Africa: Innovations in Agriculture Can Drive Climate- Change Mitigations

The agricultural sector is a significant contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions, responsible for an estimated 19-29 percent, according to the World Bank. This figure… Read more »

Africa: Promise of Health for All Hangs in the Balance – A Call to Action

Halfway to the target date for the realisation of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, the promise of health for all hangs in the balance, making it more important… Read more »

East Africa: Kenya to Build Three Additional Ships to Boost Oil Shipment to Uganda

Kenya is building three ships to guarantee daily trips to Uganda rather than the country's present weekly excursions, according to reports. Kenya's Energy and Petroleum Cabinet… Read more »

Kenya: Ruto Gets Standing Ovation in South Africa But Kenyans Disagree

President William Ruto has been outspoken on the plight of African leaders at the hands of counterparts from the so-called developed world, saying that at times they are… Read more »

Kenya: Govt to Spend Close to a Billion U.S. Dollars on New Trains, Railway Overhaul

The government has reportedly announced plans to invest about U.S.$731 million to revamp the Nairobi-Mombasa standard gauge railway (SGR), build new sidings, and buy more… Read more »

Kenya: Kenyan Court Rules Meta Has Case to Answer Over Unfair Layoffs, Blacklisting

Facebook parent company Meta has been dealt a blow during a legal battle in Kenya where a court found that the corporation has a case to answer over its allegedly unlawful… Read more »

Kenya: Researchers Discover Two New Strains of Common Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Kenyan researchers have reportedly found two new strains of two common sexually transmitted diseases among a group of women in a town in western Kenya. Read more »

Kenya: From Folklore to Film - Voline Ogutu's Creative Journey Behind Anyango and The Ogre

Inspired by a childhood folktale, Voline Ogutu reimagined it into a captivating modern film. Read more »

East Africa: South Sudan President's Passport Recovered in Kenya 30 Years After Plane Crash

Authorities have reportedly managed to locate the site where a plane carrying President Salva Kiir Mayardit crashed in 1993, and recovered his passport. Read more »

Kenya: Top Prosecutor Drops Case Against Opposition MPs Over 'Economy' Protests

A top prosecutor has reportedly dropped charges against four lawmakers over anti-government protests, a day after opposition Azimio La Umoja One Kenya leader, Raila Odinga,… Read more »

Africa: Working Towards Doing More Sustainable, Constructive Journalism Grounded in Africa

In the face of unprecedented environmental, social, and economic challenges, a new understanding of the role of journalism in society is essential. Read more »

Kenya: Nairobi Court Bars Meta From Sacking Facebook Moderators

A court in Nairobi has barred Meta, Facebook's parent company, from laying off its content moderators pending determination of a lawsuit that is challenging their planned… Read more »

Africa: Kenya, South Sudan Border Dispute Sparks Diplomatic Row

South Sudan has accused Kenya of stealing its land, setting the stage for a border dispute that may stymie trade between the two countries, reports Business Daily. Read more »

East Africa: Conflict Exacerbates World's Worst Hunger Crisis

Conflict and political unrest in north-east Africa – civil wars, uprisings and attacks by armed insurgents – are fueling a famine, causing displacement, loss of… Read more »

Africa: Kenyan Man Pleads Guilty to U.S.$241 Million Covid-19 Fraud Scheme

Do you remember the Pandora Papers? The secret deals and hidden assets of some of the world's richest and most powerful people were revealed in the biggest trove of leaked offshore… Read more »

East Africa: Stop Supporting DR Congo's M23 Rebels, Europe Tells Rwanda

The European Union (EU) has called on all states in the Great Lakes region to stop support from flowing to armed groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo, but has singled out… Read more »

Africa: Hospital Debt, Detention and Dignity in Health

On December 22, 2022, Sakaja Arthur Johnson, the Governor of Nairobi County, Kenya’s capital,  partnered with Cooperative Bank to release patients who had been detained… Read more »

Kenya: Outcry at Govt Plan to Abolish Boarding Schools

The move by government to abolish boarding school in primary continues to spark mixed reactions in the country, with some Kenyans welcoming the move saying that it… Read more »

East Africa: 'The Horn of Africa Is Paying the Price for the World's Selfishness' #AfricaClimateCrisis

The fallout of a changing climate is indisputable as it is already disrupting the livelihoods of millions of people in Africa, especially the poorest and most vulnerable. Read more »

Africa: Young Activists Fight For Climate Justice and Survival #AfricaClimateCrisis

Young people are becoming more vocal and fighting harder for their survival as the impacts of climate change intensify. Tired of broken promises and inaction by their leaders, they… Read more »

Kenya: Entry Fees For Uhuru Park Upset Nairobians

The major facelift of Nairobi's most popular recreational parks, Uhuru and Central Parks, is complete, Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) said. Read more »

East Africa: Fifth Failed Rainy Season Looms for Greater Horn Region

Drought-ridden parts of the Greater Horn region are bracing for a fifth successive failed rainy season, which will aggravate the crisis in the region, impacting millions and… Read more »

Kenya: Decline in Livestock Prices, Rise in Food Prices Haunt Kenyans #AfricaClimateCrisis

The National Drought Management Authority reports that the drought condition in the country has continued to deteriorate as several parts of the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs)… Read more »

Kenya: Lupita Nyong'o Congratulates Dad on Retaining Kisumu Governorship Seat

Award-winning actress Lupita Nyong'o has congratulated his father, Professor Peter Anyang' Nyong'o, and thanked the people of Kisumu for voting for him in a tweet that reads: ABICH… Read more »

Africa: Could Turning Urine into Fertiliser Make Farming More Sustainable? #AfricaClimateHope

Do you know that instead of flushing urine down our toilets to wastewater treatment facilities, it could be recycled and used as fertiliser? Read more »