OPINION: Crisis pregnancy centres not the solution for rape survivors

By Guest Writer,

The emergence of crisis pregnancy centres in Kenya is a problematic solution to survivors of sexual violence who are pregnant as a result of rape or e...

pregnancy centres

IGAD and EU hand over of PPEs, lab test kits to Kenyan Gov’t

By Citizen Reporter,

The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), the delegation of the European Union to Kenya and the United Nations Office for Project Service...

coronavirus , IGAD , PPE

Nigeria repatriates hundreds of migrants from Saudi Arabia

By Reuters,

Nigeria evacuated hundreds of its citizens from Saudi Arabia on Thursday after they overstayed their visas and were left stranded, two Reuters witness...

Saudi Arabia

U.S. to reverse Trump’s ‘draconian’ immigration policies, Biden tells Mexican president

By Reuters,

The United States plans to reverse the Trump administration’s “draconian” immigration approach while working on policies addressing the causes o...

Joe Biden , US

Biden begins sweeping away travel ban on African, Muslim-majority countries

By Reuters,

U.S. President Joe Biden signed half a dozen executive orders on Wednesday including immediately lifting a travel ban on 13 mostly Muslim-majority and...

Biden , DACA

Biden sworn in as U.S. president, takes helm of deeply divided nation

By Reuters,

Joe Biden arrived at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday morning for his presidential inauguration, ready to take over a country battered by the coronavirus...

Biden plans ‘roughly a dozen’ Day One executive actions

By Reuters,

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden will cap a busy day of inauguration pageantry by using the powers of his new office to push policy changes on housing, ...

COVID-19 , Joe Biden , President Donald Trump

Trump rebuked by professional golfers after Capitol riot

By Reuters,

Donald Trump was handed a stinging rebuke by the world of professional golf, with the Professional Golfers Association(PGA) of America and the R&A...

Donald Trump , PFA , Professional Golfers Association , riot , U.S. Capitol

Everyone you know uses Zoom but that wasn’t the plan

By CNN,

The tweet was when Eric Yuan knew something had to change. Boris Johnson, the UK prime minister, shared a photo from his first ever virtual cabinet...

Zoom

The girls Kamala Harris addressed in her speech were watching closely

By CNN,

Even the girls too young to understand her were rapt when Sen. Kamala Harris gave her first speech as vice president-elect. When Harris spoke to th...

#womenmustlead , kamala harris

From refugee in Kenya to U.S. representative: Oballa Oballa’s long trek to election day

By VOA,

Oballa Oballa’s trek to election day was a long and improbable one. He grew up in the Gambella region of Ethiopia, where he witnessed mass killin...

oballa oballa

Joe Biden wins U.S. presidential election

By CNN,

Joe Biden will become the 46th president of the United States, CNN projects, after a victory in the state where he was born put him over the 270 elect...

Biden , Trump

Trump’s spiritual advisor summons ‘angels from Africa’ to help him win election

By Ian Omondi,

Kenyans on Twitter (KOT), and Africans in general, are laughing off a video in which U.S President Donald Trump’s spiritual advisor seemingly prays ...

Joe Biden , Paula White , President Donald Trump , U.S elections

Mexico protesters burn Trump effigy, slam U.S. border policy

By Reuters,

Protesters in Mexico burned effigies of Donald Trump and a border patrol agent on the U.S. border on Saturday, condemning President Donald Trump’s m...

Mexico , President Andres Manuel Lopez , President Donald Trump , protestors

France’s Macron to Muslims: I hear your anger, but won’t accept violence

By Reuters,

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday he respected Muslims who were shocked by cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad but that was no excuse for...

France , French President Emmanuel Macron , Muslims , Prophet Mohammad

African money transfer firms thrive as pandemic spurs online remittances

By Reuters,

Having fled an economic implosion in his native Zimbabwe, Brighton Takawira was able to support his mother back home with modest earnings from a small...

coronavirus , money transfer , mpesa

‘Very serious situation’ in Europe, WHO warns

By CNN,

The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that coronavirus cases are surging alarmingly in Europe, as a "very serious situation" unfolds across t...

coronavirus

Democrat Kamala Harris rebukes Trump in historic campaign-trail debut with Biden

By Reuters,

Kamala Harris made her campaign-trail debut as Joe Biden’s Democratic running mate on Wednesday, delivering a strong rebuke of President Donald Trum...

Donald Trump , kamala harris , us election

Joe Biden picks Kamala Harris as his running mate, first Black woman on a major party ticket

By CNN,

Joe Biden announced Tuesday that Kamala Harris will be his running mate for the 2020 election ballot, making the California senator the first Black wo...

Biden , kamala harris

Kenya to send officials to Lebanon consulate after CNN report on claims of abuse, exploitation

By CNN,

The Kenyan government will dispatch a fact-finding mission to the Lebanon consulate to look into reports of mistreatment, according to a government of...

Kassem Jaber , Lebanon , Sayed Chalouhi , slavery