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‘Digital authoritarianism’ threatening basic rights in Africa: study
By Reuters,
1318, March 5, 2021 (EAT)
From internet shutdowns and online surveillance to social media taxes and arrests for anti-government posts, “digital authoritarianism” is a threa...
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Slum dwellers battle COVID-19 downturn with virtual currency
By Reuters,
849, January 21, 2021 (EAT)
Sitting on a low bench at her shop in a Nairobi slum, Grace Wangari sifted through a handful of grains that a waiting customer had just ordered. As...
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Shona celebrate Kenyan citizenship as decades of closed legal doors open
By VOA,
431, January 1, 2021 (EAT)
Members of the ethnic Shona community in Kenya are celebrating their new status as Kenyan citizens after decades of being stateless. Nazizi Dube ga...
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Biden win seen as green light for women’s reproductive rights
By Reuters,
858, November 9, 2020 (EAT)
Democrat Joe Biden as U.S. president will bring sweeping changes to women’s reproductive rights globally, starting with overturning a U.S. policy ba...
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What does a Biden win mean for Africa?
By Reuters,
1512, November 8, 2020 (EAT)
Democrat Joe Biden’s victory in the U.S. presidential election is set to affect Africa’s 1.3 billion people on issues ranging from climate change ...
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Cities reboot: Will adapting to COVID-19 change urban life for good?
By Reuters,
1811, October 29, 2020 (EAT)
Downtowns are deserted and happy hour is history as a second coronavirus wave hits cities from London to Kuala Lumpur. This is leaving futurologist...
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Zimbabweans turn to sex work amid economic crisis and COVID
By Reuters,
1149, October 29, 2020 (EAT)
Dressed in a miniskirt and blouse, Esther Kamupunga stood in semi-darkness waiting for men looking for sex - the latest Zimbabwean to lose her job in ...
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Miners face new tuberculosis threat as COVID-19 disrupts treatment
By Reuters,
638, October 27, 2020 (EAT)
Vama Jele’s heart dropped every time he heard that another migrant miner home from South Africa had died from tuberculosis (TB) due to skipping trea...
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Renee Ngamau leads fight to save Nairobi’s playgrounds and public spaces
By Reuters,
1457, October 20, 2020 (EAT)
It's hard to keep up with Renee Ngamau. From mentoring women entrepreneurs to campaigning against police brutality, the Kenyan lawyer, businesswome...
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Crippled by Lake Baringo’s fluoride waters, women struggle to survive
By Reuters,
1448, October 17, 2020 (EAT)
Located 285 km (177 miles) north of the capital, Nairobi, in the Rift Valley, Lake Baringo is teeming with crocodiles, fish and hippopotamuses. Spa...
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Church leader who called Covid-19 ‘God’s punishment’ for same-sex marriage tests positive
By CNN,
1129, September 10, 2020 (EAT)
A prominent Ukrainian church leader who previously said the COVID-19 pandemic was "God's punishment" for same-sex marriage has tested positive for the...
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Futures destroyed: COVID-19 unleashes ‘shadow pandemics’ on Africa’s girls
By Reuters,
1629, August 21, 2020 (EAT)
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...
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400 families from Budalangi forced to live in primary school since April
By Reuters,
1046, August 20, 2020 (EAT)
About 400 families from Budalangi, Busia County have been living at Bubango Primary School since April. This after Nzoia River that flows from the ...
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Outrage as Somali parliament drafts law permitting child, forced marriage
By Reuters,
2258, August 11, 2020 (EAT)
The Somali parliament has sparked outrage by replacing long-awaited legislation to protect women and girls from violence with a new bill permitting ch...
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Kenyans turn to their families in the village as coronavirus steals jobs
By Reuters,
1106, August 11, 2020 (EAT)
In the last three months, teacher Faith Njeri has been a regular customer at a courier service office in Nairobi, collecting parcels sent from her vil...
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‘No tourist, no dollar’: Pandemic decimates livelihoods at Maasai Mara
By Reuters,
1428, July 31, 2020 (EAT)
For more than 50 years, Loiman Letolo, 70, has peddled her colourful beaded necklaces and bracelets to safari-goers at the entrance gates to Kenya’s...
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Coronavirus threatens Kenya goal to end FGM by 2022
By Reuters,
1926, June 9, 2020 (EAT)
The coronavirus pandemic has put Kenya's goal of ending female genital mutilation (FGM) by 2022 in jeopardy, campaigners against the practice warned, ...
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Fighting fakes: Mobile phones the most counterfeited goods in Kenya
By Dorcas Wangira,
1551, June 1, 2020 (EAT)
Kenya loses an estimated Ksh. 30billion every year in tax evasion, unlicensed goods and counterfeit, according to various studies. The country is t...
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Court refuses to lift ban on Wanuri’s Rafiki film
By Reuters,
1228, April 30, 2020 (EAT)
A court on Wednesday refused to lift the ban on the Rafiki film that portrays a lesbian romance, the film’s producer Wanuri Kahiu said. She howev...
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Equality for 2.1 billion women and girls under threat as progress stalls
By Reuters,
935, March 5, 2020 (EAT)
More than 2 billion women and girls around the world may miss out on the advantages of their male peers as progress towards global gender equality goa...
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