How to cook omena

By Girlie Kendi,

Omena is a popular meal with residents from the lakeside and has slowly found its way in most Kenyan homes. A spot check on Twitter on Friday revea...

omena

Tension in Tigania as man on bizarre killing spree ‘still at large’

By Patrick Mathangani,

A man suspected to have ran over five people in Tigania, Meru and then proceeded to stab another to death is yet to be found. Police sources reveal...

tigania

Zimbabwe’s food situation moving toward emergency, UN says

By VOA,

Zimbabwe's food situation is moving from a crisis to an emergency because of El Nino-induced drought and the ongoing economic meltdown, the United Nat...

Zimbabwe

Police arrest man who bit off wife’s lip and ear

By Frankline Bwire,

Police have arrested a man who is accused of biting off his wife's lower lip and left ear following a domestic row at their home in Nambale, Busia Cou...

Busia , domestic violence , Nambale

Busia: Man bites off wife’s lip and ear during fight over vegetables

By Citizen Reporter,

A 39-year old woman is nursing serious injuries after her lower lip and left ear were bitten off by her husband following a domestic row. Jackline ...

assault , Kisii

Kenyans warm to refugees after benefiting from them

By VOA,

Like many places hosting refugees, the town of Kakuma in northwestern Kenya saw tensions rise when people fleeing war and lack of basic services flood...

kakuma , refugees , south sudan , turkana , UNHCR

Ultra-processed foods are easy, cheap and could be killing you

By CNN,

"Ultra-processed" describes many foods, including pre-prepared dishes found in grocery store freezers, packaged baked goods, dehydrated soups, ice cre...

Ultra processed foods are easy, cheap and could be killing you

By CNN,

"Ultra Processed" describes many foods, including pre-prepared dishes found in grocery store freezers, packaged baked goods, dehydrated soups, ice cre...

Cardiovascular disease , Ultra Processed Foods

Kenyan villagers use ‘digital wells’ to cope with drought

By VOA,

Kenya is facing one of the worst stretches of drought in years, causing underdevelopment, fights over water, and fears of starvation. However, a vi...

digital wells , Solai Village , water scarcity

Kenyan food blogger Kaluhi on nyama choma, kachumbari, mutura

By CNN,

"Food tastes much better when you eat it with your hands," declares Nairobi-based food blogger Kaluhi Adagala, using her fingers to tease some freshly...

bhajia , Biryani , kachumbari , Kaluhi Adagala , mahamri , managu , matumbo , mukimo , Mutura , nyama choma , Pilau , terere

Kenyan avocados cleared to enter the expansive Chinese market

By PSCU,

Kenyan farmers will now export their popular hass avocados to China following a trade deal signed when President Uhuru Kenyatta met his Chinese counte...

Avocado , china , Kenyan farmers , President Uhuru Kenyatta , President Xi Jinping

Nairobi hospital now says cholera patients down to 7

By Winnie Musyoki,

The Nairobi Hospital has said seven patients affected by cholera are still admitted at the facility. A statement dated Saturday, April 20, 2019 sai...

cholera , Nairobi Hospital.

23 patients isolated at Nairobi Hospital over cholera outbreak, Health CEC says

By Allan Irungu,

The Nairobi County Government has revealed that there have been a total of 23 reported cases of cholera. A statement from Mohamed Dagane, the Count...

cholera , Nairobi Hospital.

Floods drench Eastern Zimbabwe, water shortages parch Harare

By VOA,

As eastern Zimbabwe struggles with the aftermath of floods that have killed nearly 270 people and destroyed homes and roads, other parts of Zimbabwe a...

floods , Zimbabwe

Hunger stalks Yemen’s remote villages after four years of war

By Reuters,

As Yeman’s war grinds into its fifth year with peace efforts stalling, ten-year-old Afaf’s father sees little hope he will be able to give his sta...

Hunger , President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi , United Nations , Yemen

Turkish president stokes anti-western rhetoric over New Zealand killings

By VOA,

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan demanded Tuesday that New Zealand reinstate the death penalty and apply it in the case of the gunman who killed...

Turkish

Tears as daughter admits mother made her lie about being raped by her father

By Ian Omondi,

Imagine serving a life sentence for a crime you never committed, and then years later your own daughter confesses to falsely accusing you and insists ...

DNA test , False imprisonment , Julius Wambua , Kamiti Maximum Prison

Syria camp in crisis as forces attack last IS stronghold

By VOA,

“I pray my children will follow their father’s path,” said Intesar Mohammed, surrounded by three of her four children in a muddy, trash-strewn t...

IS , Syria

Japanese woman honored by Guinness as oldest person at 116

By VOA,

A 116-year-old Japanese woman who loves playing the board game Othello was honored Saturday as the world’s oldest living person by Guinness World Re...

Guinness World Records , Kate Tanaka

Healthy diets may not work depending on your body

By Agencies,

When two people follow the same weight-loss diet to the letter, but one fails to lose weight, the problem might be their bodies’ different responses...

body type , health , healthy diets , weight loss