The Brief can confidently relay a number of highlights from Kenya's 2019 budget, delivered today, by Henry Rotich, Treasury's cabinet secretary. Top on the highlights is the government's intention to...

NAIROBI: Jane Marriott, 43, has been appointed British High Commissioner to Kenya to succeed Nic Hailey and will take over in September. In a press statement, the UK High Commission said...

Eight incoming envoys on Wednesday, June 12, presented their credentials to President Uhuru Kenyatta at State House, Nairobi. They are ambassadors Alex Chua (Philippines), Jesús Agustín Manzanilla Puppo (Venezuela), Fionnuala...

MALABO African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina on Wednesday said the continent remains weak as long as it remains apart and divided. This is as African leaders underscored the urgent...

The Kenyan literature scene, one of the most outstanding in the continent, continues to reminisce the souls of those who physically made an exit, but whose works remain relevant to...

The World Health Organization has confirmed an Ebola virus outbreak case in Uganda. WHO said this is the first confirmed case in the country during the Ebola outbreak on-going in...

The first inaugural Kenya Airways direct flights to Geneva, Switzerland, and Rome, Italy, take off on Wednesday, June 12. “These flights will be operated four times a week, twice a...

Spain today lauded President Uhuru Kenyatta over his ongoing crackdown on corruption and economic crimes. Visiting Spain's Minister for Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation Joseph Borell said the fight...

Botswana's High Court on Tuesday decriminalised homosexuality in the country. “Judge Michael Elburu "set aside" the "provisions of a Victorian-era" and ordered the laws be amended,” AFP reported. Homosexuality was...

The knife-wielding man who was shot on Monday as he tried to access State House had sent threats on his Facebook page. Brian Bera, 25, and a mechanical engineering student...