Biden sworn in as U.S. president, takes helm of deeply divided nation

By Reuters,

Joe Biden arrived at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday morning for his presidential inauguration, ready to take over a country battered by the coronavirus...

PROFILE: Chris Diaz, pushing for youth to get involved in conservation

By Tony Owori,

Meet Chris Diaz, a business leader and conservationist born in Mombasa, Kenya. Through his career, Diaz has made great strides and contributed a lo...

conservation , diaz , Forest conservation

Biden plans ‘roughly a dozen’ Day One executive actions

By Reuters,

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden will cap a busy day of inauguration pageantry by using the powers of his new office to push policy changes on housing, ...

COVID-19 , Joe Biden , President Donald Trump

Africa must risk capital for its youth, Adesina urges

By Citizen Reporter,

Africa must leverage investment to unleash the potential and ingenuity of its youth, its most important asset, African development Bank President Akin...

adesina , African Development Bank , African youth , CLIMATE CHANGE

Kibera public space project among five finalists for Ksh.27M Climate/Equity Prize

By Citizen Reporter,

Five projects have been announced as finalists for the 2020-2021 WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities for showing how cities can address both climate chan...

DistritoTec , Kibera Public Space Project , WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities

OPINION: African countries commit to ambitious targets to address climate change

By Guest Writer,

Today, more than 70 world leaders met at a virtual Climate Ambition Summit hosted by the UK Government, where nations were called upon to bring new pl...

Climate Ambition Summit , President Uhuru Kenyatta , UK government

OPINION: Isolated poverty: Africa bearing burden of climate change in the Commonwealth

By Guest Writer,

By Mohamed Adow There is no region that is as badly affected by climate change like Africa. Whether it is droughts in the Sahel, coastal storms lik...

africa , CLIMATE CHANGE , Commonwealth , COVID-19 , Emmanuel Macron

Biden plans move into White House as Trump clings to hope

By Reuters,

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden will further lay the groundwork for his new administration on Wednesday as President Donald Trump pursues a flurry of l...

Donald Trump , Joe Biden

What does a Biden win mean for Africa?

By Reuters,

Democrat Joe Biden’s victory in the U.S. presidential election is set to affect Africa’s 1.3 billion people on issues ranging from climate change ...

Joe Biden

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

New Zealand’s Ardern wins ‘historic’ re-election for crushing COVID-19

By Reuters,

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern delivered the biggest election victory for her centre-left Labour Party in half a century on Saturday as voters rewarded...

coronavirus , Jacinda Ardern , New Zealand

In tackling COVID-19, Africa gives world lesson

By VOA,

Africa's response to COVID-19 has gained global recognition for its fast and targeted action. The Africa Centres for Disease Control has helped dir...

Africa Centres for Disease Control , coronavirus

World Athletics officials tour Wote Stadium

By Stanley Mativo,

World Athletics regional development director Ibrahim Hussein has expressed satisfaction on the level of compliance to the world standards of the ongo...

Wote Stadium

OPINION: The right to live free from violence is a basic human right even as we battle COVID-19

By Guest Writer,

The right to live free from violence, to be inseparable from your right and need to keep your body to yourself, to walk unscathed from the fists of ag...

coronavirus , FGM , GBV

The Making of The Kipchoge Led 1:59 Tree Planting ‘Marathon’

By Citizen Team,

159 tree seedlings holes were pitted, early morning on Saturday at the 50.8 acres Kaptagat Forest bloc, in Elgeyo Marakwet County, adopted for restora...

1:59 , Eliud Kipchoge , Kaptagat forest , Tree Planting

Lions need to be protected to avert extinction, agency warns

By Citizen Reporter,

The world is marking World Lions Day on Monday but World Animal Protection warns that the King of the Jungle may soon be extinct if urgent measures ar...

World Animal Protection , World Lions Day

Four held after British GP climate action protest

By Reuters,

Police said they arrested four people on Sunday after protesters displayed a banner for climate action group Extinction Rebellion during the British F...

British GP , Extinction Rebellion

Refugees in Africa face hunger as COVID-19 worsens food shortages, agencies warn

By Citizen Reporter,

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the World Food Programme (WFP) are warning that severe underfunding, conflict and disasters – as well as supply ch...

coronavirus , refugees , UNHCR , WFP

Liz Guantai among 117 young African leaders selected for Women Deliver program

By Citizen Reporter,

Liz Guantai, a 28-year-old Kenyan lawyer, is one the 117 young leaders selected for the Women Deliver program that focuses on gender equality and the ...

liz guantai , Menstrual health , Women Deliver

#AfricaTogether: Facebook, Red Cross launch campaign calling for vigilance against Covid-19

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Facebook and the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement are partnering to launch #AfricaTogether – a digital campaign and two-day festiva...