16+ hour, 10+ min ago   (561+ words) Somali National Army commandos from the Danab forces, particularly the 161st Unit of the 16th Brigade, conducted a planned operation in Yaaq-Doomaar on August 23, 2026. [Courtesy]. The recent detention of hundreds of Somali soldiers in Ethiopia's Jigjiga has raised questions about their possible…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (199+ words) Hundreds of residents in villages on the outskirts of Magadi town are grappling with acute water shortages as a prolonged dry spell leaves the rangelands bare and water sources drying up. The closure of Tata Chemicals Magadi a month ago…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (636+ words) I learned that Amboseli's elephants were dying, as most Kenyans did, from a report, and it shook me. I serve as an honorary warden of the Kenya Wildlife Service, and that duty teaches you to read a country by what…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (35+ words) standardmedia.co.ke The United Opposition has in recent weeks intensified consultations behind closed doors as they look for the best formula to unseat President William Ruto....

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (485+ words) North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's daughter and apparent successor is believed to have a younger sibling, South Korea's spy agency said on Thursday, offering a more detailed view of the ruling family's line of succession. Seoul's spy agency has…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (136+ words) standardmedia.co.ke Linda Mwananchi faces disruption threat ahead of Nairobi rally Linda Mwananchi brigade led by Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna, Embakasi East MP Babu Owino and former Meru Governor Kawira Mwangaza in Meru County. [Kibata Kihu Standard] The Edwin…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (167+ words) standardmedia.co.ke Maraga Report: It was a mistake for military to control police choppers It was wrong to put the Police Air Wing under the management of the National Air Support Department (NASD), which lacks the capacity to maintain…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (81+ words) standardmedia.co.ke Ruto faces fuel price dilemma as oil crosses $110 per barrel over Iran-US war An attendant fuels a vehicle at a petrol station in Nairobi. [File, Standard] President William Ruto's administration faces a fresh economic headache after global…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (225+ words) More than half a dozen Arab and Muslim countries, including Saudi Arabia and Turkey, on Wednesday welcomed UK-led sanctions targeting Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, urging other countries to take similar steps. The foreign ministers of eight countries…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (334+ words) The death toll from a measles outbreak in Bangladesh has topped 1,000 children since March, health officials said Wednesday, admitting failures in a vaccination drive that could have saved lives. The South Asian nation of 170 million has recorded 1,002 deaths and 187,484 infections…...