BWIRE: Artificial Intelligence could be helpful in dealing with COVID-19

By Victor Bwire,

By Victor Bwire It's during such times like the current corona virus outbreak that we ask our ourselves hard questions including how can innovation...

coronavirus , COVID-19

Iran attacks two Iraqi bases housing US forces in ‘revenge’ for Soleimani’s death

By CNN,

Iran launched more than a dozen missiles at two Iraqi bases that hold US troops in what appears to be retaliation for the American airstrike that kill...

iran launches missiles at a iraqi army base , iran vs America

You risk 12 months in prison if you fly drones, Gov’t warns

By Duncan Mutwiri,

The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority has reiterated that use of unmarked aircraft systems known as 'drones' is prohibited. In a notice published in a...

drones

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

Libyan fighters seize U.S. and Chinese missiles from Haftar’s forces

By Reuters,

Forces allied to Libya’s internationally recognized government based in Tripoli captured sophisticated U.S. and Chinese rockets as well as drones wh...

Khalifa Haftar , libya , Muammar Gaddafi , Rockets

Amazon gets U.S. patent to use delivery drones for surveillance service

By Reuters,

Amazon.com Inc is exploring using drones not just to deliver packages but also to provide surveillance as a service to its customers, according to a p...

Amazon , drones , surveillance , US patent

Passaris walks off in protest over Sonko ‘bwana yako’ remarks

By Chemutai Goin,

There was drama during the Madaraka Day celebrations after Nairobi Woman Rep Esther Passaris walked off as the Governor Mike Sonko was speaking. Th...

passaris , Sonko

Ghana drone service delivers medical supplies 24 hours

By VOA,

At New Tafo Hospital, health care workers watch the sky, listening for a distinct buzzing noise they have grown used to in the past month. In secon...

drone , zipline

Iran on the spot for ordering drone attacks on oil pipeline.

By VOA,

Saudi Arabia’s deputy defense minister on Thursday accused Iran of ordering an attack on Saudi oil pumping stations that Yemen’s Iran-aligned Hout...

Iran , OPEC , Saudi Arabia , united arab emirates , United Nations , UNITED STATE OF AMERICA

Four killed in ambush on Catholic parade in Burkina Faso

By CNN,

Four people were killed and a statue of the Virgin Mary was destroyed in an attack on parishioners during a religious procession in Burkina Faso, chur...

Burkina Faso , catholic , Paul Ouedraogo

Attack on Catholic church in Burkina Faso leaves six dead

By CNN,

Six people were killed Sunday during mass at a Catholic church in central Burkina Faso, according to state media. Gunmen on motorcycles stormed the...

Burkina Faso , Church attack

Trump’s new tariff threat could make iPhones, toys and shoes more expensive

By CNN,

They could all get more expensive if President Donald Trump follows through on his threat to expand tariffs on Chinese imports to include an additio...

BWIRE: Why Kenya shouldn’t be discussing hunger in 2019

By Victor Bwire,

Once more, the drought and related famine that are ravaging parts of the country have put to test a key deliverable under the big four agenda; is the ...

Drought , food security

NATO to receive first northrop surveillance drone, years late

By VOA,

NATO is to receive the first of five Northrop Grumman high-altitude drones in the third quarter after years of delays, giving the alliance its own spy...

NATO , Northrop Grumman high-altitude drones

Inside the August plot to kill President Maduro with drones

By CNN,

New videos obtained by CNN provide chilling insight into a mystery drone attack against Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro last year—the world's ...

Juan Guaido , President Nicolas Maduro , Venezuela

Inside the plot to kill Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro with drones

By Benjamin Muriuki,

New videos obtained by CNN provide chilling insight into a mystery drone attack against Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro last year—the world's fi...

colombia , Nicolas Maduro , Venezuela

How drones are saving lives in Rwanda

By Saida Swaleh,

Have you ever wondered if there was a way to transport vital products such as blood, medicine or even vaccines to inaccesible areas across the country...

Rwanda , Zipline drone

Pakistan: Search for 2 missing European climbers called off

By VOA,

The intense search for two European climbers who went missing over a week ago in bad weather on the world's ninth-highest mountain in Pakistan was cal...

pakistan

Why the U.S might reject selling arms to the Philippines

By VOA,

The Philippine foreign secretary says his country wants to buy American weaponry to shore up defense. But although the two countries have worked close...

Michael Pompeo , Philippines , President Rodrigo Duterte

British and Italian climbers still missing on Pakistan’s ‘killer mountain’

By CNN,

Rescuers are searching for two mountain climbers missing on a peak in Pakistan, including a British man whose mother died in the same region in 1995. ...

British and Italian climbers still missing on Pakistan's 'killer mountain'