Rise in Malawi suicide cases linked to COVID-19

By VOA,

Malawi suicide cases have increased by 57% since the start the coronavirus pandemic. Psychologists blame loss of hope in dealing with social distan...

coronavirus , Mental Health , suicide

How African countries fared in FIFA week friendlies

By Agencies,

African countries wound up their final round of friendly match engagements with several matches played this week. As attention returns to interclub...

Algeria , Angola , Cote d’Ivoire , DR Congo , FIFA , Morocco , Mozambique , Nigeria , tunisia

Malawi women protest gender imbalance in public service appointments

By VOA,

Malawi women rights groups and other civil society groups held street protests Friday against the president’s failure to achieve gender balance in h...

malawi women , two thirds gender rule

Gor wrap up transfer business, to axe four on Friday as team resume training

By Citizen Team,

Gor Mahia chairman Ambrose Rachier says the club have wrapped up their transfer business as the new season looms large, with four players set for the ...

Ambrose Rachier , Drop four , GOR MAHIA , Resume training

Futures destroyed: COVID-19 unleashes ‘shadow pandemics’ on Africa’s girls

By Reuters,

Until the new coronavirus hit Kenya in March, 17-year-old schoolgirl Anna believed the world was hers for the taking. It didn’t matter that she l...

child marriage , coronavirus , FGM , shadow pandemic , teen pregnancies

WAN-IFRA Women in News, City, University of London to study sexual harassment in the media industry

By Rachel Ombaka,

WAN-IFRA Women in News and City, University of London are conducting a major study into sexual harassment in the media workplace in select countries i...

sexual harassment , WAN-IFRA

Kenya Airways resumes flights to 29 destinations after coronavirus curbs lifted

By Reuters,

Kenya Airways resumed international flights on Saturday, heading to 29 destinations for the first time since the routes were suspended in March due to...

coronavirus , Kenya Airways , kq , safe flights

UK to pay Kenyan teachers in Dadaab, Kakuma Ksh.155 million

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Teachers in Kenya who are educating children in refugee-hosting communities are set to receive Ksh.155 million from the UK Government to ensure vulner...

Dadaab , refugees

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 ...

Refugees in Africa face hunger as COVID-19 worsens food shortages, agencies warn

By Citizen Reporter,

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the World Food Programme (WFP) are warning that severe underfunding, conflict and disasters – as well as supply ch...

coronavirus , refugees , UNHCR , WFP

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

Down Memory Lane Part III: Unpacking the great Harambee Stars squad of yore

By Allen Mwazani,

Sports is like theatre; a production. Having played the role of the villain perfectly in the two previous editions, the Harambee Stars team now had it...

Abbbas Mahmoud , CECAFA , Harambee Stars , John 'Bobby' Ogolla

Uhuru congratulates incoming Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera

By Citizen Reporter,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has sent a congratulatory message to Malawi’s new president Lazarus Chakwera who was sworn in for a five-year term on Sunda...

Malawi , President Lazarus Chakwera , President Uhuru Kenyatta

Malawi President-elect Lazarus Chakwera sworn into office

By Reuters,

Malawi’s new president Lazarus Chakwera was sworn in for a five-year term on Sunday, hours after unseating former leader Peter Mutharika in a re-run...

Malawi , Peter Mutharika , President Lazarus Chakwera

Malawi opposition leader Lazarus Chakwera declared winner of presidential re-run

By Reuben Motochi,

Malawi’s opposition leader Lazarus Chakwera was on Saturday declared the winner of a re-run presidential election, a dramatic reversal of incumbent ...

Chifundo Kachale , Lazarus Chakwera , Malawi , Peter Mutharika

Down memory lane – when Harambee Stars silenced Tanzania in Dar

By Allen Mwazani,

The decade - 1979-1989 is widely considered by many football aficionados as the golden era of Kenyan football. It is a period that saw Kenya produce a...

CECAFA , Dar , Harambee Stars , JJ Masiga , John 'Bobby' Ogolla , kenya , Mahmoud Abbas , Marshall Mulwa , Paul Ngei , Tanzania

6,000 more children under five could die each day as COVID-19 weakens health systems

By Citizen Reporter,

An additional 6,000 children could die every day from preventable causes over the next six months as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to weaken health ...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , unicef

Seven Kenyans sue gov’t claiming rights were violated while in mandatory quarantine

By Dzuya Walter,

Seven Kenyans, among them a minor, have sued the government and are seeking damages claiming their rights were violated when they were held in mandato...

COVID-19 , Quarantine

Kenya in line to save Ksh.244 billion from debt restructure – World Bank

By Kepha Muiruri,

Kenya stands in line to realize gains of up to Ksh.243.6 billion ($2.3 billion) from the suspension of all 2020 loan repayments to its external credit...

IMF , Kenya's debt , National Treasury , World Bank Group

African kids coerced to chant ‘I’m a black monster with low IQ’ in viral Chinese video

By Tonny Ndungu,

A video which has resurfaced online shows African kids chanting and dancing to racist and derogatory Chinese lyrics. The video which was first shar...

African kids in chinese video