George Obulutsa

Breaking News Correspondent, Sub-Saharan Africa at Reuters

Breaking News Correspondent, Sub-Saharan Africa, Reuters News. All opinions are mine. Before you tweet/retweet, think. The other way round is a disaster.

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Ngugi wa Thiong'o's remarkable journey ends at 87

1 week ago | bizcommunity.com | George Obulutsa

2 days7 days30 daysBy Industry Show moreAdvertise your job vacancies Iconic Kenyan novelist and playwright Ngugi wa Thiong'o, whose sharp criticisms of post-independence elites led to his jailing and two decade in exile, has died at the age of 87, Kenya's president said. Ngugi wa Thiong'o has passed away at 87. Source: Reuters.
Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Kenyan author who reckoned with colonial legacy, dies at 87

1 week ago | msn.com | George Obulutsa

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Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Kenyan author who reckoned with colonial legacy, dies at 87

1 week ago | yahoo.com | George Obulutsa

By George ObulutsaNAIROBI (Reuters) -Celebrated Kenyan novelist and playwright Ngugi wa Thiong'o, whose sharp criticisms of post-independence elites led to his jailing and two decade in exile, has died at the age of 87, Kenya's president said. Shaped by an adolescence where he witnessed the armed Mau Mau struggle for independence from Britain, Thiong'o took aim in his writings at colonial rule and the Kenyan elites who inherited many of its privileges.
Tanzania deports foreign activists supporting detained opposition leader Tundu Lissu

2 weeks ago | timeslive.co.za | Hereward Holland |George Obulutsa

21 May 2025 - 15:10 Just R20 for the first month. Support independent journalism by subscribing to our digital news package. Tanzanian security forces stand guard as the opposition leader and former presidential candidate of Chadema party Tundu Lissu arrives at the Kisutu resident magistrate's court in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on May 19 2025.
Dozens of Al-Shabaab militants killed in Somalia, government says

1 month ago | businesslive.co.za | George Obulutsa

Mogadishu, Somalia — An airstrike by Somali forces killed 12 Al-Shabaab militants in central Somalia and another 35 Islamists were killed by the army in a southwestern area as they tried to attack a military base there, the government said on Thursday. The air strike carried out late on Wednesday came hours after fighters from the Al-Qaeda-linked group that has been waging an insurgency since 2007 attacked a strategic town in the area.
Tanzania court charges main opposition party leader with treason

1 month ago | sightmagazine.com.au | George Obulutsa |David Adams

Nairobi, KenyaReutersTanzanian opposition party leader Tundu Lissu was on Thursday charged with treason, a capital offence, for comments he made last week that prosecutors said called on the public to launch a rebellion and disrupt an election due this year. The charges against Lissu, the chairman of the main opposition party CHADEMA and runner-up in the 2020 presidential election, will bring fresh scrutiny to President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s human rights record as she bids for re-election.
Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu charged with treason

1 month ago | businesslive.co.za | George Obulutsa

Nairobi — Tanzanian opposition party leader Tundu Lissu was on Thursday charged with treason, a capital offence, for comments he made last week which prosecutors said called on the public to launch a rebellion and disrupt an election due this year. The charges against Lissu, the chairperson of the main opposition party Chadema and runner-up in the 2020 presidential election, will bring fresh scrutiny to President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s human rights record as she bids for re-election.
Kenya central bank surprises with fifth straight rate cut

1 month ago | uk.marketscreener.com | George Obulutsa

NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenya's central bank cut its policy rate on Tuesday for the fifth meeting in a row, a surprise move aimed at further stimulating private sector lending. The Central Bank Rate was lowered by 75 basis points to 10.0%, the bank's Monetary Policy Committee said in a statement. Seven of nine economists polled by Reuters had expected no change in the rate.
Uganda’s Museveni arrives in South Sudan amid political crisis

2 months ago | timeslive.co.za | George Obulutsa |Hereward Holland

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni arrives at Juba International Airport on April 3 2025 ahead of meetings aimed at averting a new civil war after South Sudan's first vice president Riek Machar was placed under house arrest. Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni arrived in neighbouring South Sudan on Thursday in the highest level mission there since clashes and the detention of the vice president triggered regional fears of a return to civil war.
Kenya Airways records profit after more than a decade of losses

2 months ago | bizcommunity.co.ke | George Obulutsa |Alexander Winning |Alison Williams |Duncan Miriri

2 days7 days30 daysBy Industry Advertise your job vacancies Kenya Airways said on Tuesday that it had made a pretax profit last year after more than a decade of losses, helped by foreign exchange gains. Kenya Airways planes are seen through a window at the Jomo Kenyatta international airport in Nairobi, Kenya, 1 August 2020.