Kenya, Tanzania agree on COVID-19 testing for truck drivers without mentioning nationality of positive cases

By Citizen Reporter,

Kenya and Tanzania have struck a deal to make public data on the COVID-19 status of truck drivers without mentioning nationality of those who test pos...

coronavirus , magufuli , Tanzania

Tanzania claims COVID-19 tests on 19 drivers at Namanga were false

By Tonny Ndungu,

The Tanzanian Government has rubbished claims that 19 truck drivers from the country tested positive at the  Namanga border earlier in the week. I...

coronavirus , magufuli , Tanzania

Kenya has sent away 182 foreigners who tested positive for Covid-19 at Tanzanian border

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe says the decision by the government to tighten up Covid-19 surveillance measures at the borders with Tanzania an...

Isebania , mutahi kagwe , Namanga , Tanzania border

165 Kenyans who were stranded in China due to Covid-19 pandemic arrive at JKIA

By Citizen Reporter,

165 Kenyans who were stranded in China due to the Covid-19 pandemic have arrived at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. They had left Guangzho...

coronavirus , guangzhou , serem

Covid-19 testing to begin in prisons after cases reported at Industrial Area prison

By Benjamin Muriuki,

The Ministry of Health is set to begin testing for Covid-19 in prisons following reports that two inmates at Industrial Area Remand Prison have contra...

Industrial Area Remand Prison

Kenya confirms 28 new Covid-19 cases raising total to 649 as one more patient dies

By Benjamin Muriuki,

The number of coronavirus cases in Kenya has risen to 649 after 28 more patients tested positive for Covid-19. Out of the 28 new cases, 10 are from...

China is installing surveillance cameras outside people’s front doors…and sometimes inside their homes

By CNN,

The morning after Ian Lahiffe returned to Beijing, he found a surveillance camera being mounted on the wall outside his apartment door. Its lens was p...

china , surveillance camera , Weibo

How New Zealand ‘eliminated’ Covid-19 after weeks of lockdown

By CNN,

After weeks of lockdown, New Zealand has achieved its ambitious goal of eliminating the coronavirus. But the country isn't celebrating yet. Ov...

COVID-19 , lockdown , New Zealand , Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern

Panic selling wipes out Ksh.11.2 billion NSE foreign investor wealth

By Kepha Muiruri,

Panic selling arising from the Covid-19 pandemic wiped out Ksh.11.2 billion in foreign investor wealth from the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) betw...

Capital Markets Authority (CMA) , Covid-19 pandemic , Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE)

Trump signs order temporarily limiting U.S. visas, Green Cards

By Reuters,

President Donald Trump on Wednesday ordered a temporary block on some foreigners from permanent residence in the United States, saying he wanted to pr...

Green Card , Trump , U.S. visa

Kenyans earning below Ksh.24K to get tax relief after MPs give the nod

By Kepha Muiruri,

The National Assembly adopted the 2020, Tax Laws (Ammendment) Bill on Wednesday to end in relief to Kenyans as per Presidential directives issued last...

Covid-19 pandemic , PAYE , Tax Laws (Amendments) Bill

Chelsea’s Rudiger covers catering costs for nurses at Berlin hospital

By Agencies,

Toni Rudiger is helping out the hospital where he was born in Berlin by paying for the nurses' catering for at least the next three months. ...

Chelsea FC , Toni Rudiger

Kashiwa’s King Olunga eyes WC history with Kenya

By Agencies,

Records seem to follow Michael Olunga wherever he goes. During his brief spell with Girona in La Liga, he became not only the club's first player to s...

JAPAN , Kashiwa Reysol , kenya , Michael Olunga , Qatar , WC , World cup

Guangzhou city says 111 Africans tested positive for coronavirus

By Agencies,

A total of 111 Africans in China’s southern city of Guangzhou had tested positive for the novel coronavirus as of Monday, the Xinhua news agency sai...

china , coronavirus , guangzhou

AU demands ‘immediate remedial measures’ from China after claims of hostility towards Africans

By Citizen Reporter,

The African Union is demanding that China remedy the situation in parts of the country where foreigners are allegedly being mistreated. The stateme...

china , coronavirus

Ghana summons Chinese envoy over ‘inhumane treatment’ of citizens in Guangzhou

By Reuters,

Several African countries have demanded that China addresses concerns that Africans in Guangzhou city are being mistreated and harassed amid fears of ...

coronavirus , Ghana , guangzhou

10 KRA staff sent into quarantine after contact with coronavirus patient

By Tonny Ndungu,

Ten Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) staff have been ordered into quarantine after coming into contact with several foreigners who tested positive for th...

coronavirus , KRA

Coronavirus fears spark xenophobia in China

By CNN,

The African community in Guangzhou is on edge after widespread accounts were shared on social media of people being left homeless this week, as China'...

china , coronavirus

Chinese restaurants ordered not to serve clients of African origin

By Reuters,

China reported on Saturday a rise in new coronavirus cases, as authorities try to head off a second wave of infections, particularly from imported and...

china , coronavirus

Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Racial attacks against Africans in China are being handled

By Tonny Ndungu,

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a statement in the wake of reports that Kenyans living in China were among African nationals targetted in r...

Ministry of Foreign Affairs