Pressure behind Govt’s demand that cargo be ferried via SGR

By Kepha Muiruri,

The government's recent directive on compulsory transportation of all import cargo from Mombasa to Nairobi via the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) has el...

KPA , KRA , Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure , SGR

State of the Nation Address: President Uhuru Kenyatta’s full speech

By Benjamin Muriuki,

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thurday said the State of the Nation is "strong, vibrant and beaming with promise." Here is his full speech during this...

State of the nation address

How to break carb cravings, once and for all

By CNN,

If you're like many people I know, the thought of giving up pasta and bread in an effort to shed a few pounds (or more) might seem like an unfair puni...

As Tanzania LGBT fear for their lives, HIV will thrive

By CNN,

In one day, everything changed. One day, she could walk down the street like anyone else. People still stared and often judged but in their own min...

bisexual and transgender (LGBT) , Christine Stegling , International AIDS Alliance , Paul Makonda , President John Magufuli , Rapid Response Fund , UNAIDS

This is the ‘last generation’ that can save nature, WWF says

By CNN,

Global wildlife populations have fallen by 60% in just over four decades, as accelerating pollution, deforestation, climate change and other man-made ...

nature , World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

WHO preparing for worst-case Ebola scenario

By CNN,

The World Health Organization is preparing for the "worst-case scenario" as it continues to respond to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic o...

Democratic Republic of Congo. , ebola , Guinea , Liberia , Sierra Leone , The World Health Organization , west africa

PM May apologizes for London fire failures as UK secures homes for victims

By Reuters,

British Prime Minister Theresa May apologized on Wednesday for the state's failure to support those people who survived the massive London apartment b...

British Prime Minister Theresa May , Kenyan Church in London fined for “strange” services , LONDON ATTACKS , LONDON BLAST , MANCHESTER ATTACKS , Manchester blast

Drought shatters Turkana’s dreams of a better future

By AFP,

In just a few years water, oil and money would flow. Roads, schools and hospitals would follow. Turkana's generations of poverty and neglect in Kenya'...

Africa Oil , aquifer , arid area , Drought , economic empowerment , education , Hunger , kenya , laws , livestock , Oil , poverty , revenue share deal , schools , Social , Tullow Oil , turkana , unicef , water scarcity

US Fed raises benchmark interest rate a quarter point

By AFP,

The US Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised the benchmark interest rate a quarter point, amid rising inflation, the second increase since President ...

benchmark interest rate , boost growth , Donald Trump , Federal Open Market Committee , interest rate hike , Janet Yellen , lending rates , market stability , policies might impact the economy , popular policy measures , rising inflation , Summary of Economic Projections , US economy , US Fed , US Federal Reserve

Emergency food rations airdropped in famine-hit areas of South Sudan

By Reuters,

Emergency food aid was airdropped in famine-stricken areas of South Sudan on Monday (March 6), the World Food Programme (WFP) said, releasing video of...

UN chief sorry for role in deadly Haiti cholera outbreak

By Reuters,

Outgoing United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon apologized to the people of Haiti on Thursday for the world body's role in a deadly cholera outb...

Ban Ki moon , cholera outbreak , United Nations

ODM demands gov’t action to save Kenyans from drought

By Moses Ngugi,

The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) has demanded that the Jubilee government immediately releases state resources to mitigate the drought currently b...

Drought , Jubilee Government , Junet Mohamed , Junet Mohammed , odm

Medics dash to rural Haiti as cholera kills 13 in Matthew’s wake

By Reuters,

Cholera has killed at least 13 people in southwest Haiti in the wake of Hurricane Matthew, officials said on Saturday, as government teams fanned out ...

cholera , Haiti , Hurricane Matthew

Trump introduces Brexit leader at campaign rally

By VOA,

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump brought out a special guest at a rally Wednesday night in Jackson, Mississippi -- former British Indepe...

U.S. declares a Zika public health emergency in Puerto Rico

By Reuters,

The Obama administration on Friday declared a public health emergency in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, saying the rapid and widespread transmissi...

CDC to provide $16 million more to fight Zika locally

By Reuters,

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is making available more than $16 million to states and territories in their fight against t...

zika

122 million dollars needed for global response to Zika virus- WHO

By Reuters,

Almost $122 million is needed to prevent and manage the medical complications of the Zika virus spreading throughout the Americas and causing birth de...

122 million dollars needed for global response to Zika virus- WHO , who , zika , zika virus

WHO seeks $56 million for Zika; Brazil microcephaly cases rise

By Agencies,

The World Health Organization (WHO) called on Wednesday for $56 million to combat the Zika virus, a disease that has been linked to severe birth defec...

birth defect , Brazil , cases rise , colombia , microcephaly , mosquito , seeks $56 million , transmission , virus , who , zika

WHO seeks $56 million for plan to combat Zika virus

By Agencies,

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday that $56 million would be needed until June to fund a strategy to combat the Zika virus which ha...

World Health Organisation , zika virus

President Obama seeks Sh100 billion to fight Zika virus

By Agencies,

President Barack Obama will ask the U.S. Congress for more than $1.8 billion (Ksh100.8 billion) in emergency funds to fight Zika at home and abroad an...

Barack Obama , zika