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U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris holds talks with AU Chair Tshisekedi
By Agencies,
1101, February 28, 2021 (EAT)
Vice President Kamala Harris spoke with President Felix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Friday. The Vice President congratula...
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Vaccine-sceptical Tanzania urged to review evidence on COVID-19 shots
By Reuters,
1047, February 28, 2021 (EAT)
The Unites States urged vaccine-sceptical Tanzania on Friday to review evidence on the drugs, saying they work and are one of the tools to fight off t...
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Pangolins in the dock: Is the mammal really guilty as charged?
By Dorcas Wangira,
934, March 1, 2021 (EAT)
The pangolin is the world’s most trafficked mammal. No one truly knows its conservation status in Kenya. When COVID-19 broke out in early 2020, some...
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Saudi de facto ruler approved operation that led to Khashoggi’s death: U.S.
By Reuters,
833, February 27, 2021 (EAT)
Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler approved an operation to capture or kill murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018, according to U.S. intelligence r...
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U.S. conducts air strikes against Iranian-backed militia facilities in Syria
By Reuters,
934, February 26, 2021 (EAT)
President Joe Biden on Thursday directed U.S. military air strikes in eastern Syria against facilities belonging to what the Pentagon said were Iran-b...
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White House hopes majority of public schools will be reopened by April
By VOA,
858, February 22, 2021 (EAT)
The United States is struggling to reopen its public schools across the country amid the coronavirus pandemic, but the White House said Sunday it is h...
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Prominent Ugandan news websites implicated in gov’t-aligned social media campaign
By Guest Writer,
1342, February 21, 2021 (EAT)
By Tessa Knight and Alyssa Kann Seven Ugandan news websites were implicated in the January 8 Facebook takedown that involved government employees ...
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Top Namibian official Selina Tjihero dies in Tanzania
By Agencies,
1109, February 18, 2021 (EAT)
Namibia's third secretary to Tanzania Selina Tjihero has died following a short illness. Namibia's ambassador to Tanzania Tobia Lebbeus announced her...
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Another top Tanzanian gov’t official John William Kijazi dies
By Citizen Reporter,
758, February 18, 2021 (EAT)
Tanzania's Chief Secretary of the State John William Kijazi has died. A statement from the government spokesman said Amb. Kijazi died on Wednesday ...
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U.S-based woman claiming to be late Nyachae’s wife emerges with 47-year-old son
By Ian Omondi,
1942, February 16, 2021 (EAT)
A U.S.-based Kenyan woman claiming to be a wife of the late Mzee Simeon Nyachae has emerged with a 47-year-old son claiming they were kicked out of hi...
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Jeff Bezos is stepping down as Amazon CEO
By Reuters,
1156, February 3, 2021 (EAT)
Amazon.com Inc founder Jeff Bezos will step down as CEO and become executive chairman, naming the head of its lucrative cloud computing division as su...
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Mighty Salim among top Google search trends for Kenyans in January
By Citizen Reporter,
1007, February 2, 2021 (EAT)
Google search trends in January reveal that the deaths of renowned ‘Mugithi’ musician Mighty Salim and American television and radio host Larry Ki...
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Revoking global gag rule will save lives, civil society says
By Citizen Reporter,
2156, January 29, 2021 (EAT)
Kenyan civil society organizations (CSOs) focused on reproductive health and justice have welcomed US President Joe Biden’s decision to revoke the G...
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First two cases of South African COVID-19 variant found in US
By VOA,
1003, January 29, 2021 (EAT)
Health officials in South Carolina said Thursday that they had detected two cases of the South African COVID-19 variant, the first cases in the United...
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Biden signs memorandum reversing Trump abortion access restrictions
By CNN,
939, January 29, 2021 (EAT)
President Joe Biden signed a presidential memorandum on Thursday to reverse restrictions on abortion access domestically and abroad imposed and expand...
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Ugandan court rules Bobi Wine’s house arrest is illegal, orders police to vacate the compound
By Reuters,
1310, January 25, 2021 (EAT)
A Ugandan court has ordered security forces to cease surrounding the home of opposition leader Bobi Wine, whose house arrest since a mid-month preside...
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Japan stands firm on Olympic Games schedule, denies report of cancellation
By Reuters,
1127, January 22, 2021 (EAT)
Japan stood firm on Friday on its commitment to host the Tokyo Olympics this year and denied reports of a possible cancellation but the pledge looks u...
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Tokyo 2020 chief expects vaccine rollout to aid Games
By Reuters,
1033, January 22, 2021 (EAT)
Six months from the start of the rearranged Olympics, Tokyo 2020 CEO Toshiro Muto is cautiously hopeful that successful rollouts of COVID-19 vaccines ...
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Sport hails new Biden-Harris administration
By Reuters,
1217, January 21, 2021 (EAT)
Sports trailblazers Billie Jean King, Megan Rapinoe and Lewis Hamilton were among those hailing the inauguration of U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice ...
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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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