Statistical models show up to 240,000 Americans could die from coronavirus

By CNN,

President Donald Trump finally leveled with America about the desperate reality of the coronavirus pandemic, warning of cruel weeks to come in one of ...

The wildcat gold miners who get rich sick in Ghana

By Reuters,

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 ...

Ghana , Gold Mining

Burkina Faso Plagued by Terror Attacks, Rights Allegations

By VOA,

The Burkina Faso government claims to have killed 146 jihadists in the country's north this week, but Human Rights Watch says it believes some of the ...

Burkina Faso , Terror Attack

Torino’s Mr. Angry hoping to upset unbeaten Juve

By Reuters,

He is known as one of Italy’s angriest coaches but on Saturday Torino’s Walter Mazzarri will hope to make the headlines as the man whose team hand...

Juventus , Serie A , Torino , Walter Mazzarri

Aquarius ship migrants finally reach land in Spain after week-long odyssey

By AFP,

The 630 migrants whose rescue sparked a major migration row in Europe began disembarking in Spain on Sunday, after a turbulent week that saw Italy tur...

Aquarius ship , italy , Mediterranean Sea , migrants in the Mediterranean , Spain , Spain's deputy prime minister Carmen Calvo

Nandi county threatens to sack striking medics

By Daniel Korir,

Nandi County doctors risk being sacked after Governor Cleophas Lagat announced that he will employ new medics if the striking ones fail to report to...

doctors strike , Nandi County Governor Cleophas Lagat

Uhuru warns striking doctors of serious consequences if deal not reached

By Wangui Ngechu,

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday, March 7 termed demands by doctors as blackmail saying that what the medics are demanding in their 2013 Collective...

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How money flowed to Gambia’s ex president

By Reuters,

Funds from a dollar bank account in the name of the Jammeh Foundation for Peace, a charity founded by Gambia's former president Yahya Jammeh, flowed t...

Gambia , Yahya Jammeh

2013 CBA with doctors was work in progress – ex-PS who signed deal

By Koome Kimonye,

The ongoing negotiations to end the doctors’ strike that has lasted for over two months may now take a different route after the for Public Health a...

Stop harassing doctors and give rulers a dose of their own medicine

By Isaac Mwangi,

Two months after Kenyan doctors in public hospitals began their strike, it was a day of national shame when the government finally showed its resolve ...

Law society appoints members to mediate doctors’ strike

By Ann Mukuru,

The Law Society of Kenya (LSK), Isaac Okero, has nominated LSK members John Morris Ohaga and Njeri Kariuki as the temporary mediators to in the media...

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Doctors can look for ‘better paying jobs’ – Treasury CS Henry Rotich

By Wangui Ngechu,

The government has said that it cannot afford the pay rise demand by the doctors in accordance with the 2013 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). ...

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NO END IN SIGHT as doctors walk out of talks with gov’t

By Koome Kimonye,

Close to two months since doctors across the country downed their tools demanding the implementation of the 2013 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA)...

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One month JAIL SENTENCE for DOCTORS’ union officials

By Wangui Ngechu,

The Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) officials were on Thursday given a one month suspended sentence after they wer...

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AK: Elite athletes to be cleared by doctors to stem doping

By Charity Wanja,

Elite Kenyan athletes are now required to get clearance from the Kenyan Doctors Network (KDN) to represent the country at international competition. ...

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TROUBLE for doctors as court orders arrest of union officials

By Wangui Ngechu,

A Nairobi Court has issued a warrant of arrest against the doctors' union officials for failing to appear before it for sentencing in a contempt of co...

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NO, THANK YOU! Doctors say no to Uhuru’s 40% pay hike

By Janet Okumu,

The ongoing doctors' strike is set to worsen the already bad situation at public health facilities following a move by the medics to reject a 40% pay ...

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THINGS FALL APART! President, doctors fail to reach deal

By Citizen Reporter,

The doctors’ strike is set to continue after the medics and President Uhuru Kenyatta failed to reached deal after a lengthy meeting at State House, ...

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FREE AT LAST! Governors drop suits against nurses’ union officials

By Koome Kimonye,

The Kenya National Union of Nurses (KNUN) officials can now breathe a sigh of relief after the Council of Governors (COG) withdrew contempt of court c...

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Doctors shouldn’t have right to picket – Kamar

By Wangui Ngechu,

As patients countrywide continue to agonize following the continued doctor’s strike, former Higher Education Minister Margaret Kamar has proposed th...

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