States bracing for possible violence as US election nears

By VOA,

Officials across the United States already charged with securing the upcoming presidential election are taking additional precautions, bracing for the...

US Elections

No school fees: Parents caught off-guard after Magoha directive

By Citizen Team,

A section of teachers and parents in Kuresoi, Nakuru County have dismissed the directive by Education CS George Magoha to reopen schools. Also Read...

coronavirus , magoha , schools

Global coronavirus cases surpass 25 million: Reuters tally

By Reuters,

Global coronavirus cases surged past 25 million on Sunday, according to a Reuters tally, as India marked a worldwide record for daily new cases in the...

coronavirus

Hospital owner allegedly scammed patients out of Ksh.37M using fake COVID-19 tests

By CNN,

A hospital owner in Bangladesh was arrested Wednesday on charges of fraud, after allegedly issuing thousands of fake Covid-19 test results to deceive...

Bangladesh , COVID-19 , Rapid Action Battalion

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...