China eyes end to coronavirus, plays down warnings of ‘second wave’

By Reuters,

Chinese scientists and health experts involved in the country’s fight against the coronavirus believe the worst is now over, downplaying warnings th...

china , coronavirus , COVID-19 , President Donald Trump , who

Will warmer weather help fight the coronavirus? Singapore and Australia suggest maybe not

By CNN,

At its lowest estimated fatality rate based on current data, COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, is thought to kill some 1-2% of known pa...

coronavirus

David Rudisha: These are my life struggles

By Agencies,

Snoozing in Nairobi airport's departure lounge in a navy blue suit, David Rudisha looks like just another businessman having a quick power nap. His...

accident , David Rudisha , Olympic 800m champion , Olympics 2020 , struggles

Gender inclusivity key in attaining food security

By Agencies,

In nearly two thirds of the countries worldwide, women are more likely than men to face food insecurity. The differences in gender roles, norms, and r...

food security

Youth are Africa’s largest untapped resource, Uhuru says at State banquet for German President Steinmeier

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has said young people are Africa's biggest untapped resource that countries seeking to invest on the continent ought to prior...

Steinmeier , Uhuru , unemployment , youth

Earth Hour 2020: The time for global action

By Citizen,

By Guenter Mitlacher On 28 March, as I take my place amongst millions of people around the globe to celebrate Earth Hour, I am reminded again of wh...

Tullow planned exit complicates Kenya’s petrodollars quest

By Kepha Muiruri,

Tullow’s planned exit from its equity stake in Project Oil Kenya has opened up fresh questions into the country’s future oil exploits. This is ...

Ministry of Petroleum , Tullow Oil

BWIRE: Let us have clean energy-powered festivities

By Victor Bwire,

Its holiday time and as Kenyans troop to the villages, eating will be a major menu on the schedules. As it were, goats, chicken and bulls will be slau...

Herd of One: Unique elephant conservation initiative launched

By Agencies,

The World Wide Fund for Nature-Kenya and Sankara Nairobi have launched a unique partnership to enhance elephant conservation and the livelihoods of th...

Sankara , World Wide Fund for Nature-Kenya

What kind of president bullies a teenager? Trump under fire for mocking Greta Thunberg

By Citizen Reporter,

President Donald Trump trained his guns at 16-year-old Greta Thunberg after she was named Time's Person of the Year. The American President known t...

CLIMATE CHANGE , Greta Thunberg , Trump

OPINION: Unemployment in Kenya; A Socio-Economic menace hitting unprecedented levels

By Desmond Boy,

Unemployment in Kenya is a challenge that is certainly crippling the country’s economic progress as well as the people’s welfare. Being a subject ...

unemployment

BWIRE: Kenya’s indigenous people still being marginalised

By Victor Bwire,

By Victor Bwire Clearly, even with constitutional protection and legal recognition, the situation of indigenous people’s communities in Kenya has...

Bajunis , Endorois , Nyangoris , Ogiek , Samias , Sengwer

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...

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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