Tatu City unveils health and fitness running trails

By Citizen Reporter,

More than 200 joggers and fun-seekers braved a chilly and wet morning to turn up for the official launch of the running trails at Tatu City. The co...

Tatu City

Infantino re-elected FIFA president at Paris congress

By Reuters,

Gianni Infantino was re-elected FIFA president unopposed at the congress of world football’s governing body in Paris on Wednesday as he claimed to h...

FIFA , Gianni Infantino

South Korea braces for African swine fever outbreak after North Korea case

By Reuters,

South Korea readied on Friday to prevent an outbreak of African swine fever in its pig herd after the disease was found in North Korea, the latest Asi...

African swine fever , Eagle Veterinary Technology , Jagang Province , North Korea , World Organisation for Animal Health

Tobacco control advocacy lobbys Treasury to probe BAT for tax avoidance

By Kepha Muiruri,

The Kenya Tobacco Control Alliance (KETCA) has written to the National Treasury calling for the investigation of the British American Tobacco (BAT) ov...

British American Tobacco (BAT) , Kenya Tobacco Control Alliance , National Treasury , Tax Justice Network

Don’t let your child watch TV, play video games for over an hour: WHO

By Citizen Reporter,

How long do your children spend in front of the TV? A new report from the World Health Organisation says more than one hour of screen time is dangerou...

children TV , screen time

World’s first malaria vaccine to go to 360,000 children in Kenya, Malawi, Ghana

By CNN,

Malawi has started vaccinating children under two years of age and Kenya and Ghana will begin using the world's first malaria vaccine in the coming we...

MALARIA , Malawi

Marsabit: 4 dead, 21 hospitalised following Kala-azar disease outbreak

By Allan Irungu,

Four people are feared dead and 21 others admitted in hospital following an outbreak of Kala-azar disease in Marsabit County. Confirming the outbre...

Kala-zar , Marsabit , who

Mozambique to start cholera vaccinations next week after cyclone

By Reuters,

Mozambique will start a cholera vaccination campaign next week in areas ravaged by Cyclone Idai, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Thursday,...

Cholera vaccination , Cyclone Idai , Mozambique , who

Pork for pollution? South Koreans fight smog with grease

By Reuters,

Whenever dust particles hang thick in the air in South Korea, sales of pork rise. This quirky correlation in Asia’s fourth-largest economy, where...

Pork , South Korea

New mothers suffer nerves, guilt as maternity leave ends

By Reuters,

Many new mothers worldwide express anxiety and guilt about leaving their babies to return to work, and some worry their nations’ maternity policies ...

international women's day

Big reveal as Nigeria sets up its own Tatu City

By Patrick Igunza,

The rapid urbanisation across Africa is worsening the pressure on employment, transport and housing among other amenities in many cities. To mitig...

Alaro , Rendeavour Africa , Tatu City

Desperate Mongolians send children into countryside to escape choking winter smog

By Reuters,

Mongolia has extended school winter holidays in the world’s coldest capital and many families have sent children to live with relatives in the vast,...

Mongolia , smog , winter

Are we eating our way to disease, disability and death?

By Citizen,

There is an adage within the cancer community that any public lecture on cancer must have a generous serving of food, politics and science. Cancer ...

diet , disease , eating , food

Children, babies dying from cold at camp in northeast Syria: WHO

By Reuters,

At least 29 children and newborns are reported to have died in a teeming camp in northeastern Syria over the past 8 weeks, mainly due to hypothermia, ...

children , cold , dying , nothern Syria

Banning skin bleaching products won’t work as long as fair skin is linked with beauty and success

By CNN,

Several African countries, including as Rwanda and Ghana, recently banned the use of skin bleaching products because they are dangerous. Although s...

Mathew Knowles , Rwanda , Skin bleaching

OPINION: Return on Ethics (ROE): Does your organisation pay attention to this?

By Citizen Reporter,

By Dr. Jack Kileba When you or your loved ones fall ill, your wish is that you/they receive the best possible care. You would like to be attended t...

The beef with beef: We’re eating more than ever but at what cost?

By CNN,

Beef isn't good for the planet. But you probably knew that already. You might know beef is responsible for 41% of livestock greenhouse gas emission...

beef , china , OECD-FAO , U.N

Gunfire, threats and curfews slow Congo’s fight against Ebola

By Reuters,

When medics tried to reach Ebola patients in a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo during a recent surge in violence, they were blocked by...

Congo , ebola , Jessica Llunga , unicef , who

Saudi-led coalition halts Hodeidah assault as West presses for Yemen ceasefire

By Reuters,

The Saudi-led coalition has ordered a halt in its offensive against Iranian-aligned Houthi rebels in Yemen’s main port city of Hodeidah, three sourc...

ex-president Robert Mugabe , Zimbabawe , Zimbabwe president Emmerson Mnangagwa

Deadly political calculations: Why India isn’t fixing its toxic smog problem

By Reuters,

As pollution levels surged to “severe” and “hazardous” levels in New Delhi this week, there was little sign that residents of India’s teemin...

India , smog