France reverses decision on not using AstraZeneca for citizens over 65

By VOA,

France will now vaccinate people aged 65 years and older with the COVID-19 vaccine jointly developed by Oxford University and British-Swedish drugmake...

AstraZeneca , coronavirus , moderna , Pfizer-BioNTech , vaccine

Homa Bay becomes third county to pass the BBI Bill

By Allan Obiero,

The Homa Bay County Assembly has become the third assembly to pass the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) Constitutional Amendment Bill 2020 after Siay...

BBI , Homa Bay

Raila: BBI is like the river Nile’s flow to the Mediterranean sea– unstoppable

By Citizen,

ODM leader Raila Odinga has appealed to the courts to expedite on any pending matters related to the BBI to allow ample time for the projected June re...

BBI , raila

U.S. naval ship arrives in Mombasa for port visit

By Citizen Reporter,

A U.S. naval ship arrived in Mombasa on Monday for a port visit in support of its 2021 African coast deployment. The Expeditionary Sea Base USS Her...

naval ship , USS Hershel “Woody” Williams

Europe starts to reopen borders but no free travel yet

By Reuters,

European countries ease some border controls on Monday after coronavirus lockdowns, but Spain’s continued closure, a patchwork of restrictions elsew...

Brussels airport , coronavirus , europe , lockdown , Ylva Johansson

China Mobile, Facebook in joint project to build 2Africa submarine cable

By Agencies,

China Mobile International, Facebook, MTN GlobalConnect, Orange, stc, Telecom Egypt, Vodafone and WIOCC have announced they will partner to build 2Afr...

2Africa

MIC cancels 2020 Cup tournament

By Agencies,

The Mediterranean International Cup’s direction committee has canceled this year’s event, in which the Kenya U16 national team was set to take par...

FKF

BWIRE: Disaster preparedness shows cracks as floods ravage Budalang’i

By Victor Bwire,

By Victor Bwire Budalangi is at it once more with flooding and staring at a humanitarian disaster because of failure by Kenyan authorities to proac...

Tycoon Humphrey Kariuki responds to claims over his Cyprus passport

By Duncan Mutwiri,

Billionaire businessman Humphrey Kariuki has dismissed reports that his Cypriot Passport has been revoked. Mr. Ndegwa, in a statement tried to put ...

Cyprus , DCI , Humphrey Kariuki , Mount Kenya Safari club , Passport , The Hub

President Kenyatta congratulates 136 Kenyans to be employed as seafarers

By Wambui Kihara,

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday congratulated 136 Kenyans who have gained employment as seafarers on several ships owned by the Mediterranean Shipp...

Ex-hostage: Aid worker kidnappings ‘big business’ as criminals wade in

By VOA,

Kidnapping of aid workers has become "big business" as militants often work with crime networks to carry out abductions, a senior United Nations offic...

Aid workers , Kidnappings , Thomson Reuters Foundation , United Nations Commission on Refugees (UNHCR)

French charities rescue 81 more migrants off Libya

By VOA,

Two French charities pulled another 81 migrants from the waters off Libya Sunday, bringing the number of those it rescued at sea since Friday to 211. ...

libya

Swila: Egypt projects itself as gateway to Africa with a beauty to boot

By Isaac Swila,

Isaac Swila A month has elapsed since my return from duty at the 32nd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations finals held in Egypt. With enough tim...

AFCON2019 , beauty , Cairo , Egypt , Swila

150 migrants die in shipwreck off the coast of Libya

By CNN,

At least 150 people have drowned after their boat sank off the coast of Libya on Thursday, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) confirmed. Around 300 peop...

libya , Mediterranean , migrants , UNHCR

New migrants brought to Libya centre hit by deadly air strike

By Reuters,

More migrants have been moved to a detention centre in Libya capital where an air strike killed more than 50 people last week, despite a risk it could...

libya , United Nations

Airstrike on Libyan detention center kills 40

By VOA,

The United Nations envoy to Libya says the airstrikes on a detention center for migrants outside of Libya's capital that killed at least 40 people cou...

Africa Union , airstrike , libya , migrants , United Nations

Migrant rescue ship captain regrets Italian docking scare

By Reuters,

The German captain of a migrant-rescue ship who defied an Italian government ban to dock at the island port of Lampedusa expressed regret on Sunday fo...

Carola Rackete , migrants , Minister Matteo Salvini , Sea-Watch 3

Photo of drowned migrant triggers fight over Trump asylum clampdown

By Reuters,

A harrowing photo of a Salvadoran migrant and his young daughter who drowned in the Rio Grande at the U.S.-Mexico border became the focus on Wednesday...

Donald Trump , migrants , U.S.-Mexico border , United Nations

African refugees evacuated from Libya to Italy, more help needed: U.N.

By Reuters,

A total of 149 Africans in Libya were evacuated to Italy on Thursday, but more states must help people escape deteriorating conditions in Tripoli afte...

Commander Khalifa Haftar , libya , refugees , U.N

Three killed in suspected Islamic State attack on southern Libya: official

By Reuters,

Three people were killed on Thursday in a suspected hit-and-run attack by Islamic State militants on a town in southern Libya, residents and a militar...