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

How fake refugees from Kenya got settled in the U.S and Europe

By CNN,

He says he doesn't feel guilty for the lie that got him into America. Like other families who arrived as Somali refugees, he says they first depend...

Mohamed Dahiye , refugees , Somali , UNHCR

Change food production and stop abusing land, major climate report warns

By CNN,

Humans have damaged around a quarter of ice-free land on Earth, United Nations scientists warned in a major report Thursday, stressing that further de...

climate report , food production , Global emmissions , Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) , World Wildlife Fund's (WWF)

Ethiopia plants more than 350 million trees in 12 hours

By CNN,

Ethiopia planted more than 353 million trees in 12 hours on Monday, which officials believe is a world record. The burst of tree planting was par...

Ethiopia , Green Legacy , Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed

Ethiopia plants more than 350 million trees in 12 hours

By CNN,

Ethiopia planted more than 353 million trees in 12 hours on Monday, which officials believe is a world record. The burst of tree planting was part ...

Ethiopia , Tree Planting

Storm-slammed Mozambique must rebuild for ‘tomorrow’s climate’

By Reuters,

The destruction wrought by Cyclone Idai in southern Africa this month shows weather warnings must spur action and infrastructure has to be built with ...

Cyclone Idai , Mozambique

President Kenyatta meets World Bank Africa Vice President

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday met World Bank Africa region Vice President Makhtar Diop and discussed initiatives to accelerate Kenya's develo...

Big Four , North-Eastern Development Initiative , President Uhuru Kenyatta , Vice President Makhtar Diop , World Bank Africa

Wajir Governor launches 5-year county economic plan

By Citizen Reporter,

Wajir Governor Mohamed A. Mohamud has exuded confidence that the county's socio-economic investments are on course for the next five years. Speakin...

economic , environmental , framework , integrate , physical , Social , Wajir Governor Mohamed A. Mohamud

World hunger swells as conflict, climate change grow

By VOA,

  The United Nations reports world hunger is rising because conflicts and problems related to climate change are multiplying. The report finds abo...

CLIMATE CHANGE , CLIMATE TALKS , GLOBAL WARMING , PARIS ACCORD , UNITED NATIONS ON CLIMATE CHANGE

Kwale gets a 25-year transformation plan

By Lawrence Nganga,

The Shelter Solutions Ltd (SSL) in partnership with the Coast Development Authority (CDA) has launched the first phase of Shimoni Integrated Developme...

20 children in Lamu affected by cholera , 9 KILLED IN LAMU , Coast Development Authority (CDA) , Khatib Mwashetani , Kwale County governor Salim Mvurya , Lamu Airport , LAPSSET , The Shelter Solutions Ltd (SSL)

MOMANYI: Inua Jamii impacting the elderlies life in Kenya

By Citizen Reporter,

One of the key areas that the Jubilee administration has excelled is in rolling out the national social protection programmes that cushion the elderly...

KIRUKU: So many pests: Will anything be left for the poor?

By Anne Kiruku,

As a regional workshop on agriculture was going on in Arusha last week, news of an army worm invasion in seven counties in Kenya hit the airwaves – ...

KAPSOOT: Kenya should be fast in adopting renewable energy

By Citizen Team,

By Daniel Kapsoot Climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing humanity in the 21st century. In Kenya like many other African countries,...

Kenya close to ending drought – scientist

By Reuters,

Kenya is on its way to breaking the devastating cycle of drought, poverty and hunger over the next decade, a leading scientist said as he was named wi...

Garissa County launches nutrition plan

By Citizen Reporter,

Security and climatic changes have been cited as the biggest hindrance in addressing malnutrition of children and mothers in reproductive stage in Gar...

Abdullahi Hussein , child nutrition , climatic changes , Deputy Governor Abdullahi Hussein , garissa , Garissa County , Malnutrition , maternal , Maternal and child nutrition , security

Poor states warned not to trade away protection at climate talks

By Agencies,

Poorer nations at U.N. climate negotiations in Paris may end up trading away some protections for the most vulnerable in pursuit of a tougher emission...

climate , CLIMATE CHANGE , kenya , Paris

Climate talks enter next phase, toughest decisions ahead

By Agencies,

Global climate change talks in Paris moved into a new, tougher phase on Saturday as negotiators agreed to a draft accord that still leaves hundreds of...

Climate talks enter next phase

World leaders launch bid for climate breakthrough in Paris

By Agencies,

World leaders launched an ambitious attempt on Monday to hold back the earth's rising temperatures, with French President Francois Hollande saying the...

AUERBACH: A child born today may live to see humanity’s end

By Lisa Kamau,

Humans will be extinct in 100 years because the planet will be uninhabitable, said the late Australian microbiologist Frank Fenner, one of the leaders...

africa , CARBON , CLIMATE CHANGE , Environment , GEOENGINEERING , GLOBAL WARMING , kenya

KIRUKU: Climate Change a Burden for the Poor, Women

By Citizen,

This must have informed the recent move by the East African Community (EAC) Secretariat and the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) Women Forum, ...