Finding Dad Part 2: ‘Cucu, baba yangu ni nani?’

By Citizen Reporter,

High school came and went and I was locked out of university for missing the cut off mark by a few points. Also Read: Finding Dad: My story of pain...

finding dad

Former Kenyan journalist appointed to Long Beach-Mombasa Sister City board

By Citizen Reporter,

A former Kenyan journalist, Mishael Ondieki, has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Long Beach-Mombasa Sister City program. The city o...

Long Beach , Mishael Ondieki

 Botswana seeks to overturn court ruling allowing gay sex

By Reuters,

Botswana’s government will appeal a high court ruling which decriminalized homosexuality, potentially resuscitating a law that punished gay sex by u...

Botswana , court ruling , gay marriage , homosexuality , same sex

Ghanaian writer wants women to have good sex, talk about it (safely)

By CNN,

"What are your sex and relationship goals for 2019?" That was the question put to women in a blog post published earlier this year in a country tha...

pleasure

Pear shaped women are healthier than apple shaped women, study finds

By CNN,

Not all fat is equal -- where it sits on the body matters to your health. Higher "trunk fat" in women was associated with an increased incidence of at...

body fat

Boris Johnson under pressure to explain police incident

By CNN,

Boris Johnson, the front-runner in the race to become Britain's next prime minister, was facing mounting calls Sunday to fully explain an incident in ...

Boris Johnson , brexit , British prime minister

Georgians angry over Russian lawmaker’s visit; try to storm parliament

By Reuters,

Crowds angry over the visit of a Russian lawmaker tried to storm Georgia’s parliament building on Thursday evening, pushing against lines of riot po...

Georgians , Moscow , parliament , Russian lawmaker

Safaricom unveils ‘reverse call’ feature to allow transfer of call charges

By Otukho Jackson,

Safaricom has launched a new calling service feature Reverse Call which will enable its over 31 million subscribers transfer calling costs to the rece...

Bob Collymnore , Reverse call , Safaricom

Huawei says U.S. ban to cost it Ksh.3 trillion in lost revenue

By Reuters,

China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd has taken a harder-than-expected hit from a U.S. ban, the company’s founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei said, and slas...

china , Huawei , Ren Zhengfei , revenue , United States

Botswana scraps anti-gay sex laws

By CNN,

Botswana's High Court has overturned a colonial-era law criminalizing consensual same-sex relations in a landmark victory for Africa's LGBTQ movements...

Botswana , decriminalizing gay sex

Ebola cases soar past 2,000 in Democratic Republic of Congo

By VOA,

More than 2,000 cases of the Ebola virus have hit the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to the nation's health ministry. The 1,346 deaths ma...

Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) , ebola

Gene-edited babies may be at increased risk of early death: study

By Karanja Morgan,

Our genomes contain two copies of the CCR5 gene. It is known that people who carry two defective copies of this gene are highly resistant to HIV. ...

gene editing

Out of sight out of mind: cry of the disabled in Zimbabwe

By VOA,

In life, few knew him. Yet in death, 33-year old Ndumiso Ngwenya became the talk of the town a leper who had spent his days under strict lock and key,...

What little kids need to know about ‘SEX’

By CNN,

Approximately 8 out of 10 parents self-identify as enlightened. These are the moms and dads who broach thorny topics like race, poverty and sexism wit...

children , education , kids , sex , sexuality , STDs , U.S

Mobile networks are suspending orders for Huawei smartphones

By CNN,

Mobile networks in Asia and Europe are suspending orders for Huawei smartphones following the US decision last week to restrict the company's access t...

android , Google , Huawei

It takes at least 4 years to apply for divorce in Ireland

By CNN,

In the last four and a half years, Michael Rossney has been to court 40 times and spent tens of thousands of euros on legal fees. Like some 118,000 p...

divorce , Ireland

Safaricom pays out first special dividend in year of record profit-making

By Kepha Muiruri,

Kenya’s largest telco-operator by size Safaricom will pay out a special dividend to shareholders following its record year of profit making in what ...

Bob Collymore , Safaricom

Chinese Economic Outreach in Latin America Draws US Concerns

By VOA,

For generations, the economies of Latin America and the Caribbean have been dominated by trade with the United States. In recent years, though, a g...

Harry and Meghan, Africa doesn’t want you

By CNN,

Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, may be considering a move to Africa sometime after the birth of their child. Just as with thei...

Meghan Markle. , Prince Harry , queen elizabeth ii , royal family , south africa

Exclusive: Gold worth billions smuggled out of Africa

By Reuters,

Billions of dollars’ worth of gold is being smuggled out of Africa every year through the United Arab Emirates in the Middle East – a gateway to m...