Ken Kagicha

Ken Kagicha

Deputy Africa Editor

Articles by Ken Kagicha

  • Nairobi to host Africa’s first International Religious Freedom Summit

    Nairobi to host Africa’s first International Religious Freedom Summit

    Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, will host Africa’s first International Religious Freedom Summit on 16th June 2025. Kenya’s Chief Justice Martha Koome announced that the inaugural meeting will gather judicial officers and organisations working to promote religious freedom from across the continent.
  • Femicide in Kenya increased in 2024 despite public outcry: perpetrators mostly husbands, boyfriends, family members

    Femicide in Kenya increased in 2024 despite public outcry: perpetrators mostly husbands, boyfriends, family members

    The year 2024 saw a marked increase of women being murdered in Kenya despite a heightened awareness of the crisis and government measures to curb what the World Health Organisation terms as femicide. This is according to a report published by Kenyan media and research organisations, African Uncensored and OdipoDev, that recorded at least 170 women killed last year: one woman every other day. 
  • Apple faces investigation over use of conflict minerals in DR Congo

    Apple faces investigation over use of conflict minerals in DR Congo

    Technology giant Apple Inc. is under investigation for allegedly using minerals sourced from conflict-hit zones in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), according to lawyers representing the central African country. The DRC alleges that Apple’s subsidiaries and supply partners used minerals from mines controlled by armed rebel groups in Eastern Congo, where a variety of atrocities have been reported.
  • WATCH: Nigerian worship leader Pastor Nathaniel Bassey ministers at Trump’s Inaugural Prayer Breakfast

    WATCH: Nigerian worship leader Pastor Nathaniel Bassey ministers at Trump’s Inaugural Prayer Breakfast

    Nigerian gospel minister Nathaniel Bassey was one of the invited guests who performed at President Donald Trump’s inaugural prayer breakfast on January 20, 2025. Referencing Psalm 24:1, Bassey said “America is the Lord’s and the fullness of” before breaking into worship songs with his signature trumpet. Bassey was joined on stage by Reverend Merrie Turner, the host of the Presidential Inaugural Prayer Breakfast as they sang “Glory glory hallelujah” together. 
  • Zimbabwe abolishes death penalty: A life-line for 62 people on death row

    Zimbabwe abolishes death penalty: A life-line for 62 people on death row

    The President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa, signed into law the Death Penalty Abolition Act (2024) effectively removing the death penalty sentence in the penal code. Although the Southern Africa country has not carried out death sentences for nearly two decades, 62 people who had been sentenced to death will be resentenced or have their death sentences commuted.
  • Part-time Pastor, presidential candidate calls for protests after disputed Mozambique elections

    Part-time Pastor, presidential candidate calls for protests after disputed Mozambique elections

    Part-time pastor and politician, Venâncio Mondlane, urged his supporters to participate in peaceful nationwide demonstrations from November 13th to 15th to protest against alleged vote rigging. Mondlane, who ran as an independent candidate after the main opposition backed another candidate in the October 9th general elections, maintains that the elections did not reflect the wishes of the people.