Smart gas cooking seeks to break African cities’ dirty charcoal habit

By VOA,

The widespread use of charcoal for cooking in African cities can cause devastating damage to forests up to 300 kilometers away, scientist Sebastian Ro...

charcoal , digital platform , forests , mobile money , pay-as-you-go (PAYG) system , Smart gas

Bill Cosby’s lawyers, claiming unfair trial, seek to overturn his sex assault conviction

By Reuters,

Lawyers for comedian Bill Cosby on Monday will ask a Pennsylvania appeals court to throw out his sexual assault conviction, arguing the trial judge co...

#Metoo , Andrea Constand , bill cosby , Judge Steven O’Neill

Change food production and stop abusing land, major climate report warns

By CNN,

Humans have damaged around a quarter of ice-free land on Earth, United Nations scientists warned in a major report Thursday, stressing that further de...

climate report , food production , Global emmissions , Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) , World Wildlife Fund's (WWF)

Empty nets as overfishing and climate change sap Lake Malawi

By VOA,

On the shores of Lake Malawi, a crowd eagerly awaits the arrival of a white and yellow cedar wood boat carrying its haul. The crew of six deliver a...

CLIMATE CHANGE , Lake Malawi

South Sudan court rules against marriage of girl, 16, in landmark case

By VOA,

A court in South Sudan has annulled a child marriage, in a rare legal case that activists say could signal a turning point for women's rights in the c...

south sudan

Save the world with a message from space, says United Nations advocate

By Reuters,

Want to grab some headlines for the United Nations' global goals to cure world ills like poverty and inequality? Send them on a rocket into space. ...

UN global goals , United Nations

UK politician suspended after grabbing Greenpeace protester

By CNN,

UK Prime Minister Theresa May has suspended senior politician Mark Field from office after video emerged of him grabbing and manhandling a protester a...

Greenpeace UK , Mark Field , UK Prime Minister

As Gabon’s new forests minister,UK conservationist aims to lead by example

By Reuters,

Gabon hopes to lead by example in stamping out illegal logging of the world’s tropical hardwoods, a prominent British conservationist said on Tuesda...

British conservationist , gabon , Lee White , President Ali Bongo

UN: 1 in 10 Children Globally Is Victim of Child Labor

By VOA,

The International Labor Organization is calling for the elimination of child labour, which victimizes tens of millions of children in all regions of t...

International Labor Organization , the United Nations , World Day Against Child Labor

South African government sued over coal and industrial air pollution

By Reuters,

South Africa’s government has failed to tackle high air pollution levels in an area which is home to coal-fired power stations and refineries, a law...

South Africa air pollution

Sponsored: Building greater resilience through social innovation

By Sponsored,

Ten community innovation groups from Garissa and Marsabit counties are no longer the same. June 2018 marked the start of their journey into the unknow...

DEPP , Maarifa Kona , UKAid

Innovation key in provision of affordable housing, says President Kenyatta

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has said the Government is working on innovative ways of delivering affordable houses to Kenyans. The President said the g...

Big 4 agenda , Housing , President Uhuru Kenyatta , UN-Habitat Assembly

5 banks roll out cheap SME loans at 9% rate

By Kepha Muiruri,

Proprietors of small enterprises across the country can heave a sign of relief as five tier one lenders move to pilot lending on a Central Bank Rate, ...

Central Bank Governor (CBK) Patrick Njoroge , Central Bank of Kenya , interest rate capping , SME lending , Stawi

Voice of resilience: Kenyan radio builds herders’ trust in drought insurance

By Reuters,

It only lasts about two and half minutes, but the brief message Asma Mohamed broadcasts on her daily radio show has become essential listening for mor...

After years of losses, world’s forests ‘in emergency room’

By VOA,

The world lost 12 million hectares (30 million acres) of tropical tree cover last year, the equivalent of 30 soccer pitches a minute, researchers said...

Tropical tree

Climate-change protesters target London Stock Exchange and Canary Wharf

By Reuters,

Environmental activists glued themselves to the London Stock Exchange and climbed onto the roof of a train at Canary Wharf on the final day of protest...

Environmental activists , london stock exchange

BWIRE: It’s time to address the housing mess in Kenya

By Victor Bwire,

By Victor Bwire Dysfunctional systems including poor state of public transport, infrastructure, sanitation, water and schools will continue frustra...

Housing , UN Habitat

Climate change protesters block access to French multinationals

By Reuters,

Climate activists blocked hundreds of employees from entering the headquarters of French bank Societe Generale, state-run utility EDF and oil giant To...

Climate change protesters , French , Greenpeace

BWIRE: Battle against violent extremism can be won

By Citizen Reporter,

By Victor Bwire Kenya is firmly on course on dealing with violent extremism (VE), though a number of challenges still face the country’s interven...

State of the Nation Address: President Uhuru Kenyatta’s full speech

By Benjamin Muriuki,

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thurday said the State of the Nation is "strong, vibrant and beaming with promise." Here is his full speech during this...

State of the nation address