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Sukyan Omar Appointed Acting Chief Kadhi After Sheikh Abdul-Halim’s Death

Kenya’s Judiciary has turned to a familiar face to lead its Kadhis’ courts after the sudden loss of its head. Sukyan Omar Hassan, a Senior Principal K...

1 year ago · By Frank Kiforo

Kenya

Stephen Munyakho released from Saudi to arrive tonight after 13 year conviction

NAIROBI — Stephen Munyakho, a Kenyan man once sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia, is set to arrive at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport tonight at 1...

1 year ago · By Nixon Ngari

Kenya

Stephen Munyakho released after 13 years in Saudi on death row charges

Stephen Munyakho alias Stevo, a Kenyan national who spent 13 years on death row in Saudi Arabia, has been released following a pardon granted earlier...

1 year ago · By Nixon Ngari

Kenya

CJ Koome leads tribute for the late Chief Kadhi Sheikh Hussein

NAIROBI — Chief Justice Martha Koome has led the Judiciary in paying tribute to Chief Kadhi Sheikh Abdul Halim Hussein, who died Thursday in Mombasa....

1 year ago · By Nixon Ngari

Kenya

Sheikh Abdulhalim Hussein’s Tenure as Chief Kadhi Ends in Sorrow and Silence

Chief Kadhi, Sheikh Abdulhalim Hussein's death was confirmed early Wednesday morning in Mombasa, cutting short his leadership of the country’s Islamic...

1 year ago · By Frank Kiforo

Kenya

Muslim Leaders criticize Court ruling on inheritance rights for children born out of wedlock

Muslim Clerics Reject Supreme Court Inheritance Ruling, Demand Protection of Islamic Law MOMBASA — Muslim religious leaders in Mombasa have sharply cr...

1 year ago · By Nixon Ngari

Kenya

Born Out of Wedlock? You Still Inherit, Supreme Court Rules

In a powerful ruling that touches the lives of many, Kenya’s Supreme Court has declared that children born outside marriage have the same right to inh...

1 year ago · By Frank Kiforo

World

Binance CEO Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering

Changpeng Zhao, the CEO of Binance has resigned and entered a guilty plea to violating US anti-money laundering rules, according to authorities on Tue...

2 years ago · By Ajuma Millicent

Sports

French Senator Demands Benzema Be Stripped Of Citizenship Amid Links to Muslim Brotherhood

A French senator has called for Karim Benzema to be stripped of his French citizenship after Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin claimed the football st...

3 years ago · By Mercy Keya

World

Taliban Bans Women From Visiting National Park in Afghanistan

Women will not be permitted to enter one of Afghanistan's most well-liked national parks in the country, according to the Taliban. As part of its mos...

3 years ago · By Ajuma Millicent

Africa

Exam Paper Leads to Student Being Charged With Blasphemy

Authorities in Mauritania have accused a high school girl of blasphemy because of a mock exam paper that she turned in which was considered insulting...

3 years ago · By Ajuma Millicent

Gender & Women

Taliban Imposes Closure of Beauty Salons, Further Restricting Afghan Women’s Access to Public Spaces

The Taliban administration in Afghanistan has recently mandated the closure of beauty salons within a month, according to an announcement by the moral...

3 years ago · By Merab Opindi