Ten thousand teachers lined up for promotion

Interviews for new 10,000 principals, headmasters and deputies in primary, secondary and tertiary institutions will start on February 20. The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) said the interviews will be conducted in Kisii, Kisumu, Kakamega, Eldoret, Nakuru, Embu,...

Senate confirms Trump attorney general pick Jeff Sessions

The US Senate has confirmed President Donald Trump’s nomination for attorney general, Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions, by a vote of 52 to 47. The confirmation follows a series of divisive hearings during which Democrats attacked Mr Sessions’ record on civil...

Dawn Harper-Nelson banned for three months

Former Olympic champion Dawn Harper-Nelson has been banned for three months after testing positive for a banned diuretic. The American, 32, said she was given hydrochlorothiazide for high blood pressure but failed “to fully understand how its administration was...

Six Afghan Red Cross workers killed, two missing

Suspected ISIL fighters have killed at least six Afghan employees of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) engaged in carrying supplies in the north of the country to areas hit by deadly snow storms, according to government officials. Another two...

US could ask visa applicants for social media passwords

US embassies could ask visa applicants for passwords to their own social media accounts in future background checks, Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly said Tuesday. Kelly said the move could come as part of the effort to toughen vetting of visitors to screen out...