TikTok released its Quarter 1 Community Guidelines Enforcement report for 2025, with insights that show the company’s ongoing commitment to maintaining a safe and trustworthy platform for all. Between January and March 2025, more than 450,000 videos were removed from the platform in Kenya, for violating the platform Community Guidelines. Notably, 92.1% of these were removed before they were viewed and 94.3% removed within 24 hours of being posted. Additionally, just over 43,000 accounts in Kenya were banned during the same period for violating Community Guidelines. By integrating advanced automated moderation technologies with the expertise of thousands of trust and…
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The US will require citizens from Malawi and Zambia to pay a $15,000 (£11,300) deposit for a tourist or business visa, according to the US state department. The 12-month pilot programme aims to curb visa overstays “or where screening and vetting information is considered deficient”, according to a notice published by the state department. Officials say that citizens of countries other than Malawi and Zambia may soon also need to pay a similar deposit, which will be returned at the end of their visit to the US. The US administration has taken several steps to further President Donald Trump’s agenda…
Ghanaian authorities have taken possession of a luxury car allegedly linked to proceeds of crime from popular musician Charles Nii Armah, better known as Shatta Wale, following a request from the US. The 2019 Lamborghini Urus is allegedly tied to the criminal enterprise of Ghanaian Nana Kwabena Amuah, who is serving a seven-year jail term in the US for fraud. Wale denies knowledge or connection with the jailed Ghanaian, saying he is a “third-party owner” of the car. “I don’t know who shipped [it] to the country,” he said. Shatta Wale is one of Ghana’s best-known stars and collaborated with…
Nigeria’s customs agency says it has seized over 1,600 birds bound for Kuwait, in what it described as the country’s “largest” wildlife-trafficking bust. Ring-necked parrots and green- and yellow-fronted canaries were intercepted at Lagos International Airport, by Nigeria’s Customs Service (NCS) on 31 July, the agency said in a statement on Tuesday. It is the “largest” seizure by number, NCS spokesperson Abdullahi Maiwada told the BBC, in a country where wildlife trafficking is frequent. Nigeria’s porous borders, widespread corruption and weak enforcement have made it a key transit hub for ivory, pangolin scales and other wildlife products. The NCS said…
Police officers from the Central Police Station in Nairobi arrested a key suspect linked to a notorious phone theft syndicate operating within Nairobi’s Central Business District and its surrounding areas. The suspect identified as Victor Kimani was nabbed in the CBD while tampering with the IMEI numbers of stolen phones in an attempt to conceal their identity. Following a brief interrogation, he led detectives to Intermark Business Centre, where two of his alleged accomplices, Marvine Wangundo and Jeremiah Njoroge, were also apprehended. A subsequent search of the premises yielded a haul of stolen electronics, including 36 Samsung phones, 23 Vivo…
Two Chinese nationals were arrested and charged with illegally shipping millions of dollars’ worth of powerful AI chips to China, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) said on Tuesday. The DOJ alleged that over the last three years ALX Solutions, a company it said was run by Chuan Geng and Shiwei Yang, exported the chips from the US to China without the required licences. Court documents seen by the BBC allege the shipments included Nvidia’s H100 graphics processing units (GPUs), which have become a key focus of US export controls aimed at stopping China purchasing the cutting-edge technology. The case…
President Donald Trump’s trusted foreign envoy Steve Witkoff met with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, after the Kremlin requested that Witkoff visit in a last-ditch effort to avoid the punishing new sanctions Trump has threatened to impose this week, people familiar with the matter said. Witkoff landed in Moscow on Wednesday morning and was greeted at the airport by Russia’s investment envoy Kirill Dmitriev, Reuters reported. Video later posted by the Kremlin showed him shaking hands with Putin ahead of their meeting. The meeting ended after about three hours, Russian state media TASS reported, citing the Russian presidential press…
