WHO team blocked from entering China to study origins of coronavirus

By CNN,

The World Health Organization said that China has blocked the arrival of a team investigating the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, in a rare rebuk...

china , coronavirus , COVID-19 , who

Man arrested for defiling his niece in Kasipul

By Aly Abich,

A 40-year-old man was arrested for defiling his brother’s daughter in Kasipul, Homa Bay County. The suspect identified as David Ochieng was arres...

defilement

EALA passes key bill on protecting Lake Victoria

By Citizen Reporter,

The East African Legislative Assembly enacted the Lake Victoria Basin Commission 2020, providing a legal framework for the Lake Victoria Basin Commiss...

EALA , lake victoria

‘Adios Diego’: Maradona buried as world mourns football great

By Reuters,

Argentina’s Diego Maradona, one of the world’s greatest ever soccer players, was buried on Thursday amid a global outpouring of grief from the str...

diego maradona

Boost to Morans as foreign legion join camp

By Dennis Kamariki,

The national men's basketball team has received a massive boost as they prepare for the Afrobasket qualifiers after two foreign based players joined c...

Afrobasket qualifiers , Ariel Okal , Cliff Owuor , Kigali , morans , Rwanda

Seven opposition politicians arrested in Hong Kong

By Reuters,

Seven prominent opposition politicians were arrested in Hong Kong on Sunday on charges related to obstructing a legislative council meeting in May, th...

Andrew Wan , china , Eddie Chu , Fernando Cheung , Helena Wong , hong kong , Kwok Wing Kin , Opposition , Raymond Chan , Wu Chi Wai

Man beats 4-year-old daughter to death in Gem, flees from scene

By George Amolo,

A 40-year-old man is in police custody over allegedly killing his 4-year-old daughter in Gombe, Gem Constituency. Bernard Omondi Owuor was arrested...

Gem

400 families from Budalangi forced to live in primary school since April

By Reuters,

About 400 families from Budalangi, Busia County have been living at Bubango Primary School since April. This after Nzoia River that flows from the ...

Budalangi , floods

How pilot used his phone to rescue Africans stuck in China

By CNN,

Even for 2020, with its once-in-a-generation global pandemic and the countless travel bans that have followed, this rescue mission seems a bit far-fet...

china , coronavirus , Tertius Myburgh

China tests entire Wuhan population of 11 million for coronavirus

By VOA,

The Chinese city of Wuhan said it has tested its entire population of 11 million people for COVID-19, part of an ambitious national plan to restore pu...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , wuhan

China is installing surveillance cameras outside people’s front doors…and sometimes inside their homes

By CNN,

The morning after Ian Lahiffe returned to Beijing, he found a surveillance camera being mounted on the wall outside his apartment door. Its lens was p...

china , surveillance camera , Weibo

Ex-KQ boss Sebastian Mikosz named IATA Vice President

By Kepha Muiruri,

Former Kenya Airways (KQ) Chief Executive Officer Sebastian Mikosz is set to join the International Air Transport Association (IATA) as the associatio...

IATA , Kenya Airways (KQ) , Sebastian Mikosz

The virus hunters who search bat caves to predict the next pandemic

By CNN,

Before entering the cave, the small team of scientists pull on hazmat suits, face masks and thick gloves to cover every inch of their skin. Contact wi...

bat caves , coronavirus , COVID-19 , EcoHealth Alliance

The dire effects of Covid-19 on Kenya’s sports journalists

By Isaac Swila,

SPECIAL REPORT      Isaac Swila Under normal circumstances, Jacob Icia, Gilbert Kiprotich, Ernest Mkalla, Geoffrey Mwamburi, Godfrey Ashiali, Luqm...

Coronavirus impact , COVID-19 , Effects on sports journalists , kenya , RMS , Sports Journalim

How football legend Drogba, helped to halt civil war in his home nation

By Agencies,

Al-Merrikh Stadium, in Sudan's second largest city of Omdurman, is not one of the world's great gladiatorial arenas. Yet this small ground - known as ...

african cup of nations , Bouake , chelsea , Didier Drogba , Ivory Coast , Laurent Gbagbo , World cup

China’s Wuhan hikes coronavirus death toll by 50% citing gaps in early testing

By Reuters,

The Chinese city of Wuhan hiked its death toll from the novel coronavirus by 50% on Friday bringing the total to 3,869, state-run TV reported, confirm...

China to lift lockdown on Wuhan, ground zero of coronavirus pandemic

By CNN,

China has announced it will lift the lockdown on Wuhan, the city at the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, on April 8, marking a significant miles...

coronavirus , lockdown , wuhan

SWILA: How Coronavirus has cost sports billions of dollars

By Isaac Swila,

Isaac Swila in Nairobi The Coronavirus pandemic spreading across the globe like wildfire has not only caused panic to millions of souls across the wo...

coronavirus , kenya , sports

Why oil prices are crashing and what it means

By CNN,

Oil prices have suffered their biggest fall since the day in 1991 when American forces launched air strikes on Iraqi troops following their invasion o...

coronavirus , oil prices

Iran to temporarily free 54,000 prisoners as coronavirus spreads

By CNN,

Iran will temporarily release 54,000 people from prisons and deploy hundreds of thousands of health workers as officials announced a slew of measures ...

Iran