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Rosemary Ndlovu: SA Woman Serving 6 life sentences over life insurance-related murders Gets Additional 10 Years for Plotting to Kill Accomplice's Husband

Ndlovu and co-accused Nomsa Mudau allegedly recruited men to kill Mudau's husband in 2018 to claim insurance benefits

South Africa · Oct 15, 2026

By Susan Mwenesi

Breaking Health

Pope Leo XIV Diagnosed With Lung Cancer After Surgery, Vatican Confirms

The 71-year-old pontiff spent roughly three hours in the operating room, with doctors suspecting the diagnosis even before the surgery began

Italy · Oct 14, 2026

By Susan Mwenesi

Breaking Business

Elon Musk and Shivon Zilis Reportedly Split After 4 Children Together

The pair welcomed four children together in five years through in vitro fertilisation

Kenya · Oct 3, 2026

By Susan Mwenesi

Breaking People

FlyDubai 'Jihadist' Attack: Kenyan Flight Attendants Heard Trying to Save Pilot Stabbed Mid-Flight

Kenyan flight attendants were among the cabin crew on board and could be heard speaking Swahili as they attended to the injured pilot

Kenya · Oct 2, 2026

By Susan Mwenesi

Breaking People

Wicknell Chivayo: Life and Times of Fallen Zimbabwean Controversial Billionaire, Bossom Friend of African Presidents

<ul> <li>Wicknell Chivayo, a 42-year-old Zimbabwean businessman with access to some of Africa's most powerful presidents, died in a plane crash</li> </ul>

Zimbabwe · Oct 2, 2026

By Susan Mwenesi

People

Fly Dubai Security Breach: Israeli Passenger Stops Pilot Who Stabbed Colleague, Tried to Crash Dubai Flight

A pilot on a Dubai-to-Israel flight allegedly stabbed the other pilot and attempted to bring down the plane with passengers on board

Middle East · Oct 1, 2026

By Susan Mwenesi

People

Trans Nzoia: Panic as Woman Who Wanted Break from Husband Goes Missing for 3 Weeks

Her family fears she may have been abducted, though police have not confirmed that possibility and no ransom demand has been received

Kenya · Sep 29, 2026

By Susan Mwenesi

People

Bungoma Student Builds Underground House to Study After School Fees Run Out

The structure, dug into red earth, includes a sitting room and a tunnel, where Emmanuel and his peers gather to discuss academic topics after school

Kenya · Sep 28, 2026

By Susan Mwenesi

Breaking People

Video: Kenyan woman, son back in Kenya after Mistreatment by Baby Daddy in Nigeria

A viral Facebook video captured the emotional moment a Kenyan woman and her son were welcomed home after suffering in Nigeria

Kenya · Sep 24, 2026

By Susan Mwenesi

Breaking People

US-Based Ghanaian Lecturer Kofi Akamani Shot Dead, Wife Arrested in Illinois

Authorities arrested his 35-year-old wife, Betty Akamani, in connection with the incident and charged her over her alleged involvement

Ghana · Sep 24, 2026

By Susan Mwenesi

People

Video: Kenya's Top 5 Coldest Places That Will Surprise You, From Eldoret to Mount Kenya

A viral Touramic travel video is challenging the widespread belief that Kenya is a warm, sun-soaked country all year round

Kenya · Sep 24, 2026

By Susan Mwenesi

Entertainment

Actor Chris Salvatore, 31, Moved Elderly Neighbour Norma Cook, 89, Into His Home in Final Days

Chris Salvatore and his 89-year-old neighbour Norma Cook struck up an unlikely friendship after he knocked on her door for the first time in West Hollywood

Kenya · Sep 24, 2026

By Susan Mwenesi