Biden set to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan

By Reuters,

President Joe Biden plans to withdraw the remaining 2,500 U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, 2021, 20 years to the day after the al Qaeda attac...

Afghanistan , AL QAEDA , President Joe Biden , U.S. troops

Four reasons why Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency prices are surging

By Agencies,

Bitcoin, since its inception in 2009, has been the first digital currency or perhaps the stepping stone towards an ecosystem of highly volatile yet lu...

OBITUARY: Robin – radio legend, gentle-giant and friend gone too soon

By Isaac Swila,

Isaac Swilain Nairobi “The greatest tragedy in life is not death, but a life without a purpose,” Myles Munroe, the Bahamian televangelist who die...

Covid-18 , death , Radio Managing Editor , RMS mourns , Robin Njogu , Royal Media Services

French billionaire politician Olivier Dassault killed in helicopter crash

By Reuters,

French billionaire Olivier Dassault was killed on Sunday in a helicopter crash, a police source said, with President Emmanuel Macron paying tribute to...

Olivier Dassault , President Emmanuel Macron

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...

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation , coronavirus , covax , COVID-19 , GAVI , vaccine

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

WHO Wuhan mission finds possible signs of wider original outbreak in 2019

By CNN,

Investigators from the World Health Organization (WHO) looking into the origins of coronavirus in China have discovered signs the outbreak was much wi...

coronavirus , wuhan

OPINION: Open letter to President Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga

By Guest Writer,

By Dr. Stellah Bosire My elders, I do hope that this letter finds you well. I thank you for all the blood, sweat and tears that you put in, t...

2007/08 Post Election Violence , raila , Uhuru

Kenya will remain a strong voice for Africa on the UN Security Council, says Uhuru

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has reiterated Kenya's strong commitment to advancing Africa's agenda at UN Security Council especially on matters of climate...

CLIMATE CHANGE , President Uhuru Kenyatta , UN SECURITY COUNCIL , UNEP

WHO Wuhan mission finds possible signs of wider original outbreak in 2019

By CNN,

Investigators from the World Health Organization (WHO) looking into the origins of coronavirus in China have discovered signs the outbreak was much wi...

COVID-19 , wuhan

JAMILA’S TRAVEL DIARY: Of our Canada trip, unexpected airport tests & quarantine away from my son

By Jamila Mohamed,

I am currently writing this from my hotel room in Victoria, the capital of the Canadian province of British Columbia, on the southern tip of Vancouver...

Canada , coronavirus

16-year-old Kenyan boy luckily survives flight from London to Holland after clinging to landing gear

By Citizen Reporter,

A Kenyan teenager has survived a flight from London to Holland after clinging to the landing gear in freezing conditions at 19,000ft. The 16-year-o...

London.

COVID cases on player flights leave Australian Open buildup in disarray

By Reuters,

The build-up to next month’s Australian Open was thrown into disarray on Saturday when 47 players were forced into two weeks of strict hotel quarant...

Australian Open , COVID-19

Black boxes located at Indonesian airliner crash site

By CNN,

Rescuers searching for the wreckage of an Indonesian passenger jet that crashed into the ocean with 62 people on board on Saturday say they have locat...

Indonesia finds body parts, debris, detects emergency signal of crashed jet

By Reuters,

Indonesia detected signals on Sunday that could come from a flight recorder of a Sriwijaya Air jet that crashed into the sea after taking off from the...

boeing , Indonesia , plane crash

Indonesian plane loses contact after take-off, more than 60 thought to be aboard

By Reuters,

A Sriwijaya Air plane thought to have 62 people on board lost contact after taking off from Indonesia’s capital Jakarta on Saturday and rescuers sai...

Indonesian plane

If you want to travel next year, you may need a vaccine passport

By CNN,

Now that coronavirus vaccines are starting to roll out in the US and abroad, many people may be dreaming of the day when they can travel, shop and go ...

coronavirus , vaccine passport

Kenyan family receives Ksh.300M compensation from Boeing over Ethiopian Airlines crash

By Agencies,

A Kenyan family that lost kin in the deadly Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crash has received a record-breaking a Ksh.300 million settlement from plane...

boeing , Ethiopian Airlines , Ribbeck Law Chartered

Former President Moi’s florist Bishop David Kalua dies at 83

By Citizen Reporter,

The man behind the fresh rose boutonnière that that always adorned the lapel of the late former president Daniel arap Moi's suits is dead. Bishop ...

Bishop David Kalua , President Moi , state house

British envoy Jane Marriott reveals how she survived sexual assault

By Rachel Ombaka,

British High Commissioner to Kenya Jane Marriott has revealed her own sexual assault experience that occurred 17 years ago. Also Read: Domestic vio...

GBV , sexual harassment , SGBV