OPINION: Jane Gitau, opening doors for other women

By Guest Writer,

Jane Gitau is the Head of Corporate Communication at the Kenya Seed Company and the Chair of Greenbelt Movement, Kenya. She is a Chevening Scholar ...

greenbelt , maathai

U.S. Capitol secured, 4 dead after rioters stormed the halls of Congress to block Biden’s win

By CNN,

The US Capitol is once again secured but four people are dead -- including one woman who was shot -- after supporters of President Donald Trump brea...

Mike Pence , President Donald Trump , President-elect Joe Biden , Speaker Nancy Pelosi , U.S. Capitol , U.S. Congress

All London primary schools to be closed as coronavirus cases surge

By Reuters,

The British government has decided to close all London primary schools for the next two weeks to counter the rapid spread of a more infectious variant...

coronavirus , magoha , schools

Chinese journalist who documented Wuhan coronavirus outbreak jailed for 4 years

By CNN,

An independent Chinese journalist who reported from Wuhan at the height of the initial coronavirus outbreak has been jailed for four years by a Shangh...

coronavirus , wuhan

George Blake, last in line of Cold War spies who betrayed Britain, dies at 98

By Reuters,

George Blake, who died in Russia on Saturday at the age of 98, was the last in a line of British spies whose secret work for the Soviet Union humiliat...

Cold War , George Blake , President Vladimir Putin

U.S. will require negative COVID-19 tests for all UK passengers

By Reuters,

The U.S. government will require all airline passengers arriving from the United Kingdom to test negative for COVID-19 within 72 hours of departure st...

coronavirus , COVID-19

UK to hold emergency meeting over new coronavirus variant

By CNN,

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to chair an emergency meeting with ministers Monday, as governments around the world step up efforts ...

Britain , coronavirus , UK

New coronavirus strain spreading in UK has key mutations: scientists

By Reuters,

British scientists are trying to establish whether the rapid spread in southern England of a new coronavirus strain is linked to key mutations they ha...

coronavirus , Genomics UK

Social innovation key to post COVID-19 recovery: experts

By Citizen Reporter,

Experts have called for more focus on social entrepreneurship and cross-sector collaboration towards an accelerated recovery from the COVID-19 impact ...

ashoka east africa , coronavirus , social innovation , tangaza college

Shilling remains in free fall as it crosses Ksh.111 mark against the dollar

By Kepha Muiruri,

The Kenyan shilling has remained in a free fall as it crosses a new confidence marker to trade past Ksh.111 mark against the US dollar. The local u...

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) , Dr. Patrick Njoroge , shilling

European Union criticises ‘hasty’ UK approval of COVID-19 vaccine

By Reuters,

The European Union criticised Britain’s rapid approval of Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, saying its own procedure was more t...

Britain , covid-19 vaccine , European union

Everyone you know uses Zoom but that wasn’t the plan

By CNN,

The tweet was when Eric Yuan knew something had to change. Boris Johnson, the UK prime minister, shared a photo from his first ever virtual cabinet...

Zoom

WHO scientist calls for more data on coronavirus vaccines

By VOA,

The World Health Organization’s top vaccine expert says the agency needs to evaluate coronavirus vaccines and their immune responses based on more t...

coronavirus , covid-19 vaccine

Suspected North Korean hackers targeted COVID vaccine maker

By Reuters,

Suspected North Korean hackers have tried to break into the systems of British drugmaker AstraZeneca in recent weeks, two people with knowledge of the...

AstraZeneca , coronavirus

Conference on Africa governments delivery of election pledges kicks off in Nairobi

By Citizen Reporter,

A conference that brings together specialised units that have been set up by governments in Africa to speed up the delivery of development programs ki...

President Uhuru Kenyatta , Tony Blair Institute for Global Change

Kenya raises security at children’s homes, hospitals after trafficking scandal

By VOA,

Kenya is increasing security at children's homes and hospitals after three medical officers were charged Wednesday with child trafficking. Also Rea...

baby stealers , BBC Africa eye , child trafficking

Minister wants Nigeria to sanction CNN for report on shooting of protesters

By Reuters,

Nigeria should sanction CNN for a report that the country’s military shot and killed protesters demonstrating against police brutality, a minister s...

#SomeoneTellCNN , Nigeria

Tobacco manufacturers fingered for profiting off the pandemic

By Kepha Muiruri,

Tobacco manufacturers have been fingered for using the COVID-19 pandemic to weaken regulations limiting tobacco use. This is according to a new rep...

British American Tobacco (BAT) Kenya , Covid-19 pandemic , Tobacco

OPINION: Isolated poverty: Africa bearing burden of climate change in the Commonwealth

By Guest Writer,

By Mohamed Adow There is no region that is as badly affected by climate change like Africa. Whether it is droughts in the Sahel, coastal storms lik...

africa , CLIMATE CHANGE , Commonwealth , COVID-19 , Emmanuel Macron

Why I volunteered for a COVID-19 vaccine trial

By Guest Writer,

By Steve Stecklow So why did I volunteer to be injected with an experimental vaccine for COVID-19? That’s what some of my friends wanted to know ...