Al-Shabab terrorists reportedly killed at least 147 people Thursday at a university in Kenya in what is being called the worst attack on Kenyan soil since the U.S. embassy was bombed in 1998, Reuters reports. The siege, which began about 5 a.m., ended nearly 15 hours after the Al-Qaeda-linked gunmen shot their way into the […]

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Al-Shabab gunmen ambushed a college campus in Garissa in northeast Kenya early Thursday, slaughtering 15, wounding 65, and taking an untold number of hostages on a college campus in Kenya, according to Al Jazeera. The al-Qaeda-linked group targeted Christians in the 5 a.m. raid at Garissa University College, sending sleeping students scattering for cover in campus […]

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Officials in Nairobi, Kenya have closed a Chinese restaurant that reportedly banned African patrons after 5 p.m., reports the Daily Nation. The restaurant, named Chinese Restaurant, in Nairobi’s Kilimani residential section reportedly failed to obtain a liquor license, a health inspection license, or a license for change of use, having been converted from a house […]

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Podcast: Download Does a celebrity/athlete wearing a t-shirt to show solidarity with people in a movement make a difference or would it be better for them to donate funds to support the movement? NewsOne Now guest host, Mo Ivory takes your calls during the radio portion of “NewsOne Now.” The Department of Justice has announced […]

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R&B Singer and songwriter Kenya stopped by the “NewsOne Now” studios to share her musical journey and talk about her latest single “Be Here.” Kenya went from a depressed therapist to becoming a neo-soul sensation. In her prior life as a licensed physical therapist, she felt “there was a part of me missing.” “I was just feeling very restless and […]

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Oklahoma teen Matthew Dunham faces life in prison after allegedly raping several orphans while a mission trip to Nairobi, Kenya, reports KTLA.com. According to court records, “19-year-old Durham confessed to raping several young girls, forcing some boys to perform oral sex on him and even making other kids watch.” Read more from KTLA: The 19-year-old suspect […]

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A Kenyan woman (pictured) who claims a man raped and infected her with HIV at a party recently admitted to sleeping with more than 300 men in revenge, the Kenyan Daily Post reports. SEE ALSO: Can Breast Cancer Cause Uterine Cancer? The woman, who remains anonymous, shared her story through her Facebook page “Kenyan Scandals.” […]

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Kenyan pastor Rev. Njohi has raised not only a few eyebrows but red flags with his unorthodox suggestion of having his female congregants remove their bras and underwear before coming to church, so that Christ can freely enter their bodies with his spirit, according to The Kenyan Daily Post. SEE ALSO:  Pastor Accused Of Sexually Assaulting […]

Kenya’s Kiambu County Governor William Kabogo (pictured) is in a heap of hot water for making controversial statements that may have demeaned women everywhere. Now, after an onslaught of criticism from nations all over the globe, the good governor has humbled himself by apologizing to single women, according to the BBC. SEE ALSO: African Students […]

On October 28th, a news story broke about a Kenyan woman who got more than what she bargained for when she purchased hair that harbored maggots for her weave. A panic among weave wearers quickly spread as the story snaked its way across the globe, with many questioning the quality of hair that is used for weaving, according to […]

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Samantha Lewthwaite, the world’s most wanted woman who authorities believe was behind the Kenya mall attack, left behind a terrifying manifesto in which she outlines her commitment to terrorism–including training her own children for future attacks, the UK Daily Mail reports. In nine notebook pages left behind in a Kenyan safe house in which she […]

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s internal security minister says the death toll from an attack on a bus stop in the capital has risen to six. SEE ALSO: Anti-Kony Charity Slammed For Spending Habits, Gun Pic George Saitoti said Sunday that 63 people were injured in the attack at a downtown bus stop in Nairobi […]