LAGOS DECEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kenyan President William Ruto has promised to stop abductions of government critics, in an apparent change of stance for a leader who has previously called the wave of disappearances “fake news.” Ruto, his government officials and police have maintained for months that there were no abductions. Ruto has also demanded names of…
LAGOS DECEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The mysterious detention of Uganda’s opposition leader Kizza Besigye while on a visit to Kenya nearly two weeks ago has sparked widespread condemnation and fears of a clandestine exchange of intelligence between the two neighbours. Besigye’s allies and wife have come out to reveal harrowing details of how the opposition chief was…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Ugandan Olympian was in intensive care in Kenya on Tuesday suffering 80 percent burns after being doused with petrol and set on fire allegedly by her partner, the latest horrific incident of gender-based violence in the East African country. Long-distance runner Rebecca Cheptegei was assaulted after her Kenyan boyfriend Dickson Ndiema…
LAGOS JULY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Dozens of journalists joined marches in Kenya on Wednesday in protest at what they see as heavy-handed government tactics to stifle media freedoms, including police attacks on journalists during the demonstrations that have rocked the country for the past five weeks. The journalists — many wearing white — held placards reading…
LAGOS JUNE 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kenyan activists on Friday circulated calls for fresh protests, strikes and sit-ins demanding President William Ruto quit, after nationwide demonstrations forced him to U-turn on proposed tax hikes. Ruto withdrew the contested finance bill on Wednesday and said he would listen to young people, a day after parliament was briefly stormed and…
LAGOS DECEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Chinese government has shared a statement about missing report of four Kenyan fishermen after their board Captized in Indian Ocean. According to the latest news report by a reliable news source through Facebook social media platform, the four Kenyans have been found safe and healthy. Chinese government has issued a report on…
LAGOS JUNE 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The dismembered bodies of a Kenyan socialite, Rachael Kanini “Kaniss” and her Nigerian boyfriend were discovered in a thicket in Kamulu community, Machakos County in Kenya. Human rights activist, Jackson Njeru, who confirmed the incident said Rachael and her man identified simply as Omodollar, were kidnapped by unknown assailants on Sunday, June…
LAGOS JUNE 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A woman allegedly killed her two children and stabbed her husband after he returned home at midnight before attempting to take her own life in Rongai, Kajiado County, Kenya. Christine Karimi, who was admitted at the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), in critical condition, is accused of stabbing her husband, Rodgers Andere after…