Offers news and analyses specific to Kenya, covering a range of topics pertinent to the country’s development and societal issues.
Felix Akinyi in Kenya KITUI, KENYA – Every Tuesday, Esther Munani Kyalo, a mother of three from Miambani ward, Kitui County, joins 35 other women under a mango tree for a gathering that is transforming their lives. These sessions, hosted by the Kavakaky Farmer Field School, involve breeding chicks, learning new techniques, and making decisions […]
Clive Tatenda Makumbe in Zimbabwe In the next two years, 18 million doses of the groundbreaking malaria vaccine will be distributed among twelve African countries from various regions. The implementation of this initiative is a significant progress in the battle against a major contributor to mortality in the region. The distribution of the malaria vaccine […]
Daniel Chilemba in Kenya Save the Children pointed out that the responsibility of dealing with the severe hunger and protection crisis that approximately 20 million children are confronting in the Horn of Africa, as a result of rapidly increasing extreme weather conditions, lies solely with world leaders who are scheduled to gather in New York on Wednesday. The climate crisis, coupled with prolonged conflicts and economic shocks, is causing unpredictable and severe weather patterns that are affecting over 40 million people in Somalia, Ethiopia, and Kenya, leaving them in a precariously vulnerable position. […]
Idi Amara in Ethiopia Despite a global epidemic, cholera cases are rising rapidly in Africa. The number of cases on the continent in the first month of 2023 alone has increased by more than 30% compared to the total number of cases in 2022. As of January 29, 2023, an estimated 26,000 cases and 660 […]
Clive Tatenda Makumbe in Kenya A community project that provides farmers with healthy potato seeds, cultivated using innovative laboratory techniques is significantly increasing yields in Kenya, an agricultural expert says. Kenya’s average potato yield per hectare is around ten tonnes but has the potential to increase to three times that amount with the use of […]
Kinshasa, 19 July 2022 – the world’s largest oil and gas companies are urged by Greenpeace to sit out a major oil and gas auction in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) at the end of July. In letters sent to oil companies worldwide, Greenpeace warns of an ominous auction at the expense of biodiversity […]
Kenya’s presidential candidates have been campaigning ahead of elections next month, and there have been misleading allegations made about their qualification to stand. We’ve been fact-checking these claims and others ahead of the vote. Academic qualifications challenged Kenya’s electoral laws require candidates for the presidency to have been awarded a degree from a university recognised […]
Women MPs like Esther Passaris face threats, slurs and body-shaming on social media ahead of Aug. 9 vote By Nita Bhalla NAIROBI, July 14 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) -When Kenyan politician Esther Passaris posted a loving tribute to her late father on Twitter, trolls responded with a barrage of abuse over an accompanying “sexualised” photograph of […]
Edward Mensah in South Africa Africa can expect many challenges in 2022 and 2023 elections, with rising tensions that threaten the rich continent and its developmental appearance. Successive COVID-19 waves across different regions of the world, including Africa, will exact a detrimental economic impact. This will hinder job prospects for millions of people on the […]
