AU: ‘Aggressive, bold’ action needed to combat COVID-19 in Africa

By VOA,

The African Union says “aggressive and bold” action is needed to combat the coronavirus outbreak on the continent. More than 1 million cases of...

DIAZ: Finally some light at the end of the tunnel

By Guest Writer,

Just a few months back, we feared the worst for the world economies. As the Covid-19 pandemic ravaged through developed economies to hit at the hea...

coronavirus , Kenya economy , safe flights

COVID-19 in South Africa: How inequality, poverty undermined country’s response

By Reuters,

When coronavirus patients started arriving at South Africa’s government-run Thelle Mogoerane Hospital, workers scrambled to set up isolation wards t...

coronavirus , south africa

OPINION: Aviation distress, KQ in familiar territory

By Joseph Bonyo,

The resumption of international flights in and out of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport from Saturday, August 1 is welcome. This shows that amids...

Kenya Airways , kq

Zimbabwe agrees to pay Ksh.376B compensation to white farmers

By Reuters,

Zimbabwe agreed on Wednesday to pay $3.5 billion (Ksh. 376.8billion) in compensation to white farmers whose land was expropriated by the government to...

Emmerson Mnangagwa , white farmers , Zimbabwe

World Rugby cancels Dubai, South Africa legs over Covid-19 fears

By Agencies,

The World Rugby Sevens has cancelled the opening rounds of the 2020/2021 season in Dubai and South Africa owing to the biting Covid-19 ravaging the gl...

cancels , COVID-19 , dubai , South Africa legs , World Rugby Seves

Civil rights legend Rep. John Lewis dead at 80

By CNN,

John Robert Lewis, the son of sharecroppers who survived a brutal beating by police during a landmark 1965 march in Selma, Alabama, to become a toweri...

John Lewis

President Kenyatta wants debts owed by African countries cancelled due to COVID-19

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has called for the crafting of a joint European Union and Africa Covid-19 response strategy. The President said the EU-Afr...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , President Uhuru Kenyatta

Drogba’s election hopes suffer serious blow

By Reuters,

Didier Drogba’s hopes of becoming the next president of the Ivory Coast’s football federation has suffered a serious setback after the failure of ...

Didier Drogba , Ivorian Football Federation

President Kenyatta commends progress in South Sudan peace process despite COVID-19 disruption

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has commended parties to the South Sudan peace process for the progress achieved in recent months despite the health and econ...

peace process , south sudan

Wazalendo in bid to raise funds for Club Championships

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Wazalendo have launched a M-Changa platform in a bid to raise a Sh7 million budget in preparation for this year’s Africa Cup for Club Championships ...

South Africa’s coronavirus cases rise sharply to 264,184

By VOA,

South Africa's coronavirus cases have doubled in just two weeks to a quarter-million putting it at 10th position on the global map of COVID-19  infec...

coronavirus , south africa

‘U.K. still has no coherent strategy for engaging with Africa,’ House of Lords Committee says

By Citizen Reporter,

The House of Lords International Relations and Defense Committee has slammed the lack of a coherent UK strategy to its engagement with Africa saying t...

house of lords

Wazalendo roll out plans to raise Sh7 million for Club Championships

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Wazalendo are seeking to raise a Sh7 million budget in preparation for this year’s Africa Cup for Club Championships slated for Blantyre, Malawi. ...

Africa Cup for Club Championship , Kenya Hockey Union (KHU) , Malawi , Wazalendo

President Kenyatta says Africa’s COVID-19 response much better than rest of the world

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has commended Africa's concerted response to COVID-19 saying measures being implemented by African countries are helping slow...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , President Goodluck Jonathan , President Uhuru Kenyatta

WHO urges African countries resuming air travel to take safety measures

By VOA,

The World Health Organization called on African countries Thursday to take comprehensive safety measures to “mitigate a surge” in COVID-19 cases, ...

coronavirus

More than 360 elephants in Botswana die from mysterious causes

By CNN,

More than 360 elephants in Botswana have died in mysterious causes in the past three months, according to local conservationists. Also Read: Wildli...

Botswana , Elephants

“I feel strong and rejuvenated,” Raila says days after surgery in the UAE

By Tonny Ndungu,

ODM leader Raila Odinga has spoken for the first time since undergoing surgery in the U.A.E. He spoke to the public in a video released to the publ...

raila

Why Kenyan athletes could miss out on Diamond League meetings

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

@gil_kiprotich With the new athletics season set to kick off in August, Kenyan athletes hope of competing in the events to be held in European Union ...

Diamond League

NZ take both titles as World Rugby gives up on season

By Reuters,

New Zealand were awarded the men’s and women’s World Sevens Series titles on Tuesday after World Rugby cancelled the remainder of the season becau...

COVID-19 , World Rugby