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Coronavirus: Kenyan envoy to China Sarah Serem now seeks ‘divine intervention’
By Enock Sikolia,
1041, February 17, 2020 (EAT)
Kenya's Ambassador to China Sarah Serem, despite traveling back to the East Asian country, is yet to offer assistance to over 100 Kenyan students stuc...
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First Lady Margaret Kenyatta flags off 100-men run at Karura forest
By PSCU,
1320, February 14, 2020 (EAT)
The First Lady Margaret Kenyatta on Friday set the ball rolling for this year’s Beyond Zero Half Marathon by flagging off a 100-men run at Karura ...
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China’s coronavirus deaths surpass SARS as millions stagger back to work
By Reuters,
1811, February 9, 2020 (EAT)
China raised the death toll from the coronavirus epidemic to 811 on Sunday, passing the number killed globally by the SARS epidemic in 2002/2003, as m...
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Chinese markets plunge as Coronavirus death toll rises to 361
By Reuters,
950, February 3, 2020 (EAT)
Chinese stock and commodity markets fell heavily on Monday as the death toll from a coronavirus epidemic in China rose to 361 and investors retreated ...
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9M children at risk of death from pneumonia: report
By Rene Oswere,
1104, January 31, 2020 (EAT)
Stepping up the fight pneumonia could avert nearly 9 million child deaths from pneumonia and other major diseases, a new report has found. Accordin...
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World Toilet Day: Leaving No One Behind
By Girlie Kendi,
1320, November 19, 2019 (EAT)
November 19 is recognised as the World Toilet Day by the United Nations This day is celebrated annually, to tackle the global sanitation crisis. It...
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ICPD25 ends with resolve to end harmful practices on girls, women
By DPPS,
806, November 15, 2019 (EAT)
The International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD25) came to a close on Thursday with a strong resolve to eradicate vices that have slo...
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Samburu circumcision: Of sheep skin cover, ostrich feathers and the cut
By Peter Mwangi,
1002, November 14, 2019 (EAT)
In the Samburu culture, this is the time of the year when most young boys across the country have to pass through circumcision. The community is ho...
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ICPD25: Leaders commit to ending maternal deaths, violence against women by 2030
By Girlie Kendi,
1420, November 12, 2019 (EAT)
World leaders at ICPD25 have begun to unveil their commitments to end preventable maternal death and stop violence against women and girls by 2030. ...
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Kenya set to review laws on sexual, reproductive health
By Imani Mitchelle,
731, September 24, 2019 (EAT)
Kenya is in the process of reviewing its laws related to sexual and reproductive health. According to the National Council of Population Developmen...
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OPINION: Xenophobic attacks in South Africa crippling continental unity
By Citizen Reporter,
2130, September 4, 2019 (EAT)
By Brian Oguna The rising spate of xenophobic attacks in South Africa has triggered a myriad of angry reactions and emotions from netizens world ov...
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Number of Ebola orphans spikes as epidemic spreads in eastern DRC
By VOA,
1042, August 16, 2019 (EAT)
The U.N. children's fund reports the number of children orphaned by Ebola or separated from their parents because of the disease in eastern Democratic...
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Pumwani Hospital’s breast milk bank offers life-sustaining feed for babies
By VOA,
1315, August 8, 2019 (EAT)
Medical experts in Kenya are banking on human breast milk to save the lives of newborn babies. Nairobi's Pumwani Maternity Hospital has set up East...
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Philippines rejects dengue vaccine as outbreak leaves hundreds dead
By VOA,
2101, August 6, 2019 (EAT)
The Philippines stood firm Tuesday on its ban on the world's first dengue vaccine while declaring a nationwide epidemic from the mosquito-borne diseas...
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UN Report: Conflicts kill and hurt a record 12,000 children
By VOA,
850, July 30, 2019 (EAT)
More than 12,000 children were killed and injured in armed conflicts last year - a record number - with Afghanistan, the Palestinians, Syria and Yemen...
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The wildcat gold miners who get rich sick in Ghana
By Reuters,
1403, July 25, 2019 (EAT)
A few years after coming as a teenager to this town in Ghana to prospect for gold, Yaw Ngoha had made enough cash to marry his sweetheart and build a ...
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Bodies of two pupils retrieved from river in Migori
By George Juma,
1902, July 11, 2019 (EAT)
Two pupils at Tagare Primary School in Kuria West Sub-county, Migori County were found dead in River Tagare on Wednesday evening. Confirming the in...
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Two perish in a grisly road accident in Murang’a
By Victor Kinuthia,
1718, June 29, 2019 (EAT)
Two people have been confirmed dead after the car they were driving in collided head on with a public service vehicle at Maragua in Murang'a county. ...
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Photo of drowned migrant triggers fight over Trump asylum clampdown
By Reuters,
1915, June 27, 2019 (EAT)
A harrowing photo of a Salvadoran migrant and his young daughter who drowned in the Rio Grande at the U.S.-Mexico border became the focus on Wednesday...
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Shocking image of drowned man, daughter underscores crisis at US-Mexico border
By CNN,
1315, June 26, 2019 (EAT)
The photo is haunting, a vivid reminder of the danger many face when they try to cross into the United States. It shows the human toll of a crisis...
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