Obama’s grandmother to cook for Obama when he visits Kenya
President Barack Obama’s Kenyan grandmother, known as Mama Sarah, vowed Friday to cook a traditional meal for her grandson when he visits the East African nation, the birthplace of his father, later this month. “With regards to what food I will prepare for Barack on his visit, I will prepare all the traditional food available,” […]
Kenya Women Who Butcher Young Girls’ Genitals With A Razor Blade
Standing barefoot with a viciously sharp blade in her hand this is a cutter woman who performs female genital mutilation (FGM) on young girls as part of a misguided belief it prevents promiscuity and maintains family status in the traditional community. Half-blind and with just a couple of teeth left in her mouth, Anna-Moora Ndege […]
Lupita Nyong’o returns home to Kenya and explains what took her so long
Oscar Award winner Lupita Amondi Nyong’o on Tuesday cleared the air on her long stay from Kenya, a year after bagging the prestigious price, explaining that her schedule has been busy. The question on whether she has been avoiding her homeland after becoming a Hollywood superstar was the elephant in the room during a press […]
Uganda’s Eddy Kenzo wins BET ‘Best New International Artist’ award
Uganda’s dancehall artist Edrisa Musuuza, known professionally by his stage name as Eddy Kenzo clinched the ‘Viewer’s Choice Best New International Artist’ gong at the 2015 BET Awards held at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles. Kenzo became the first Ugandan artiste to ever win a Black Entertainment Television (BET) Award on Sunday evening. The […]
Nigeria’s New President introduces benefits for poor Nigerians
The Buhari Administration has declared that there are ongoing plans to implement one of its striking campaign promises that it will pay N5000 each to the poorest Nigerians across the country. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo who gave the hint noted that government is “currently evaluating the best ways to collapse existing cash transfer and social […]
An African Player that stayed true to his roots
An African player that stayed true to his roots.Awer Mabil has come a long way – in all senses of the word.Born 19 years ago in the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya, the young footballer now calls Australia his second home and has represented the Young Socceroos at U-20 level. But he has stayed true […]
Poll Suggests Kenya As Having Ugliest Women In Africa
A dubious poll performed in South Africa established the most beautiful people in Africa and listed them in order. The result was that Kenyans fell at the butt end of that list. The real question is, how many people actually believe this nonsense? Three years ago, stories went up online about a list titled ‘Annual […]
African Female musicians release a song called Strong Girl
Nine female musicians from seven African countries have come together on a new song calling for women and girls to be central to the fight against poverty. In a shift from previous anti-poverty music campaigns that have been criticised for ignoring African musicians and misrepresenting the continent, the video from the One campaign features an […]
The 10 Most Powerful Men In Africa 2015
While 2014 was a extremely challenging year for the continent with some unprecedented lows; the seemingly unrelenting Ebola outbreak in the Western African countries of Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone; the horrific Hoko Haram kidnapping of nearly 300 school girls in the middle of the night in Nigeria; growing political unrest and strife in South […]
Pastor bans women from wearing pants to church
A pastor in Kenya is making headlines for recently banning his female congregants from wearing underwear to church, telling them to avoid wearing the garments in order to be closer to God. The pastor, described only as the Rev. Njohi, reportedly asked his female congregants at the Lord’s Propeller Redemption church in Dandora to arrive […]
