Top players donate, lower tier counts cost of coronavirus shutdown

By Reuters,

While top players donate to coronavirus relief efforts and post cooking and workout videos online, lower level professionals are counting the cost of ...

coronavirus

OPINION: Kenya shall triumph against Coronavirus pandemic

By Citizen Reporter,

By Abraham Mariita Without a doubt, Kenya shall triumph against the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, just like the rest of the world will. Simil...

Lewa Safari Marathon cancelled over Covid-19 pandemic

By Agencies,

This year’s edition of the Lewa Safari Marathon has been cancelled over the coronavirus pandemic, organizers have announced. The event was slated...

cancelled , COVID-19 , Lewa Safari Marathon

Spanish athletes fight coronavirus cabin fever

By Reuters,

With the Olympic Games four months away, Spanish race walker Laura Garcia Caro should be clocking up hundreds of kilometres in the Guadarrama Mountain...

coronavirus , Laura Garcia Caro , olympics , Spanish athletes

World’s fastest supercomputer identifies chemicals that could stop the coronavirus from spreading

By CNN,

The novel coronavirus presents an unprecedented challenge for scientists: The speed at which the virus spreads means they must accelerate their resear...

coronavirus vaccine

OPINION: Politics of data and everything in between

By Citizen,

Let’s talk data. I have found out that when most of us hear the word ‘data’ our thoughts automatically go to numbers and how boring it is to sit...

census , femnet , SDG

China eyes end to coronavirus, plays down warnings of ‘second wave’

By Reuters,

Chinese scientists and health experts involved in the country’s fight against the coronavirus believe the worst is now over, downplaying warnings th...

china , coronavirus , COVID-19 , President Donald Trump , who

Will warmer weather help fight the coronavirus? Singapore and Australia suggest maybe not

By CNN,

At its lowest estimated fatality rate based on current data, COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, is thought to kill some 1-2% of known pa...

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Myths and facts about coronavirus (COVID-19)

By Citizen Reporter,

How effective are thermal scanners in detecting people infected with the new coronavirus? Do vaccines against pneumonia protect you against the new co...

coronavirus

David Rudisha: These are my life struggles

By Agencies,

Snoozing in Nairobi airport's departure lounge in a navy blue suit, David Rudisha looks like just another businessman having a quick power nap. His...

accident , David Rudisha , Olympic 800m champion , Olympics 2020 , struggles

Coronavirus: What airlines are doing to sanitize planes

By CNN,

As new cases of novel coronavirus are growing, the travel industry is feeling the impact -- with vacationers and business people debating whether or n...

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Scientists puzzled over the low coronavirus cases in Africa

By Agencies,

The coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc across the world, infecting more than 90,000 and killing at least 3,000. And with the rest of the...

BWIRE: Cross border movements and conflicts require more than security interventions

By Victor Bwire,

By Victor Bwire The questioning of eleven Members of Parliament from North Eastern Kenya by police on Sunday on return from a visit to Somalia once...

Running out of time: Kenya, other EA countries face new locust threat

By Reuters,

Countries in East Africa are racing against time to prevent new swarms of locusts wreaking havoc with crops and livelihoods after the worst infestatio...

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Locust invasion now spreads to Congo

By VOA,

The Food and Agriculture Organization says a small group of desert locusts has entered Congo, marking the first time the voracious insects have been s...

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Gender inclusivity key in attaining food security

By Agencies,

In nearly two thirds of the countries worldwide, women are more likely than men to face food insecurity. The differences in gender roles, norms, and r...

food security

Youth are Africa’s largest untapped resource, Uhuru says at State banquet for German President Steinmeier

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has said young people are Africa's biggest untapped resource that countries seeking to invest on the continent ought to prior...

Steinmeier , Uhuru , unemployment , youth

46,000-year-old frozen bird found in Siberia

By CNN,

Scientists studying the remarkably well-preserved remains of an Ice Age bird have identified the specimen as a horned lark. The frozen bird was bur...

0000-year-old bird found in siberia , 46 , Nanopithecus fossils

Okwiri on top in road to Tokyo 2020

By Philip Muchiri,

Kenya’s middleweight boxer Rayton Okwiri, hit hard and precise as he began his Tokyo 2020 ticket chase with an easy win after outclassing Libya’s ...

olympics , Rayton Okwiri , Tokyo 2020

Rember us when planning, cyclists and pedestrians tell government

By Citizen Reporter,

Cyclists in red took to the streets of Nairobi on Valentine’s day to call on the government to include pedestrian and cycling lanes when planning an...