Baringo: Cop who survived accident that killed his 7 colleagues shot dead in bandit attack

By Bernadine Tiemoi,

A police officer under anti-stock theft in Chemoi,Baringo North was on Thursday shot dead in a bandit attack. According to reports, he was outside t...

Desert locust upsurge continues to threaten food security in Horn of Africa

By Citizen Reporter,

A new generation of Desert Locust swarms is threatening agricultural and pastoral livelihoods and the food security of millions of people in the Horn ...

Desert locust , FAO

Kibera public space project among five finalists for Ksh.27M Climate/Equity Prize

By Citizen Reporter,

Five projects have been announced as finalists for the 2020-2021 WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities for showing how cities can address both climate chan...

DistritoTec , Kibera Public Space Project , WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities

Eight dead after cyclone Gati hits Somalia’s Puntland, spread of locusts feared

By Reuters,

A cyclone that hit parts of Somalia this week killed eight people and displaced thousands, flooded farmlands and could worsen a locusts plague, an off...

Cyclone , locusts

New FAO Kenya boss Carla Mucavi takes office

By Citizen Reporter,

The newly appointed Food and Agriculture (FAO) Representative to Kenya Carla Elisa Luis Mucavi has taken office. On Monday, she was welcomed by the A...

Woman loses 22 relatives after landslide hits storm-hit Guatemalan village

By Reuters,

Rescue workers on Saturday clambered over treacherous roads buried in mud and rubble to reach a remote mountain village in Guatemala swamped by a deva...

Guatemala

Expect heavy rains and flooding from Sunday- Kenya MET

By Tonny Ndungu,

The Kenya Meteorological Department (MET) has warned of heavy rainfall and flooding from November 8 to November 10. MET announced in an advisory re...

Met

KeNHA warns of flooding on Lunga Lunga – Ukunda highway

By Ian Omondi,

The Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) has warned of impending traffic on the Lunga Lunga – Ukunda highway after a section of it flooded. ...

flooding , KeNHA , Lunga Lunga – Ukunda highway

Kvitova beats Laura to reach French Open semis

By Agencies,

Petra Kvitova reached the French Open semi-finals for the first time since 2012 as an emotional run continued with victory over Germany's Laura Siegem...

French Open , Laura Siegemund. , Petra Kvitova , Semi finals

Kirinyaga County to spend Ksh.142 million on Kerugoya/Kutus Municipality facelift

By Citizen Reporter,

The Kirinyaga County Government is set to spend Ksh.140 million on a facelift of Kerugoya Kutus Municipality which hosts the county headquarters. T...

400 families from Budalangi forced to live in primary school since April

By Reuters,

About 400 families from Budalangi, Busia County have been living at Bubango Primary School since April. This after Nzoia River that flows from the ...

Budalangi , floods

Kenyans turn to their families in the village as coronavirus steals jobs

By Reuters,

In the last three months, teacher Faith Njeri has been a regular customer at a courier service office in Nairobi, collecting parcels sent from her vil...

coronavirus , families , jobs , rural

Global coronavirus cases exceed 15 million

By Tonny Ndungu,

Global coronavirus infections surged past 15 million on Wednesday, according to a Reuters tally, with the pandemic gathering pace even as countries re...

coronavirus

Tiktoker Alvan Love gifts watchman who gave him place to sleep with new motorbike

By Tonny Ndungu,

Former Tusker Project Fame contestant Alvan Gatitu popularly known Alvan Love has gifted a security guard who gave him a place to sleep a brand-new mo...

Alvan love

BWIRE: Food security crucial amid Covid-19

By Victor Bwire,

By Victor Bwire Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the country's focus has been on the containment of the outbreak, and with nearly all sect...

COVID-19 , food security

COVID-19: US grants Kenya Ksh.5.3 billion to support health and economic recovery

By Kepha Muiruri,

The US government has granted Kenya Ksh.5.3 billion ($50 million) to support Kenya’s response and recovery efforts. The grant made through the US...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , USAID

Djokovic breaks down in tears after hosting Belgrade exhibition

By Reuters,

An emotional Novak Djokovic could not hold back the tears while hosting a charity event at his tennis complex by the Danube River on Sunday. Althou...

Adria Tour final , Dominic Thiem , Novak Djokovic

Tullow Oil completes early oil pilot as contract expires

By Kepha Muiruri,

British based oil explorer Tullow Oil along with its joint venture partners have announced the completion of the Early Oil Pilot Scheme (EOPS) for Ken...

Early Oil Pilot Scheme (EOPS) , Tullow Oil

Tanzanian recycling plant starts making face shields from plastic bottles

By Reuters,

A recycling plant in Tanzania’s port city of Dar es Salaam has traded paper for plastic bottles and started making anti-coronavirus face shields tha...

coronavirus , magufuli , Tanzania

Fires. Tear gas. Rubber bullets. ‘I can’t breathe’ protests heat up over death of George Floyd

By Reuters,

Civil unrest flared and curfews were imposed in several major U.S. cities on Saturday as demonstrators took to the streets to vent outrage at the deat...

George Floyd