Ashley Lime

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Ashley Lime |Netsanet Debessai

As the sun set over Lake Turkana, a mother sobbed and threw flowers into the greenish-blue water to remember her teenage daughter who had drowned trying to reach Kenya via a new route being used by people smugglers. Senait Mebrehtu, a Pentecostal Christian Eritrean who had sought asylum in Kenya three years ago, made the pilgrimage to north-western Kenya to see for herself where 14-year-old Hiyab had lost her life last year.

Mar 27, 2025 | bbc.com | Wycliffe Muia |Ashley Lime

South Sudan VP Machar under house arrest, his party says Wycliffe Muia & Ashley LimeReutersMachar's senior allies were arrested by security forces earlier this month South Sudan's First Vice-President Riek Machar, a long-time rival of the country's President Salva Kiir, has been placed under house arrest, his party says.

Oct 27, 2024 | yahoo.com | Ashley Lime

Boniface Mwangi is a fierce critic of the government [Getty Images]Prominent Kenyan human rights activist Boniface Mwangi has been detained by police on charges of inciting violence after six masked individuals forcibly took him from his home, his wife has told the BBC. His detention comes after he called for an anti-government protest at a marathon in the capital, Nairobi, on Sunday.

Oct 21, 2024 | editoria.africa | Ashley Lime

WRITTEN BY: ASHLEY LIME The man who was the face of the Kenyan government in the aftermath of the police’s deadly crackdown on recent anti-tax protests is set to become the country’s next deputy president. Parliament has approved the nomination of the softly spoken Kithure Kindiki to fill the vacant role, after senators ousted Rigathi […]The post The man lined up to be Kenya’s next deputy president appeared first on The Namibian.

Oct 18, 2024 | yahoo.com | Ashley Lime

Ashley Lime - BBC News, NairobiOctober 18, 2024 at 11:45 AM·3 min readThe man who was the face of the Kenyan government in the aftermath of the police’s deadly crackdown on recent anti-tax protests is set to become the country’s next deputy president. Parliament has approved the nomination of the softly spoken Kithure Kindiki to fill the vacant role, after senators ousted Rigathi Gachagua in a dramatic series of impeachment votes less than 24 hours ago.