WrestleMania will be part of ESPN’s new direct-to-consumer streaming service starting in 2026 thanks to an agreement between World Wrestling Entertainment and ESPN. The deal, announced Wednesday, includes two-night events such as WrestleMania and SummerSlam, plus other WWE premium live events including Royal Rumble, Survivor Series and Money in the Bank. WWE will produce the events for ESPN platforms, which will serve as their exclusive U.S. domestic home. “WWE has an immense, devoted and passionate fan base that we’re excited to super-serve on our new ESPN DTC platform,” ESPN chairman Jimmy Pitaro said. “This agreement, which features the most significant…
Uber reported second-quarter results on Wednesday that beat on revenue and announced the authorization of a $20 billion stock buyback. Here’s how the company did versus analysts’ estimates compiled by LSEG: Uber’s revenue increased 18% from $10.7 billion a year earlier. For the quarter ending June 30, net income rose to $1.36 billion, or 63 cents per share, from $1.02 billion, or 47 cents per share, a year ago. Gross bookings rose 17% to $46.8 billion, and the company reported adjusted earnings of $2.12 billion. “At this point, we’re not seeing weakness in the consumer,” CEO Dara Khosrowshahi told CNBC’s…
Kericho, August 6, 2025 — Political tensions in Kericho have escalated once again after Sigowet Ward MCA, Hon. Kiproitch Rogony, formally filed a fresh motion seeking the impeachment of Governor Dr. Erick Mutai. In a letter addressed to the Clerk of the County Assembly and officially received today, the MCA submitted a proposed motion, accompanying evidence, and a list of MCAs in support of the governor’s removal. The motion is expected to be tabled in the coming days, having met the procedural threshold under Standing Order No. 70. “Kindly find attached the proposed motion for the removal by impeachment of…
At least eight police officers were injured in an explosion that hit their mine residence vehicle along Banabs-Yumbis Road in Hagadera, Garissa County. The group was traveling in a police Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle in the area on Tuesday August 5 at 2pm when the vehicle ran over an Improvised Explosive Device, police said. This was after the team from Boarder Patrol Unit had been ambushes and engaged in a shootout by gunmen believe to be members of al Shabaab militia. A second Land Cruiser with more personnel came to the rescue of the colleagues who had been trapped…
Former Garissa University College Principal Prof. Francis Jackim Mulaa was Tuesday arraigned at the Milimani Law Courts on charges of abuse of office. Appearing before magistrate Isabellah Barasa at the Milimani Anti-Corruption Court, Prof. Mulaa faced charges of abuse of office contrary to section 46 as read with section 48(1) of the Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act. He pleaded not guilty to the charges and was released on a bond of Sh500,000, with an alternative option for cash bail set at Sh50,000. The case is scheduled for a virtual pre-trial mention on August 19, 2025. This follows a probe that…
Former US President Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary are among a range of high-profile names to receive subpoenas from a congressional committee to testify about deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Republican James Comer, chairman of the House Oversight Committee, issued the subpoenas on Tuesday to the Clintons, as well as eight other individuals. The committee is looking for more information about Epstein’s history, after President Donald Trump’s administration decided against releasing more federal files on the late financier. That decision sparked outrage among Trump’s supporters and some liberals, as many believe the files include a “client list” of famous…
A man suspected in the targeted killing of four family members and leaving their baby abandoned in front of a stranger’s home has been arrested in rural Tennessee. The weeklong manhunt for Austin Robert Drummond ended after local authorities instituted an early morning shelter-in-place for residents near Jackson after he was sighted there. Residents were warned to lock doors and windows as police searched for him. Police accuse Drummond, 28, of killing the baby’s parents, grandmother and teenaged uncle before abandoning the infant in front of stranger’s house. The arrest “marks an important step in restoring safety to our community,”…
A Senator in the Congress has proposed to review Kenya’s non-North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) status, barely months after Kenya became the first sub-Saharan African country to receive the prestigious designation. Kenya secured the status during President William Ruto’s State visit to the USA in May 2024. The designation, which was granted on June 24, 2024, cemented Kenya as a key US partner in Africa and deepened bilateral ties in defence, security and economic areas. The non-NATO status is now in jeopardy after US Senator James Risch proposed an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026,…