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Some songs are created in a day. Others take years to find their moment. For Kenyan lyricist Ken Koast, Baridi Kali belongs to the latter. The heartfelt Hip-Hop love ballad arrives with a story nearly two decades in the making, combining nostalgic production, honest songwriting, and a seamless collaboration between artists from Kenya's Coast and Nairobi. Inspired by both the biting chill of Kenya's July cold season and the emotional […]

By Brighton Okoth The campaign for the July 16, 2026 Ol Kalou parliamentary by-election has intensified, with allegations of voter inducement, large-scale distribution of household items and heightened political activity dominating the contest in Nyandarua County.The by-election, triggered by the death of former area MP David Njuguna Kiaraho on March 29, 2026, has attracted national political attention as the ruling United Democratic Alliance (UDA) and the Democracy for Citizens Party […]

The 650,000-barrel-per-day Dangote Petroleum Refinery in Lagos, Nigeria, is the world's single-train facility. The Nigerian mogul has confirmed that Africa's second largest refinery will be built in Lamu,Kenya with groundwork expected to kick off before the year 2026 ends. By July 2026, the story of Aliko Dangote's next mega-project had stopped being a rumour and started being a construction site. On Lamu Island, soil testing crews and environmental assessors are […]

By Ronny Choge | 6th July 2026 Across South Africa, a wave of anti-immigrant vigilantism — often described as "black-on-black xenophobia" or Afrophobia — has moved from scattered community anger into an organized, politically consequential force. Groups like Operation Dudula and the #PutSouthAfricaFirst movement didn't emerge overnight; they grew steadily by tapping into years of unaddressed economic pain, and they now shape mainstream political conversation rather than sitting on its […]

By Ronny Choge | June 18, 2026 A Seat at the World's Most Exclusive Table In a small Alpine town on the French shores of Lake Geneva, Kenya made history this week. The 52nd G7 Leaders' Summit was held from June 15 to 17, 2026, in Évian-les-Bains, Haute-Savoie, France — and President William Ruto was in the room. State House confirmed that President Ruto received a personal invitation from French […]