Runda: Former lawmaker who tested positive for coronavirus linked to 18 contacts

By Citizen Reporter,

A prominent former Nairobi lawmaker is among 41 new cases of coronavirus registered in Nairobi. The politician whose identity Citizen TV cannot rev...

coronavirus , runda

Madagascar president says WHO has signed deal to formulate herbal coronavirus ‘cure’

By Agencies,

The President of Madagascar Andry Rajoelina says WHO has agreed to sign a confidentiality clause on the formulation of Madagascar's herbal coronavirus...

coronavirus

180 people exposed to the coronavirus at church service in California

By CNN,

A person who later learned they were positive for Covid-19 attended a California religious service on Mother's Day, exposing 180 other people to the n...

COVID-19

Gov’t bans movement in and out of Eastleigh, Old Town areas starting tonight

By Ian Omondi,

The government has now banned movement in and out of Eastleigh in Nairobi and Old Town in Mombasa after the two areas registered worrying double-figur...

COVID-19 , Eastleigh , Old Town

Scientists using sewage to measure the prevalence of Covid-19

By CNN,

As the need for widespread Covid-19 testing grows, officials are looking to flush out hidden cases of the virus by examining sewage. Groups of scie...

Biobot , coronavirus , COVID-19 , Johns Hopkins University

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 ...

Concerns over Kilifi’s emergence as one of Kenya’s coronavirus hotspots

By Benjamin Muriuki,

As coronavirus cases in Kenya continue to rise, the government has now raised a red flag on Kilifi County which it says is emerging as a hot spot for ...

coronavirus , Dr. Mercy Mwangangi , Kilifi County

Congo says Rwanda has closed border near Goma over Ebola fears

By Reuters,

Congo’s presidency said on Thursday that Rwandan authorities had closed the border between Goma and its nearest town of Gisenyi for all people other...

ebola

YouTuber buys U.S. town and renames it Gay Hell

By Reuters,

YouTube star Elijah Daniel has bought the town of Hell and renamed it Gay Hell, only allowing Pride flags to fly in protest at President Donald Trump'...

East Congo villagers kill Ebola health worker, loot clinic

By Reuters,

A mob in eastern Congo killed an Ebola health worker and looted a clinic, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday, underscoring a breakdown in public trus...

Congo , ebola , health ministry

After years of losses, world’s forests ‘in emergency room’

By VOA,

The world lost 12 million hectares (30 million acres) of tropical tree cover last year, the equivalent of 30 soccer pitches a minute, researchers said...

Tropical tree

WHO: Congo Ebola outbreak spreading faster than ever

By VOA,

Democratic Republic of Congo's Ebola outbreak is spreading at its fastest rate yet, eight months after it was first detected, the World Health Organiz...

ebola

Congo Ebola outbreak spreading faster than ever: WHO

By Reuters,

Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ebola outbreak is spreading at its fastest rate yet, eight months after it was first detected, the World Health Organ...

Congo , ebola

Cameroon busts ivory, pangolin traffickers

By VOA,

Police in Cameroon have arrested four wildlife traffickers caught with huge quantities of elephant tusks and scales from pangolins. The traffickers, s...

Cameroon , Elephant Tusks , Pangolins

Botswana has ‘significant elephant-poaching problem,’ conservation group says

By CNN,

Botswana, long considered a safe haven for elephants in Africa, has "a significant elephant-poaching problem," according to a conservationist group th...

Botswana

Zimbabwe’s biggest mobile operator Econet says ordered to shut down internet

By Reuters,

Zimbabwe’s biggest mobile operator Econet Wireless said on Friday the government had ordered it to shut down its internet services until further not...

Voters head to the polls in Congo amid predictions of chaos

By VOA,

Congo’s long-delayed polls for president and the National Assembly are finally taking place on Sunday, but observers are predicting widespread confu...

Congo analyst Stephanie Wolters , Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary , President Joseph Kabila

DNA tests on elephant tusks helps expose Africa’s ivory trafficking rings

By CNN,

A new study  published on Wednesday in the journal Sciences Advances says that DNA sampling technique on elephant tusks has helped expose three of Af...

Elephant Tusks , ivory trafficking

UN, AU want credible and transparent election

By Citizen Reporter,

The United Nations and the African Union are ready to assist the country in the forthcoming repeat election. In a joint statement issued on Monday,...

AFRICAN UNION , African Union on October 26 election , Antonio Guterres , AU issue new statement on Kenya's October 26 election , Moussa Faki Mahamat , UN , United Nations , United Nations on October 26 election

Cholera outbreak threatens more than 1m people in Nigeria refugee camps

By VOA,

At least 1.4 million people uprooted by Boko Haram's insurgency in northeast Nigeria are living in 'cholera hotspots,' prey to an outbreak of the dead...