OPINION: Women belong in all spaces where decisions are being made

By Guest Writer,

When women are silenced, we deny them their human rights, we take the power of choice away from them, we subject them to harmful cultural practices, w...

international women's day

Kenya’s COVID-19 cases rise to 101,339 as 180 people test positive; 4 dead

By Ian Omondi,

The Ministry of Health on Thursday announced that 180 people tested positive for COVID-19 out of a sample size of 4,580 tested in the last 24 hours, t...

CAS Rashid Aman , coronavirus , COVID-19 , ministry of health , World Cancer Day

Magufuli criticized for dismissing COVID-19 vaccines

By VOA,

Tanzanian President John Magufuli’s sharp rejection of COVID-19 vaccines was met Thursday with criticism, concern and confusion. Magufuli in a sp...

coronavirus , magufuli , Tanzania

Chadwick Boseman’s last performance a bittersweet gift

By CNN,

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom' in which Chadwick Boseman performed for a final time prior to his death in August at age 43, premiered on Friday on Netflix....

Chadwick boseman

AK, AIU target juniors in anti-doping programme

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Athletics Kenya (AK) will  train their focus on the junior athletes as the annual athletes’ conference kicks off on Wednesday in Kitale, Trans Nzoi...

anti-doping , Athletics Kenya , Barnaba Korir , World Under-20 Championships

President-elect Joe Biden seeks to unite nation with victory speech

By CNN,

President-elect Joe Biden addressed a deeply divided nation Saturday night, turning to the challenges ahead by grounding his victory speech in the spi...

Biden , kamala harris , Trump

Kirinyaga residents urged to embrace routine cancer screening

By Johnson Muriithi,

Residents of Kirinyaga County have been urged to embrace routine screening for cancer to enable early diagnosis and timely treatment. Speaking duri...

‘Black Panther’ star Chadwick Boseman, 43, dies from colon cancer

By VOA,

Chadwick Boseman, the star of the ground-breaking superhero movie "Black Panther," has died from colon cancer, his publicist told AFP on Friday. Bo...

Black Panther , Chadwick boseman

Kenya mourns former footballer Kevin Oliech

By Dan Ogega,

Danny Ogega in Nairobi The Kenyan sports fraternity has joined hands in mourning the death of Mathare United’s 2008 Kenya Premier League title-win...

cancer , death , German hospital , Kevin Oliech

Legend Jipcho buried as veteran athletes issue welfare pleas

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Athletics legend Benjamin Jipcho was laid to rest Friday at a burial ceremony dominated by pleas aimed at the Government to place the welfare of retir...

Benjamin Jipcho , kipchoge keino

SWILA: Continued doping test failures a stain on Kenya’s athletic prowess

By Isaac Swila,

Isaac Swilain Nairobi A dark cloud hangs over the future of Kenyan athletics if the fragrant and continued violation of anti-doping rules by the athl...

ADAK , doping , Elijah Manangoi , WADA , Wilson Kipsang

How one gay Egyptian woman stood up to homophobia and paid the ultimate price

By CNN,

In 2017, Sarah Hegazi was arrested and said she was tortured for waving a rainbow gay pride flag at a concert in Cairo. Last weekend, the 30-year...

Gay , LGBTQ , Sarah Hegazi

CS Kagwe: People with non-communicable diseases at higher risk of contracting COVID-19

By Ian Omondi,

Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe on Sunday urged people with non-communicable diseases (NCDs) to follow medical advice and observe containment me...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , CS Mutahi Kagwe , NCDs

Kenya confirms 137 new coronavirus cases, 32 recoveries, 3 deaths

By Benjamin Muriuki,

The number of COVID-19 infections in Kenya has risen to 3,594 after 137 more cases were confirmed on Sunday. In a press briefing from Othaya, Nyeri...

coronavirus , COVID-19

Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden to meet George Floyd’s family

By Reuters,

Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden will travel to Houston on Monday and meet with the family of George Floyd, two weeks after Floyd’s ...

George Floyd , Joe Biden , Minneapolis , President Donald Trump , Secret Service

U.S. plans massive coronavirus vaccine testing effort to meet year-end deadline

By Reuters,

The United States is planning a massive testing effort involving volunteers n an effort to deliver a safe and effective coronavirus vaccine by the end...

coronavirus , coronavirus vaccine

What happens if a coronavirus vaccine is never developed? It has happened before

By CNN,

As countries lie frozen in lockdown and billions of people lose their livelihoods, public figures are teasing a breakthrough that would mark the end o...

coronavirus , coronavirus vaccine

India has closed its railways for the first time in 167 years. Now trains are being turned into hospitals

By CNN,

When Prime Minister Narendra Modi imposed a nationwide lockdown on March 25, Indian Railways took the unprecedented move of suspending passenger tra...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , Indian Railways , Narendra Modi

Program for National Prayer Day at State House

By Citizen Reporter,

President Uhuru Kenyatta declared Saturday March 21, 2020 as a national day for prayer following the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. Kenya has s...

coronavirus , Prayer , Uhuru

Tokyo Olympics chief attended meeting with official who now has coronavirus

By Reuters,

Tokyo 2020 Olympics chief Yoshiro Mori attended a meeting on March 10 that included the deputy head of the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) who tested...

coronavirus , olympics , Tokyo 2020 , Yoshiro Mori