Pep ‘surprised’ by Man City’s winning run

By Agencies,

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola says he is surprised by his side's imperious run of form "when everyone is suffering in this world" as they extende...

Arsenal , manchester city , Pep Guardiola , Premier League leaders

White House hopes majority of public schools will be reopened by April

By VOA,

The United States is struggling to reopen its public schools across the country amid the coronavirus pandemic, but the White House said Sunday it is h...

coronavirus , fauci , White House

OPINION: FGM is a serious cultural, health problem that must be stopped

By Guest Writer,

By Alvin Mwangi Girls and women should be protected from Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), a horrific practice that results in mental and physical p...

coronavirus , FGM

eSwatini king says had COVID-19, recovered after Taiwan sent drugs

By Reuters,

eSwatini King Mswati III said he had recovered from COVID-19 after Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen sent antiviral medication to help him. The small s...

coronavirus , eSwatini , mswati

5 Reasons why Bitcoin is better than Fiat Money

By Agencies,

Since the introduction of Bitcoin in 2009, the preferences of the investors and traders are slowly moving towards the cryptocurrency market. There are...

Uhuru meets gov’t officers in senior ranks of the Executive

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday met officers in the senior ranks of the Executive to discuss Government priorities for the current calendar year....

Cabinet , Uhuru

Top Namibian official Selina Tjihero dies in Tanzania

By Agencies,

Namibia's third secretary to Tanzania Selina Tjihero has died following a short illness. Namibia's ambassador to Tanzania Tobia Lebbeus announced her...

coronavirus , magufuli , Selina Tjihero

Another top Tanzanian gov’t official John William Kijazi dies

By Citizen Reporter,

Tanzania's Chief Secretary of the State John William Kijazi has died. A statement from the government spokesman said Amb. Kijazi died on Wednesday ...

coronavirus , kijazi , magufuli , Tanzania

PS Kipsang, CAS Kinuthia re-assigned, Osiany appointed as Uhuru reshuffles Cabinet

By Ian Omondi,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has made a few changes to senior ranks of the Executive with new appointments and re-alignments in various ministries. Pre...

Cabinet , Joseph Kinyua , President Uhuru Kenyatta

Bluebird Aviation projects recovery of airline industry with roll out of COVID-19 vaccine

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Regional airline, Bluebird Aviation has projected the aviation sector could start picking up towards the last half of the year 2021. BlueBird Aviat...

Bluebird Aviation , Captain Hussein Mohammed

Zimbabwe receives 200,000 doses of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines

By Reuters,

A plane carrying Zimbabwe’s first coronavirus vaccines, 200,000 doses donated by China, arrived in the capital Harare on Monday. A further 600,00...

COVID-19 , vaccine , Zimbabwe

How Brazil gambled on unproven drugs to fight Covid

By CNN,

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has long been a champion of drugs chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine to cure Covid-19, despite multiple studies tha...

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro

Couples tie the knot on elephants on Valentine’s Day

By CNN,

Fifty-nine couples in Thailand got married while riding elephants on Sunday, in an annual Valentine’s Day mass wedding ceremony at a botanical garde...

Valentine's Day

Tokyo Olympics chief Mori quits over sexist remarks

By Reuters,

Tokyo 2020 Olympics chief Yoshiro Mori resigned on Friday and again apologised for his sexist remarks that sparked a global outcry, leaving the troubl...

olympics , Tokyo 2020 , Yoshiro Mori

KenGen clinches Ksh.709M deal to drill geothermal wells in Djibouti

By Citizen Reporter,

Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) PLC has won yet another international contract to drill three geothermal wells in Djibouti. The company...

kengen

Tokyo 2020’s Mori to quit as he vows to end controversy

By Reuters,

The president of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics organising committee, Yoshiro Mori, will resign over a sexist remark that sparked an outcry, two sources said...

olympics , sexism , Tokyo 2020 , Yoshiro Mori

Two masks, snug fit reduces COVID-19 spread, U.S. study shows

By Reuters,

Making sure a mask fits snugly on the face and use of two masks is likely to significantly reduce a person’s exposure to the coronavirus, laboratory...

coronavirus , mask

KQ poised for Ksh.10B bailout by state

By Citizen Reporter,

The details of the additional cash injection into the national carrier-KQ- are contained in the supplementary budget tabled in the national assembly a...

kq

Kengen pays Ksh1.15B to National Treasury as 2019 dividend

By Citizen Reporter,

Leading power producer Kenya Electricity Generating Company PLC (KenGen) on Tuesday paid the National Government Ksh. 1,153,856,022 in dividends for t...

kengen

President Kenyatta unveils new state department to midwife CBC

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta unveiled a new state department to oversee the ongoing implementation of the Competence Based Curriculum (CBC). The new St...

CBC