Jordanian military warns king’s half-brother to stop actions undermining stability

By Reuters,

Jordan’s military has told King Abdullah’s half-brother Prince Hamza bin Hussein to halt actions targeting “security and stability” in what pe...

Jordan

Database reveals secrets of China’s loans to developing nations, says study

By Reuters,

The terms of China’s loan deals with developing countries are unusually secretive and require borrowers to prioritise repayment of Chinese state-own...

china , debt , loan

Explainer: How COVID-19 vaccines work

By CNN,

All the COVID-19 vaccines indicate high efficacy against the virus, even though they take very different approaches. Here's how some of them and vacci...

AstraZeneca , COVID-19 vaccines , moderna , Pfizer

Paris goes into lockdown as COVID-19 variant rampages

By Reuters,

France imposed a month-long lockdown on Paris and parts of the north after a faltering vaccine rollout and spread of highly contagious coronavirus var...

COVID-19 , France , President Emmanuel Macron

Gov’t spokesperson Cyrus Oguna urges Kenyans to stop complaining about high taxes

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Government Spokesperson Col. Cyrus Oguna has downplayed the ongoing public outcry over the high cost of living occasioned by increased taxation. In...

cyrus oguna

Citizen TV’s Yvonne Okwara among top African women feted in new book

By Rachel Ombaka,

Facebook released a book that recognises women breaking boundaries in different fields and Citizen TV's Yvonne Okwara is one of them. In the book t...

okwara , rubadiri

Maser CEO speaks on skills to leadership in technology

By Citizen Reporter,

For eight years now, Mr Prateek Suri, has been running Maser, a Dubai based dynamic start-up driven by technological innovation and a passion to make ...

Maser

New locust swarms form in northern Somalia

By Citizen Reporter,

New immature locust swarms continue to slowly form from breeding in Puntland, Somalia where hopper bands persist near the coast. According to the F...

locust swarms

When China and other huge nations dispatch digital currencies, will it commence worldwide chaos?

By Agencies,

Probably the most sweltering subject in cryptographic forms of money is the possibility of significant economies dispatching state-sponsored computeri...

End of lockdown? UK’s Johnson mulls path out after 15 million vaccinated

By Reuters,

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will this week judge how fast England can exit COVID-19 lockdown but the death toll and hospital admission number...

Boris Johnson

Covid-19 Vaccine: SHOFCO offers to support gov’t in slum vaccination drive

By Agencies,

Ninety-one-year-old Margaret Keenan became the first person in the world to be given the Pfizer Covid-19 jab as part of a mass vaccination program rol...

SHOFCO

Nigeria repatriates hundreds of migrants from Saudi Arabia

By Reuters,

Nigeria evacuated hundreds of its citizens from Saudi Arabia on Thursday after they overstayed their visas and were left stranded, two Reuters witness...

Saudi Arabia

PROFILE: Ngele Ali, holding space for communities to use their own voices

By Guest Writer,

By Patience Nyange and Esther Kirago Ngele Ali is an award-winning media, communications for development and advocacy expert with over 20 years of ...

ngele ali

Mwendwa ready to rumble after cleared to contest FIFA post

By Stanley Mativo,

Football Kenya Federation (FKF) president Nick Mwendwa believes he has the aptness to convince other federation bosses to vote him in as FIFA Council ...

Nick Mwendwa

COVID-19 shots to cost Ksh.300 to Ksh.1,000 under African Union vaccine plan

By Reuters,

African countries will pay between $3 and $10 per vaccine dose to access 270 million COVID-19 shots secured this month by the African Union (AU), acco...

COVID-19 shots to cost between Ksh.330 to Ksh.1100 in AU plan

By Reuters,

African countries will pay between Ksh.330 ($3) and Ksh.1100 ($10) per vaccine dose to access 270 million COVID-19 shots secured this month by the Afr...

coronavirus , vaccine

After sitting on the fence, Kenya takes up debt-suspension offer

By Kepha Muiruri,

Kenya has agreed to take up the debt service suspension initiative (DSSI) after tiptoeing around the deal for months. The Paris Club which represen...

debt service suspension initiative (DSSI) , Kenya's debt , National Treasury

China promised Africa coronavirus vaccines were a priority. But where are they?

By CNN,

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi concludes his tour of Africa this weekend without making a single concrete vaccine commitment to a continent hoping a...

china , coronavirus , vaccine

WHO emergency COVID-19 vaccine listing aims to lift access in poor countries

By Reuters,

The World Health Organization on Thursday listed Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, in a move seeking to speed access in the ...

coronavirus , covid-19 vaccine

China approves Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine, promises free shots for all citizens

By CNN,

China approved its first homegrown coronavirus vaccine for general public use on Thursday, with officials promising to provide the general public with...