DIASPORA NEWS

A Kenyan family in South Africa is trying to trace their mother who went missing last month. Faith Manyara reportedly left home headed to her salon shop she had been operating for the last 10 years in Kraaifontein area, Cape Town on January 23rd, never to be seen again. Her eldest son,…

A Kenyan-American student at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) has been picked by US Senator Ben Cardin of Maryland to be his guest at Tuesday night’s State of the Union address. Naomi Mburu, 21, is a senior chemical engineering student at UMBC. She in November, 2017 achieved a…

Kenyans living and working in the United States are split over the planned swearing-in of opposition leaders Raila Odinga and Kalonzo Musyoka, which is scheduled for Tuesday. While those who back the ruling Jubilee party are opposed to the plan, those who support National Super Alliance (Nasa) have…

A Kenyan group in the diaspora allied to the National Super Alliance (Nasa) will be sending a delegation attend the inauguration of opposition leader Raila Odinga set for Tuesday. The chairman of Nasa supporters in the United Kingdom, Kivindyo Ndivo told the Sunday Standard that a team will travel…

Police in Germany are pursuing a Tanzanian national suspected to be behind the murder of a Kenyan nurse. Police believe 32-year-old Halfan Ally Halfan was directly involved in the death of 27-year-old Mary Waithera Kamathi, who was last week found stabbed. Halfan has since reportedly gone into…

A Kenyan man in Des Moines, Iowa  who suffered life-altering injuries after being attacked by a group of teenagers in 2013 has died. Mike Wasike, 41, passed away on Monday. Wasike was attacked by a group of three teenagers who were trying to steal his car as he drove home. The teenagers struck…

The number of African Americans leaving the United States for Africa has been on the rise in recent times, but what exactly is forcing them out of a country where many across the world would want to live in, but have no chance? Al Jazeera has established that thousands of African Americans have…

A Kenyan woman was on Wednesday murdered by an unknown assailant in Essen, Germany. 27-year-old Mary Waithera was found dead on the floor of a store that she operated in the city, with reports indicating that an unidentified man stabbed her in the chest with a knife and fled. Waithera has lived in…

Former Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Commissioner Dr. Roselyn Akombe has reportedly earned a promotion to a senior position at the United Nations (UN). The news of her promotion were broken by Opposition Leader Raila Odinga's US-based advisor, Salim Lone via his Twitter…

A group of Kenyans in the diaspora have raised more cash to support victims of police brutality injured during last year's general elections. The group, consisting of National Super Alliance (NASA) supporters living and working in the United Kingdom, raised Sh1.2million. The money will be used to…