Despite Somalia severing ties, Kenya says it won’t expel Somalis

By VOA,

In the wake of Somalia's announcement this week that it is severing diplomatic ties with Kenya, the government says it will not expel Somali diplomats...

bihi , somalia

Coronavirus pandemic will cause global famines of ‘biblical proportions,’ UN warns

By CNN,

The world is facing multiple famines of "biblical proportions" in just a matter of months, the UN has said, warning that the coronavirus pandemic will...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , FAMINE , Starvation

Legendary photojournalist Sir Mohinder Dhillon dies at 88

By Ian Omondi,

Legendary photojournalist Sir Mohinder Dhillon has died at the age of 88. The renowned founder of film/cinematography company Africapix died at aro...

Aga Khan University Hospital , Richard Vaughan , Sir Mohinder Dhillon

US Pastor: God sent locusts to Kenya because of corruption

By Tonny Ndungu,

American preacher Rick Wiles now claims that the locust swarms wreaking havoc in Kenya are a punishment for corruption from God. Speaking to Trunew...

World’s most celebrated teacher Peter Tabichi meets Pope Francis at the Vatican

By Citizen Reporter,

Peter Tabichi, the Kenyan science teacher who won the Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize 2019, met Pope Francis at the Vatican on Tuesday. Tabi...

tabichi

Registrar of Persons, police, Kenya Power top most corrupt list

By Citizen Reporter,

The Registrar of Persons has been listed as the most corrupt institution in Kenya. Under the Interior Ministry, one of the core functions of the Re...

birth certificate , corruption , EACC , registrar of persons

Act now to avert disaster in drought-hit East Africa, aid agencies say

By Reuters,

East Africa could suffer a repeat of a 2011 famine that killed hundreds of thousands of people unless foreign donors stump up funds to help drought-hi...

drought and famine , East Africa Community , United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR)

Kenya takes over two emptied refugee camps

By VOA,

Two camps opened to host those refugees who fled the 2011 famine in Somalia have been closed and handed to the Kenya government. Kenya said the act...

Dadaab refugee complex , Immigration PS Gordon Kihalangwa. , U.N , United Nations Commission on Refugees (UNHCR)

UN: Millions could face severe food shortages as drought grips Somalia

By VOA,

The United Nations Refugee Agency warns an estimated 5.4 million people affected by worsening drought in Somalia will likely face severe food shortage...

Babar Baloch , Somalia drought , United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR)

Ipsos says only 34pc Huduma Namba registrations in the country

By Allan Irungu,

A survey by Ipsos Kenya has revealed that a majority of Kenyans are aware of what the National Integrated Identity Management System (NIIMS) also know...

Huduma Namba , IPSOS

Trump vetoes measure to end US involvement in Yemen war

By VOA,

President Donald Trump on Wednesday vetoed a bill passed by Congress to end U.S. military assistance in Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen. In a break wit...

Trump

Prepare for tough times, Met. department says long rains have failed

By Chemutai Goin,

Kenya is staring at another drought crisis in coming months following the failure of long rains expected in this month. The meteorological departme...

Long rains

Arab Spring comes later in Sudan and Algeria

By Reuters,

The armed forces of Algeria and Sudan, which pushed out the long-serving rulers of those countries after mass protests, are following a script that ha...

Algeria , Sudan

Saudi-led coalition’s air strikes hit Yemeni capital

By Reuters,

The Saudi-led coalition carried out air strikes in Yemen against two Houthi targets in Sanaa, the capital, early on Wednesday, its spokesman said. ...

Houthi targets , Saudi airstrikes

Nakuru at a standstill as winning teacher Tabichi arrives home

By Robert Maina,

Business was brought to a standstill in Nakuru on Saturday following the arrival of Bro. Peter Tabichi who won this year's Global Teacher Prize of Ksh...

Keriko Mixed Day Secondary School , tabichi

Kenya orders closure of Dadaab refugee camp, according to leaked UN document

By Reuters,

Kenya has ordered the closure of the Dadaab refugee camp by the middle of this year with the race now on to find homes for more than 210,000 people, a...

Dadaab

Save the children: 7 killed in airstrike on Yemen hospital

By VOA,

A hospital in a rural area of northwest Yemen was hit by an airstrike Tuesday killing seven people and wounding eight others, Save the Children said. ...

Yemen

Heavy weapons fire rocks Yemen’s Hodeidah as U.N. pushes to clinch troop pullout

By Reuters,

Yemen’s warring parties exchanged heavy weapons fire overnight in Hodeidah, residents and military sources said, as the United Nations scrambled to ...

Hodeidah , United Nations , Yemen

No lump sum for teacher Tabichi as Ksh.100M to be paid out in 10-year installments

By Benjamin Muriuki,

When news broke that Kenyan teacher Peter Mokaya Tabichi had bagged a mind-numbing Ksh.100 million ($ 1 million) after winning the 2019 Global Teacher...

Global Teacher Prize , Peter Tabachi , Varkey Foundation

Peter Tabichi: Kenyan teacher wins Ksh.100 million Global Teacher Prize

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Mr. Peter Mokaya Tabichi, a Kenyan teacher from Nakuru County, has won the 2019 Global Teacher Prize. Mr. Tabichi, a Mathematics and Physics teache...

Global Teacher Prize