The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on Tuesday announced a new rule that will allow immigrant workers whose permits expire to continue working legally for a year and a half.
Instead of the previous automatic 180-day extension immigrant workers applying to renew their permits...
The man-boy is legion; he bestrides the globe
With an exterior semblance of a man,
Yet his claim to manhood is restricted;
To a phallic extension, elongated legs and facial hair
His currency is young oomph and lofty idealism;
Of assumed grandeur, hubris and conceit;
Hollow words of...
The 279 schoolgirls kidnapped from a boarding school in the north-western Nigerian state of Zamfara have been released. They were taken to the governor’s office in the state capital Gusau for debriefing, according to officials. Initially there were reports of over 300 girls being abducted but...
ICC Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda has called on the Kenyan authorities to hand over two other Kenyan nationals wanted by The Hague-based court.
The two, Philip Kipkoech Bett and Walter Osapiri Barasa, are accused of interfering with witnesses in the Kenyan cases at the ICC.
Bensouda, who...
A newly released report indicates that wealthy Kenyans are hiding a whopping Sh457 billion in offshore accounts.
The funds, which are stashed in low tax territories, represent 4.8 percent of Kenya’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), according to the State of Tax Justice 2020 report released by the...
Thousands of people who won green cards through the Diversity Visa program are at risk of missing the rare opportunity to immigrate to the US.
Every year, the program grants lawful permanent residence to about 55,000 people from countries with low rates of immigration to the US, with each...
Zambian President Edgar Lungu has rejected the results of Thursday’s presidential and parliamentary election.
In a statement on Saturday, Lungu said the elections were "not free and fair" citing incidents of violence in Southern, North Western, and Western provinces.
He argued that the...
Ghana’s President, Nana Akufo-Addo on Monday became the first global leader to take the coronavirus vaccine from Covax. The Covax program is the global vaccine-sharing initiative helping poorer countries control the pandemic. After taking his jab, Akufo-Addo said, “It is important that I set the...
Immanuel Gitamo, a Kenyan-born US Army soldier has embarked on a career in space after earning a doctorate in astrophysics. Gitamo, an Air Defense Battle Management System Operator, hopes to change the way humans travel to outer space.
He immigrated to the US in 2006 aged 19 to pursue his...
President Trump’s administration has issued a new travel rule targeting countries whose citizens have higher rates of overstaying visitors and business visas.
The new temporary ruled issued on Monday may require nationals from 24 countries, most in Africa, to deposit a bond of up to $15,000 to...
A Kenyan family living in Houston, Texas is counting huge losses after their house was destroyed by fire in a suspected case of arson.
The house that Simon Muraya and his wife Yvonne Muraya live in along with their one-year baby girl caught fire on Saturday, November 7th around 5pm. All their...
Josephine Nyakundi, a Kenyan girl who was on the brink of dropping out of school some years ago due to lack of fees has been admitted to an elite US university.
When Josephine’s eldest sister joined high school, their parents were ready to sacrifice the education of her other siblings by...
A Kenyan family from Kisii County is appealing to the government to help them bring home the body of their kin who died in Saudi Arabia last month.
24-year-old Janet Nyamburi left the country on August 29th for Saudi Arabia where she worked as a driver in Al Hofuf State until her passing...
Oballa Oballa, a former refugee who lived at Kenya’s Daadab Refugee Camp for 10 years, has made history by winning an elective seat in the just-concluded US elections.
The 27-year-old Ethiopian-born man clinched a seat at the Austin City Council in the state of Minnesota, becoming the first...
A number of Kenyan-Americans vied for elective positions in the 2020 US elections held on Tuesday but none of them was declared the winner.
Among those who unsuccessfully contested for political seats in different US, states include Boni Njenga, Henry Momanyi, Jane Kitui, and Ukasha Dakane...