Kericho woman tests negative for Ebola

By Ian Omondi,

A woman who was on Sunday evening put in isolation at the Kericho County Referral Hospital over a suspected case of Ebola infection has tested negativ...

CS Sicily Kariuki , ebola , Kericho county

One dead, 11 injured after trailer rams into bus on Nakuru-Eldoret highway

By Citizen Reporter,

One person was on Monday morning and at least 11 others seriously injured following a head-on-collision between a truck and a bus at Mau Summit area o...

Head on collision , Nakuru-Eldoret highway , road accident

Four Cameroon police killed by suspected separatist bomb -govt

By Reuters,

Cameroon’s government said on Sunday that separatists in its restive English-speaking region had detonated an improvised explosive device that kille...

Cameroon , Prime Minister Joseph Ngute , United Nations

Woman bleeds to death after delivery at hospital in Machakos County

By Enock Muswii,

Dozens of residents in Tala, Machakos County on Sunday held demonstrations following the death of a 34-year-old mother who bled to death while deliver...

Kangundo , tala

Two dead after light planes collide mid-air in New Zealand

By Reuters,

Two light aircraft collided mid-air on their final approach at a regional aerodrome in New Zealand on Sunday killing both pilots, police said. Four...

New Zealand , plane crash , Skydive Wellington , Wairarapa Aero Club

Ugandan medics tackling Ebola say they lack supplies

By VOA,

The isolation ward for Ebola patients is a tent erected in the garden of the local hospital. Gloves are given out sparingly to health workers. And whe...

Bwera Hospital , Congo , ebola , uganda

Ousted Sudan president Bashir to be sent for trial soon, prosecutor says

By Reuters,

Sudan’s chief prosecutor said on Saturday that ousted President Omar al-Bashir would be sent for trial soon on corruption charges related to his thr...

Alwaleed Sayed Ahmed , Omar AlBashir , Prosecutor , Sudan

Venezuelans rush to Peru border ahead of migration crackdown

By Reuters,

Thousands of Venezuelans rushed to Peru’s northern border on Friday in hopes of entering the Andean country before it imposes tough immigration requ...

migrants , migrations , Peru , south america , Venezuelans

Sudan military acknowledges violations in sit-in dispersal

By VOA,

Sudan’s ruling military has acknowledged that security forces committed violations when they moved in to disperse a protest sit-in camp outside the ...

Gen. Shams Eddin Kabashi , human rights , Sudan Protests , The United Nations (UN)

Uganda Ebola outbreak: Health CS says border points secured

By Chemutai Goin,

The Ministry of Health on Friday moved to assure Kenyans that it has secured all points of entry following the outbreak of Ebola in Uganda. Accordi...

Congo , ebola , Health Cabinet Secretary Sicily Kariuki , uganda

Brazil Supreme Court rules homophobia a crime

By Reuters,

The Brazilian Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that homophobia should be criminalized under existing legislation until Congress creates a specific law ...

Former Nyeri Senior Magistrate Pauline Chesang released on bail

By Enock Muswii,

Former Nyeri Magistrate Pauline Chesang and four others accused of killing Advocate Robert Chesang have been released on a Ksh.500,000 cash bail and t...

Advocate Robert Chesang , Former Nyeri Magistrate Pauline Chesang , Justice David Kemei , Justice George Odunga , Lukenya , machakos

US joins effort to salvage agreement in Sudan

By Reuters,

The top U.S. diplomat for Africa on Wednesday joined an international effort to press Sudan’s military rulers and the opposition toward a deal on a ...

Sudan peace talks

US joins effort to salvage agreement in Sudan

By Reuters,

The top US diplomat for Africa on Wednesday joined an international effort to press Sudan’s military rulers and the opposition toward a deal on a tr...

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed , Sudan Protests , The United States of America

U.N. confirms 17 deaths in Sudan’s central Darfur region

By Nigel Wafula,

The United Nations said on Thursday it had confirmed the killing of 17 people and the burning of more than 100 houses in Deleij village in Sudan’s c...

Darfur , Deleij village , Janjaweed , The United Nations (UN)

Missing 5yr-old Narok girl was molested, murdered: police

By Reuben Motochi,

A five-year-old Narok girl who went missing has been found dead in Oloombogishi village. Her mother said she prepared her daughter for school on Tu...

narok , Oloombogishi , Oloombogishi Primary School s , rape

Public gatherings banned in Kasese, Uganda after Ebola deaths

By Reuters,

Uganda has banned public gatherings in Kasese District, a part of the country where an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus has been confirmed. Emman...

Congo , ebola , Kasese , uganda

Second Ebola patient dies in Uganda, 2 others in ICU

By Reuters,

A Congolese woman has become the second patient in Uganda to die of Ebola since the virus crossed the border from the Democratic Republic of Congo and...

ebola , uganda

Four family members killed in Homa Bay road accident

By Allan Obiero,

Four members of the same family died on Wednesday evening in a road accident at Nyakwere area on Katito Kendu Bay road. The four, who were in a pic...

Homa Bay , Kendu Bay road

New Ebola cases in Uganda raise fears of further spread

By Reuters,

Uganda announced two more cases of Ebola on Wednesday confirming the first spread of deadly outbreak beyond the borders of the Democratic Republic of ...

DRC border , Ebola cases , epidermic , outbreak , uganda