DIASPORA NEWS

A fourth Kenya Airways (KQ) flight is next week set to ferry Kenyans who wish to return home from the UK amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The flight KQ 103 will leave London Heathrow Airport Terminal 2 on June 19th at 11 am local time and land at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) at 9.30 pm…

Kenya Footballers Welfare Association (Kefwa) says it will explore all avenues in a bid to rescue former Harambee Stars midfielder Crispin Olando, who is being detained in the United States. Olando, 32, was arrested on March 18th, 2020 by officers from the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (…

A group of Kenyan men living aborad has come to the aid of a woman who was tortured by her monster husband. The woman, Charity Wairimu, was attacked by her husband James Kifo, 30, in Tharaka-Nithi County last month for allegedly cheating on him. The man is said to have inserted pepper, onion, and…

Kenyan-born event planner Angela Wairiuko Clancy is among the contestants in the 2020 Big Brother Australia (BBA) reality game show. Angela, who hails from Perth, is representing Western Australia in the show that entered its 12th season on June 8th. 20 housemates, aged between 19 and 62, will live…

Kenyans living in the US were not left behind as thousands of people poured to the streets in various cities across the US to protest the death of George Floyd. Floyd, a 46-year-old African-American, died on Monday, May 25th in Minneapolis, Minnesota after a white police officer put his knee on his…

Ghana has invited African-Americans who feel unwanted in the United States to resettle in the West Africa nation. Ghana’s Tourism Minister Barbara Oteng-Gyasi said the death of George Floyd should trigger a New World Order for black people in the diaspora. Barbara made the remarks on Saturday when…

The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted the lives of many Kenyans living in the US, with some losing their jobs, sent on unpaid leave, or forced to shut businesses for those who are self-employed. But for 28-year-old Moses Mbai, a Kenyan entrepreneur based in Dallas, Texas, the pandemic is a ‘blessing…

Kenyan journalist Larry Madowo has narrated an incident where was subjected to racism when he arrived in the US to pursue his master’s degree. Madowo, who graduated with a Master’s in Business and Economics Journalism from Columbia University last month, said this happened in his first week in New…

In 2009, George Mathenge, a teacher in Kenya, traveled to the UK to pursue his masters at the University of Leicester. Like many Kenyans who move abroad, Mathenge had hoped that he would settle there after graduating, start a family and advance his teaching career. However, Mathenge says his life…

Protesters are taking to the streets in various US cities to express anger over the killing of an unarmed civilian, George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota early this week. Floyd, a black American man, died on Monday in Minneapolis after a police officer put his knee on his neck for nearly 10…