Roofs blown away at Kinchororio primary school in Suba South as strong winds hit

By Aly Abich,

Strong winds destroyed four classrooms at Kinchororio Primary school in Gwasi South ward, Suba South constituency on Friday evening. The winds and ...

Kinchororio primary school , Storm

We Can’t Breathe: Plight of Syokimau residents in face of air pollution

By Enock Sikolia,

The world is facing a pandemic that has thrown economies into a spin and the number of mortalities is rising. Many companies and factories have bee...

Bustani Villas , Endmor Steel Millers , Nazir Hakada , Sawada Villas , Syokimau

Matiang’i orders arrest of contractor who has not completed 4KM road in four years

By Ian Omondi,

Interior Cabinet Secretary Dr. Fred Matiang'i on Thursday fired a stern warning shot to contractors across the country for delaying in the delivery of...

Contractors , CS Fred Matiang’i , Lake Victoria North Water , Nyandarua County

Kenyan company rolls out Gumzo–first video conferencing app made in Africa

By VOA,

A Kenyan company has developed Gumzo--a video conferencing application, the first made in Africa, designed to be more affordable than foreign counterp...

gumzo , shapiro , usiku games

Tanzania to re-open universities on June 1

By Agencies,

Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli has announced that all universities in the country will re-open from June 1, 2020. Sixth-grade students in ...

coronavirus , magufuli , Tanzania

US reports 1,800 coronavirus deaths in a day

By CNN,

The number of deaths from the novel coronavirus continued to reach grim milestones, with more than 800 fatalities reported Tuesday in New York City, a...

coronavirus

No handshakes, Eucharist on the mouth: Catholic bishops issue guidelines over coronavirus

By Citizen Reporter,

Catholic Bishops have urged churches and clergy to elevate the level of preparedness after the first case of coronavirus was reported in Kenya. Als...

coronavirus

Churches, mosques and schools instructed to provide sanitisation apparatus

By Rene Oswere,

The first coronavirus case in Kenya has triggered a more intense reaction from the government with public gatherings banned until further notice. T...

coronavirus

Africa Nazarene University closed over coronavirus contact trace in Ongata Rongai

By Citizen Reporter,

Africa Nazarene University has suspended on-campus classes after Kenya confirmed its first positive case of coronavirus. According to the Vice Chan...

coronavirus , Nazarene University

BBI, public meetings, games banned as Kenyan tests positive for coronavirus

By Tonny Ndungu,

The Ministry of Health has announced a suspension on all public gatherings, meetings, games, events and church crusades. Speaking during a press co...

kenya first coronavirus case

Kenya confirms first case of coronavirus

By Citizen Reporter,

The Kenyan Government has confirmed the first case of coronavirus in the country. Health CS Mutahi Kagwe revealed that the patient is a woman who t...

coronavirus

The final moments of the helicopter that killed Kobe Bryant, 8 others

By CNN,

In his final transmission, the pilot of a helicopter that crashed, killing nine people including NBA legend Kobe Bryant, told air traffic control he w...

Kobe Bryant

This 9-year-old has built more than 30 mobile games

By CNN,

Seated in a stylish living room of a home in a suburb of Nigeria's commercial center, Lagos, Basil Okpara Jr. is tapping away on his laptop keyboard. ...

Basil Okpara Jr. , Codefest International , Google

Body of missing Narok teacher found dumped in a river

By Andrew Langat,

A teacher from Chemamit Primary School was on Sunday found dead five days after he was reported missing. The body of the deceased; Daniel Terer, wa...

Chemamit  Primary School , DCI , Kericho county , Olenguruone

50 children saved as Interpol exposes international paedophile ring

By CNN,

Interpol has saved 50 children and prosecuted nine sex offenders after uncovering an international pedophile ring that was sharing child abuse images ...

An Interpol Incident Response Team (IRT) , hailand's Department of Special Investigations (DSI) , Jurgen Stock

Cameroonian girls defy prejudice to pursue soccer dreams

By Reuters,

When Gaelle Asheri first started playing soccer in the dirt streets near her home in Cameroon’s capital, she was the only girl on the informal neigh...

Cameroon , football , Rails Foot Academy , Soccer

Australian family of suspected New Zealand mosque gunman devastated for victims

By Gloria Magudha,

A grandmother of the Australian man suspected of killing 50 people in two New Zealand mosques said she was “just devastated” for the dead and inju...

Brenton Tarrant , New Zealand

Trump’s big, beautiful shrinking wall

By VOA,

“I will build a great wall,” declared Donald Trump in announcing he was running for president in June 2015. “I will build a great, great wall on...

Donald Trump , shrinking wall

From Kibera slums to sevens, Kenya rugby Lionesses defy odds

By CNN,

Kibera slum in Nairobi seems an unlikely place to find an international athlete, but for Kenya rugby sevens star Diana Awino it's the place she calls ...

Kenya Rugby Sevens , Kibera slums

Inside the Japan town that pays cash for kids

By CNN,

When Katsunori and Kaori Osaka had their first child, they were living in a cramped apartment in Nagoya, a city of more than 2 million people in centr...