003 by Scandinavians Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis in Estonia, revolutionizing internet communication by offering free voice calls between computers and affordable rates for calls to landlines and mobile phones. Over the years, and as internet speeds improved, Skype evolved to include…

A dishwasher-sized NASA satellite was launched into space from Florida on Wednesday to identify where water – a precious resource for lunar missions – resides on the moon’s surface in places such as the permanently shadowed craters at its poles. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, carrying NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer orbiter. The Lunar Trailblazer spacecraft was built by Lockheed Martin’s space division. The satellite was a secondary payload onboard the rocket, with the primary payload being a lunar lander mission led by Intuitive Machines. The lunar surface is often thought of as arid, but previous measurements have found the presence…

Democratic Republic of Congo’s government and Rwandan-backed M23 rebels traded blame on Friday for several explosions at a rally in the rebel-held eastern city of Bukavu that killed 13 people and wounded scores of others the previous day. The finger-pointing over the deadly incident has further inflamed tensions in eastern Congo – a political and ethnic tinder box – where a rebel advance this year has drawn in neighbouring armies, raising fears of a regional war. Congo’s army said Rwandan troops, who it accuses of supporting the rebels, fired rockets and grenades into a crowd gathered in Bukavu’s central square for a…