Health and Child Welfare Minister Dr Henry Madzorera says the typhoid outbreak is due to people drinking water contaminated with human waste of infected people. Read more »
In the latest protest against the government's failure to deliver services to the poor, protesters were arrested when they tried to occupy land in a wealthy Cape Town suburb. Read more »
It has emerged that government had known for the past two years that individuals were using forged documents to demarcate public land. This land is at the centre of the ongoing ... Read more »
Several demolitions of housing in Nairobi have not only displaced hundreds of families but challenged the humanitarian response in urban emergencies. Read more »
An oil marketer plans to distribute cooking gas direct to homes through pipes instead of cylinders. They say this initiative will reduce the expense of buying gas cylinders, the ... Read more »
According to a United Nations report, heavy rains and an outbreak of cholera in Kenya's Dadaab refugee camp is worsening the situation in the overcrowded camp where aid efforts ... Read more »
Doctors ended their three-week long strike and have resumed work but it has had a devastating impact on health care in the country. Read more »
Officials from 80 cities meeting in the Republic of Korea have pledged to steer cities across the developed and developing world toward a green, resource efficient and low-carbon ... Read more »
Although there is growing demand for Kenyan tea, erratic rains have cut production and a major foreign importer has decided to start growing its own crop. Read more »
The shack settlement has emerged as the central site in the wave of popular protest that began at the turn of the century and gathered real momentum since 2004, writes Richard ... Read more »
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