‘Corona ikianza tulikuwa na kazi, lakini sasa hatuna’: Why Albert Otieno and Beatrice Mbendo now depend on social protection

By Rachel Ombaka,

Albert Otieno, 32, lives with his mother, two children and a cousin in Kayole, one of Nairobi County's most densely populated estates. Also Read: T...

coronavirus , Oxfam

Kenyan athletes cleared to travel to France for Monaco Diamond League

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Gilbert Kiprpotich Chief writer, athletics Kenyan athletes have been given the green light to travel to Monaco, France for the opening leg of the res...

Cleared to travel to Monaco , Covid-19 pandemic , Diamond League , Kenyan atheltes

EU to grant PM May a Brexit delay, with conditions

By Reuters,

European Union leaders will grant Prime Minister Theresa May a second delay to Brexit at an emergency summit on Wednesday but will argue over how long...

angela merkel , brexit , European union , President Emmanuel Macron , Theresa May

Indonesian palm oil association says EU discriminatory

By VOA,

In a bid to increase renewable energy use in Europe, the European Commission adopted a new regulatory framework in June 2018. With the EU Renewable En...

Indonesian

Nigerian election’s early tally puts Buhari ahead; opposition rejects it

By Reuters,

President Muhammadu Buhari took an early lead on Monday in initial official results from Nigeria’s presidential election, but the party of his main ...

US, China agree trade war ceasefire after Trump, Xi summit

By Reuters,

China and the United States agreed to a ceasefire in their bitter trade war on Saturday after high-stakes talks in Argentina between U.S. President Do...

china , Chinese President Xi Jinping , U.S President Donald Trump , U.S-China trade war , USA

Brexit deal condemned as ’26 pages of waffle’ B

By CNN,

A final Brexit deal is within reach, UK Prime Minister Theresa May insisted on  Thursday, after agreeing on a draft declaration on Britain's future r...

Boris Johnson , brexit , Donald Tusk , JEREMY CORBYN , Theresa May

Germany imposes entry ban, arms freeze over Khashoggi killing

By Reuters,

Germany banned Saudi citizens suspected of involvement in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi from much of Europe on Monday and moved to halt al...

Berlin , Jamal Khashoggi

Money Game: How top clubs clashed with rules on financial fair play

By Reuters,

One of the most powerful men in soccer, Gianni Infantino, has long championed fairness in the world’s most popular sport. In public, the sports admi...

Financial Fair Play , Gianni Infantino , manchester city , Money Game , PSG , top clubs , UEFA

The East African Community: Another diplomatic headache for Kenya?

By Desmond Boi,

The East African Community has been on top in Africa as a fast rising trading bloc in the past one and half decade, after its resurrection in 1999 by ...

Fidel Castro survived 600 assassination attempts, officials say

By Citizen Reporter,

Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro was a legendary survivor -- besting what Cuban officials say were more than 600 attempts to kill him. He lived m...

Britain Likely to Have Woman Prime Minister

By VOA,

Britain appears to be heading to having a woman prime minister again — 26 years since the country’s first, Margaret Thatcher, left office after a ...

British foreign secretary fear loss of access to single market

By Reuters,

British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said on Sunday (June 26) it would be "catastrophic" for Britain to lose access to the European single market ...

brexit , British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond

EU ministers mount pressure on Greece over migration crisis

By Agencies,

European Union interior ministers urged Greece to act on migration on Monday (January 25), some threatening to exclude it from the continent's prized ...

EU , greece , migration , ministers , pressure , refugees

EU Ministers reach deal on exchange of air passenger data

By Agencies,

EU governments and the European Parliament drew years of wrangling over security forces' use of airline passenger data toward a close on Friday (Decem...

EU

Italy, Sweden take action against threat of militant attack

By Agencies,

Police in Italy and Sweden tried to track down suspected militants and increased security around public buildings on Thursday after receiving reports ...

France strikes ISIS bases in Syria after Paris attack

By Agencies,

French warplanes pounded Islamic State positions in Syria on Sunday as police in Europe widened their investigations into coordinated attacks in Paris...

France , ISIS , Paris

Group helping African migrants find work, adventure

By Lisa Kamau,

Torn between staying at home in Nigeria to help his widowed mother or setting off to find work to fund an engineering course, teenager James Boyon was...

african migrants , African Movement of Working Children and Youth , employment , work