U.S. adds Nigeria to religious freedom blacklist

By VOA,

The United States on Monday placed Nigeria on a religious freedom blacklist, paving the way for potential sanctions if it does not improve its record....

Nigeria , religious freedom blacklist

City Stars aim to bounce back after KCB setback

By Dan Ogega,

Kenya Premier League newcomers Nairobi City Stars’ confidence is far from being rattled despite being at the receiving end of a 1-0 loss in the hand...

KCB , Nairobi City Stars , setback

City Stars TM Neville Pudo is dead

By Dan Ogega,

Kenyan Premier League Side City Stars has been thrown into mourning following the sudden demise of long-serving team manager Neville “Ovi” Oduor P...

Nairobi City Stars , Neville Pudo

The UN removes cannabis from list of the most dangerous substances

By CNN,

A United Nations commission has voted to remove cannabis from a list that categorized it as one of the most dangerous drugs -- a move that recognizes ...

Cannbis , UN

35 arraigned in court over fake COVID-19 certificates

By Citizen Reporter,

Thirty five people have so far been arraigned in court in connection with fake COVID-19 certificates with 11 getting convicted. Citizen Digital unde...

coronavirus

21 Dubai-bound passengers arrested over fake COVID-19 certificates

By Citizen Reporter,

21 Dubai-bound passengers were on Thursday evening arrested at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport for presenting fake COVID-19 and yellow fever c...

coronavirus , dubai , Visa ban

Kenya among 13 countries slapped with visa ban by UAE

By Reuters,

Kenya is among 13 countries slapped with a visa ban by the United Arab Emirates, according to a document issued by a state-owned business park. Als...

dubai , UAE

COVID-19 restrictions led to polio, measles outbreaks: WHO

By VOA,

The World Health Organization (WHO) warned Friday the COVID-19 pandemic’s restrictions and demands on resources have stifled immunization programs, ...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , Measles , Polio

President Kenyatta nominates former IEBC Commissioners, BBI Joint Secretary to ambassadorial jobs

By Benjamin Muriuki,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has nominated former Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) commissioners Margaret Mwachanya, Connie Nkatha a...

Uhuru kenyatta

Woman falls out of car window and onto highway while filming Snapchat video

By CNN,

A woman fell out of a car and onto a busy highway while hanging out of the passenger window to film a Snapchat video, police in the UK have said. T...

Snapchat

KHU, NOC-K partner to grow grassroots hockey

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

The Kenya Hockey Union (KHU) will this week start a program to develop the national hockey sport system funded by Olympic Solidarity through the Natio...

Hockey , KHU

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

UK to pay Kenyan teachers in Dadaab, Kakuma Ksh.155 million

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Teachers in Kenya who are educating children in refugee-hosting communities are set to receive Ksh.155 million from the UK Government to ensure vulner...

Dadaab , refugees

BWIRE: Players in education sector should allow for alternative data sources

By Victor Bwire,

For a long time, the issue of allowing alternative ways of generating and collecting data to supplement government convention ways of data collection ...

education , ICAN

BWIRE: Education tool to help assess learners progress ahead of SDGs deadline

By Guest Writer,

With just 10 years to go before 2030 deadline for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), experts are various of the 17 identified sectors...

SDG

US procures almost entire supply of COVID-19 drug

By VOA,

The Trump administration says it has locked down nearly the entire supply of one of the only available anti-COVID-19 drugs from the manufacturer for t...

coronavirus

New Zealand records new coronavirus cases days after declaring itself COVID-19 free

By Reuters,

New Zealand, on Thursday recorded its third new case of the coronavirus this week as quarantine breaches and other failures undermined public confiden...

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

Reasons President Kenyatta gave for extending COVID-19 restrictions

By Benjamin Muriuki,

A section of Kenyans were in high hopes that President Uhuru Kenyatta would ease down if not remove some of the restrictions set by the government to ...

COVID-19

Tanzania’s Interior minister orders pot-bellied traffic police officers be assigned ‘other duties’

By Tonny Ndungu,

Tanzania Interior Minister George Boniface Taguluvala Simbachawene has instructed the country's Inspector General of police Simon Sirro to re-assign p...

Plane crashes in Pakistan with 99 on board, many feared dead

By Reuters,

A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane with 99 passengers and crew crashed into a residential area of the city of Karachi on Friday, with many ...

Pakistan plane crash