Cash-strapped Africa overwhelmed by COVID vaccine challenge

By Reuters,

When Ghana received 50,000 COVID vaccine doses from India last month, it hit a frustrating roadblock: it had not trained enough staff to distribute th...

coronavirus , covax , vaccine

Namibian court rules against gay couple in fight to take newborn daughters home

By Reuters,

Namibia’s High Court on Monday ruled against a gay couple battling to obtain travel documents for their twin daughters, born to a surrogate in South...

gay couple , Namibia , surrogate

Award-winning Rwandan film ‘The 600’ premiers in Kenya

By Citizen Reporter,

On 7th April, Rwanda, and Rwandese around the world, began ‘Kwibuka’ – meaning 'to Remember', which is an annual Commemoration of the 1994 Genoc...

GENOCIDE , Rwanda

OPINION: We need youth advocates now more than ever

By Rachel Ombaka,

We often associate advocacy with a dramatic event or impassioned cause and tend to think of advocacy on large scales, such as the rise of youth moveme...

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OPINION: No emotive approach to FGM, medicalization still rife

By Guest Writer,

By Maria Wanza  There was jubilation when a petitioner, Dr Tatu Kamau, had her case thrown out of court. She had petitioned the court in 2017, cha...

FGM , Tatu Kamau

Remembering Lorna Irungu-Macharia, through the eyes of her loved ones

By Guest Writer,

By Edwin Macharia Lorna Irungu-Macharia was the loving wife of Edwin Macharia and mother of Nancy Mumbi Macharia. Daughter of the late Festus G Iru...

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PROFILE: Lorna Irungu – Macharia, the epitome of redefining the impossible

By Guest Writer,

By Patience Nyange and Esther Kiragu This week’s series is dedicated to Lorna Irungu- Macharia, who passed away earlier this week. We join the me...

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Kukua teams up with Citizen TV to launch Africa’s first kid superhero series

By Citizen Reporter,

On the heels of the successful launch of Africa’s first kid superhero animated series Super Sema that debuted on Youtube for Kids this month, Kukua,...

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Namibian Gov’t removes tax for sanitary pads

By Agencies,

The Namibian Government has abolished taxation of sanitary pads. Finance Minister Iipumbu Shiimi announced that the directive would take effect in ...

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Top African leaders mourn late Tanzania President John Magufuli

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Messages of condolence from across the African region continue to pour in for the late Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli who succumbed to heart ...

John Magufuli

President Uhuru Kenyatta declares 7 days of mourning in honour of President Magufuli

By Benjamin Muriuki,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has announced a seven-day period of national mourning in Kenya in honour of the late Tanzania President John Pombe Magufuli w...

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Obituary: This man John Pombe Magufuli

By Waihiga Mwaura,

Tanzania President John Pombe Magufuli is dead. Magufuli's death was announced Wednesday night by Tanzanian Vice President Samia Hassan Suluhu. She...

John Magufuli , Tanzania

Africans slam rich nations for blocking access to generic COVID vaccines

By Reuters,

Charities in Africa slammed rich nations on Thursday for blocking efforts to waive patents for COVID-19 vaccines, saying this would prolong the pandem...

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Africa proves rocky terrain for Russian and Chinese vaccines

By Reuters,

Russia and China are racing to plug the COVID-19 vaccine gap in Africa, hoping to cement their influence on a continent where many countries have yet ...

PROFILE: Maryana Munyendo amplifies voices of missing children in Kenya

By Guest Writer,

By Patience Nyange and Esther Kiragu Maryana Munyendo is a Child Safety Education Consultant, Founder and Executive Director of Missing Child Kenya...

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Another Rothschild’s giraffe floated to safety from flooded island

By Citizen Reporter,

Partners of Save Giraffes Now floated another endangered Rothschild’s giraffe to safety from a flooded island on Lake Baringo. Also Read: Kenya ...

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Pursue leadership positions at all levels, First Lady Margaret Kenyatta encourages women

By PSCU,

First Lady Margaret Kenyatta has encouraged more women to actively seek elective and other positions of leadership both at national and county levels....

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OPINION: With vaccine deliveries across Africa, the race for equity begins

By Guest Writer,

By Dr. Solomon Zewdu On February 24, 600,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Accra, Ghana. Two days later, another 504,000 doses arrived in Ab...

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PROFILE: Wanjira Mathai on continuing her mother’s legacy

By Guest Writer,

Africa Environment Day, also marks Wangari Maathai Day that celebrates the work of Kenyan environmentalist Prof. Wangari Maathai. In 2004, Prof. Ma...

Green Belt Movement , maathai , wanjira mathai

Prince Harry tells Oprah he worried history would repeat itself

By Reuters,

Prince Harry, who shocked Britain last year when he and his wife Meghan stepped back from royal duties, told U.S. interviewer Oprah Winfrey that he ha...