PROFILE: Ngele Ali, holding space for communities to use their own voices

By Guest Writer,

By Patience Nyange and Esther Kirago Ngele Ali is an award-winning media, communications for development and advocacy expert with over 20 years of ...

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Kibera public space project among five finalists for Ksh.27M Climate/Equity Prize

By Citizen Reporter,

Five projects have been announced as finalists for the 2020-2021 WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities for showing how cities can address both climate chan...

DistritoTec , Kibera Public Space Project , WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities

From #Heels4Pads to free sanitary products at Nuria: Tribute to Jackline Chepng’eno

By Rachel Ombaka,

The horrifying story of Jackline Chepng'eno, who committed suicide after she was shamed for soiling her dress when she got her first period, has ignit...

Menstrual health , sanitary pads

Photo of mice fighting wins wildlife photography award

By CNN,

The sight of two mice scurrying across a London Underground platform in the evening is, to many, an unwelcome feature of life in the city. But a yo...

mice , wildlife photography award

Drive-in sex booths proposed for Berlin’s historic Tempelhof airport

By CNN,

Berlin's former Tempelhof airport has witnessed some major events in its time -- a Nazi airfield during World War II, it was the site of the Berlin ai...

Berlin , Cold War , Mitte district , Stephan von Dassel , Tempelhof airport

More than 90% of world’s children breathe toxic air, report says

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Around 93% of the world's children under 15 years of age breathe air that is so polluted it puts their health and development at serious risk, account...

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More than 90% of world’s children breathe polluted air, report says, as India prepares for most polluted season

By CNN,

Around 93% of the world's children under 15 years of age breathe air that is so polluted it puts their health and development at serious risk, account...

Dr. Maria Neira , first global conference on air pollution and health in Geneva , India , WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus , world health organization

Dropping in with Nairobi’s skateboarding scene

By CNN,

Skateboarding kicked off in west-coast America around the 1960s. Thrill-seekers would drop in on empty pools and sidewalks. The city as the skate p...

Kenya Skateboarding Community , skateboarding

Kenya refuses refuge to chimps over Ebola fears

By Agencies,

Kenya has rejected a request to bring two young chimpanzees rescued in Ebola-hit Liberia to a Kenyan wildlife sanctuary due to fears about the deadly ...

africa , chimpanzees , ebola , kenya , Liberia

Ebola fears as Kenya mulls adopting Liberian chimps

By Agencies,

Kenyan officials said on Friday they were considering conservationists' appeals to give two baby chimpanzees, rescued from possible traffickers in ebo...

africa , chimpanzees , ebola , health , kenya , Liberia , tourism , travel

4 things you didn’t know about single CBK Governor Nominee

By Joy Chelagat,

When Dr Patrick Ngugi Njoroge was nominated by President Uhuru Kenyatta for the Central Bank of Kenya Governor’s post, many Kenyans did not know him...

Marry me, women tell single CBK governor nominee

By Joy Chelagat,

Soon after Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) Nominee Dr Patrick Ngugi Njoroge revealed he is single, women took to social media to ask for his hand in marri...